Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'


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.


DavidS - Dec 21, 2007 8:32:30 pm PST #5514 of 10469
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Huh. Did we know that Felicia Day (the potential Vi) is doing a web series on YouTube about gamers?


d - Dec 24, 2007 9:17:54 am PST #5515 of 10469
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.

That was hilarious!


Wolfram - Dec 25, 2007 7:40:31 am PST #5516 of 10469
Visilurking

So my wife bought me the Chosen collection and we started watching the first few episodes last night. A few observations:

They were so young back then. Besides Buffy, Xander, Willow and Cordelia, we see "young" Angel, Darla, and Amy. Joss points out that while SMG and AH had like a decade of acting experience by then, NB and DB were relatively green, but they leveled out nicely. In these first episodes, SMG is outstanding, NB and AH are good although they don't seem natural yet, and DB's first scenes are not his best.

Giles tells Buffy that as a Slayer, she should be able to "sense" vampires. Did that power ever manifest?

Buffy tells Xander that garlic works, and we even see garlic in her weapons chest when she gathers supplies before hitting the Bronze. But we don't see a whole lot of garlic use during the rest of the series do we?


Vortex - Dec 25, 2007 11:54:08 am PST #5517 of 10469
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Did that power ever manifest?

her secret power is PMS! ( sorry couldn't resist)

I don't think that it manifested in an obvious way.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 25, 2007 4:25:00 pm PST #5518 of 10469
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Buffy sussed out a few deep cover vampires over the years, but I think it was more due to growing experience and expertise than anything supernatural.


Typo Boy - Dec 25, 2007 9:16:36 pm PST #5519 of 10469
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I think Joss gave up the whole "sensing vampires via menstrual cramps" thing. Instead Buffy spotted them via her keen fashion sense -- vampire fashion sense tends to be centered around the time they were killed. Buffy can spot the out-of-fashion. I wonder how many live people who are simply out of date this resulted in her killing? Plot bunny for anyone who wants one.


Stephanie - Dec 26, 2007 2:53:39 am PST #5520 of 10469
Trust my rage

But we don't see a whole lot of garlic use during the rest of the series do we?

This is such a vague memory that it's hardly worht sharing, but isn't there a scene where Buffy is sad because she just broke up with either Angel or Spike and she has garlic around the room to keep him out? I can see the image in my head, but I don't remember the story at all. Anyway, it's the one time I remember seeing garlic.


le nubian - Dec 26, 2007 5:08:46 am PST #5521 of 10469
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

yep. that was after Angel's breakup. After Spike, she got Willow to put a spell on the house as if he were never invited in in the first place.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 26, 2007 6:57:55 am PST #5522 of 10469
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Actually, she got Willow to do that for Angel, in "Passion" if I'm not mistaken.

She may have again for Spike, with me missing it due to my eyes rolling like a Vegas slot machine.


Sophia Brooks - Dec 26, 2007 7:00:17 am PST #5523 of 10469
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I sort of remember the garlic after Buffy and Spike had sex in Wrecked (or was it Smashed, I get them mixed up).