Well, he has said season 5 is his favorite so far which also gets a confused-dog head-tilt from me.
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 12, 2012 11:15:14 am PDT #9294 of 10458
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
JZ - Jun 12, 2012 11:15:41 am PDT #9295 of 10458
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Well, honestly, even with its badness I don't remember the actual plot of the episode bugging so much; it just felt really underwritten -- there was plenty of opportunity for both an engaging series of events and all these good actors saying interesting, snappy, eloquent things while moving through the events, and instead the dialogue was incredibly meh. Like, a handful of us could spend half an hour collaborating and come up with punchier, more pointed, more true-to-the-characters lines with almost zero effort; just that meh.
Mark says:
But Ben changed right in front of them all (IN A SCENE THAT HAD ME SHRIEKING AT THE TELEVISION), so now she knows the secret.
That Ben is subletting from Glory?
Frankenbuddha - Jun 12, 2012 11:19:10 am PDT #9296 of 10458
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Like, a handful of us could spend half an hour collaborating and come up with punchier, more pointed, more true-to-the-characters lines with almost zero effort; just that meh.
Didn't a group of us do exactly that?
JZ - Jun 12, 2012 11:22:49 am PDT #9297 of 10458
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Yes, indeed we did, which is how I know precisely how meh it was. And I don't remember anyone having to fiddle much with the plot, just the dull dull things the actors were forced to say. And then the following week the writing was back on track.
victor infante - Jun 12, 2012 11:30:46 am PDT #9298 of 10458
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
...makes me think he's watching a different show. Spiral? Really?
I'd like to point out that I loved "Spiral" at the time. And to be fair, it's one of those episodes that lends itself to watching the series straight through.
Also, Mark irony points:
So, at this point on this show, I basically feel like anyone who isn’t Buffy can die.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 12, 2012 11:39:01 am PDT #9299 of 10458
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I now have nostalgia for when my job was so easy I could collate everyone's rewrites into an actual script while "working".
DCJensen - Jun 12, 2012 12:09:13 pm PDT #9300 of 10458
All is well that ends in pizza.
Mark writes:
So, at this point on this show, I basically feel like anyone who isn’t Buffy can die.
Heh.
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2012 12:10:42 pm PDT #9301 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'd like to point out that I loved "Spiral" at the time.
Me too. I love how it's a mini-action movie. I didn't notice any major dialogue issues. It's confused me that it's so hated here.
So, at this point on this show, I basically feel like anyone who isn’t Buffy can die.
It was really hard to keep a straight face when he said that to me.
We watched the finale last night, and he filmed his reaction for the whole episode. It was pretty hilarious how much he cursed Joss Whedon.
DCJensen - Jun 12, 2012 12:13:09 pm PDT #9302 of 10458
All is well that ends in pizza.
Aaargh! Turnips and antifreeze!
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2012 12:13:41 pm PDT #9303 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wrong thread, bub.