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Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
I came to Buffy through pimpage from my friend B. We got to start at the beginning, but I watched seasons 6 and 7 in realtime. I was thrown by her name of all things. I loved it, of course, like I should have known I would.
I have now surpassed B (and most of my other friends) in my fannishness. I make no apologies either!
I'm not sure what prompted me to tune in for the pilot, since I didn't see the movie. Perhaps I saw some good buzz online, or a good review in the paper. At any rate, I tuned in and was hooked right away.
I caught a couple of episodes during S2 (Band Candy!), but I was a) sharing a tv, and b) put off by the name. I don't know whether I knew about the movie, but I certainly hadn't seen it. Then I got my own apartment and my own tv and could watch S3 in the privacy of my own space and that was that. I hooked a friend during the FX marathons so I could talk about it with someone, lurked on a couple of websites, and little by little found other friends were Buffy fans. I thought I was hanging out with my ex because he wanted to borrow my dvds; I didn't know we were "dating" until the 3rd date.
I missed the rewatch because my weekend plans got screwy. Sad now.
I saw the movie and thought Paul Reubens' death scene made it worth the price of admission. Watching Kristy Swanson bounce around in purple spandex was nice, too. I was surprised to hear about the TV series, then disappointed to find out it wasn't airing where I could watch it. I started catching up with it through the re-runs on FX in 1999. I think the first episodes I saw live were season 3.
Okay, I'm probably not going to W&P tomorrow (or maybe I will--who knows), as I watched Witch tonight. (W&P means not as much time for note taking. I took notes.)
So I give you possible discussion points!
I watched from the very beginning. I was pretty much target audeince I think. I was what? Maybe 14 when it started? Obsessed with vampires, horror, a penchant for broody hot boys, and a particular appreciation for sarcasm.
My house mate has just got into Buffy and Angel in the last month or so, and he's unemployed at the minute, so he's been mainlining them. I have no idea how he's been watching them though, because he comes to me with very odd questions like "So when does Spike leave Angel to go die in Sunnydale?" And "Buffy has a mother?"
Oh Plei, good talking points!
And "Buffy has a mother?"Did he not start with season 1?
I think he saw whatever series Sky One was airing when he decided to dive in. Then he started downloading and borrowing friends' dvds and I'm fairly sure he hasn't watched anything in order. I think the Buffy/Angel timeline is what's screwing him up the most though.
My house mate has just got into Buffy and Angel in the last month or so, and he's unemployed at the minute, so he's been mainlining them. I have no idea how he's been watching them though, because he comes to me with very odd questions like "So when does Spike leave Angel to go die in Sunnydale?" And "Buffy has a mother?"
Heh, I've got a friend who thus far has been resisting Buffy, but has caught random episodes of Angel (from the sounds of it, season 5, since Spike's around and she knows who Fred is) and so borrowed my Angel season 1, though she hasn't gotten around to seeing much of it. She must have caught some season 4 or earlier though, because she's hating 1st-sesaon-Angel Cordy thus far and liked her better in some later shows she's seen. *BOGGLES!!!?!??!?*
My wife and I got into Buffy in S2. Can't remember the details, but we went from mostly-no-tv casual watchers at best to moving our schedules around so as not to miss the show within weeks. I was in grad school at the time, too, and didn't have very much free time.
We watched "Welcome to the Hellmouth" last night for the first time since buying the dvds back when they came out. Say, this Buffy show is awfully gripping!