Too true. The original airing went 8 minutes long. Why not make it an even 10?
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
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.
beathen - Apr 29, 2005 6:36:54 am PDT #462 of 10457
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Stephanie - Apr 29, 2005 6:37:11 am PDT #463 of 10457
Trust my rage
I just seems like such a last minute fix when the rest of the musical seemed so well planned and executed.
brenda m - Apr 29, 2005 6:41:47 am PDT #464 of 10457
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The absolute easiest fix - if they had given Xander Tara's "everything is turning out so dark" line in the Walk Through the Fire bit - right there, I could have bought it. But as it is, it still rankles.
(I still love the thing to death, don't get me wrong.)
Connie Neil - Apr 29, 2005 6:47:18 am PDT #465 of 10457
brillig
some musical comedy genre-inspired wacky misunderstanding or cover-up where Xander realized his guilt
Some patter song where he *tries* to tell somebody what's going on but everyone misunderstands or just talks over him.
brenda m - Apr 29, 2005 6:53:13 am PDT #466 of 10457
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Some patter song where he *tries* to tell somebody what's going on but everyone misunderstands or just talks over him.
Yeah, that would have been excellent, and in character.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 29, 2005 6:53:47 am PDT #467 of 10457
What is even happening?
Some patter song where he *tries* to tell somebody what's going on but everyone misunderstands or just talks over him.I think his nervous patter, when he's walking down the street with Giles and Anya is supposed to be this, but it was insufficient without an earlier set up. Even if we'd just seen him push the amulet an inch on the counter, at the beginning, it would have worked better.
The absolute easiest fix - if they had given Xander Tara's "everything is turning out so dark" line in the Walk Through the Fire bit - right there, I could have bought it. But as it is, it still rankles.
This is great!
It is such a great episode though, and other than the set-up, so much happens in it, that I'm still large with the OMWF love.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 29, 2005 6:54:20 am PDT #468 of 10457
What is even happening?
cereal...
That is, his patter to Giles and Anya isn't supposed to be him trying to tell, but him trying to rationalize.
Jon B. - Apr 29, 2005 8:16:21 am PDT #469 of 10457
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Isn't that a common trope in musicals though? Some wacky ending pulled out of the air (or ass) that neatly ties up the story? I've always thought Joss was giving a tip-o-the-hat to that trope.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 29, 2005 8:28:23 am PDT #470 of 10457
What is even happening?
Oh Jon. That's the best fanwank I've seen for Xander-summoned-Sweet, yet! I'm impressed.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2005 8:30:21 am PDT #471 of 10457
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The magic for me of OMWF is that Joss almost didn't sacrifice internal consistency and its place in canon to adopt the musical genre.
Such a clumsy asspull really eats into that.
If I'd wanted "just" a musical (not that I believe the unbelievable resolution is a requirement of the genre), I could get it elsewhere.