I don't know how to tell Mark: "The first season is almost entirely crap and the second season is almost as good as Firefly."
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
Willow ,'Showtime'
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 - Oct 27, 2012 3:59:58 pm PDT #9668 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Oct 27, 2012 4:09:36 pm PDT #9669 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know why you'd tell him that.
Polter-Cow - Oct 27, 2012 4:21:10 pm PDT #9670 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He's liking it so far, I think. And he's loving the hell out of Angel Season 5, which seems to be really popular among the commenters. It wasn't very popular on TWoP, if I recall. Or maybe that was just Strega.
DavidS - Oct 27, 2012 4:22:33 pm PDT #9671 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't know why you'd tell him that.
So he'll hang around to watch the second season? I won't tell him anything, of course.
§ ita § - Oct 27, 2012 4:32:16 pm PDT #9672 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The second season close in quality to Firelfy? Serious? I mean, I liked it, but non-small bits of that were pulled out of Whedon's ass.
Connie Neil - Oct 27, 2012 4:49:05 pm PDT #9673 of 10458
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Mark's prediction re: Shanshu is interesting.
And he's unspoiled for Spike. Heh.
Steph L. - Oct 27, 2012 4:51:01 pm PDT #9674 of 10458
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
And he's unspoiled for Spike. Heh.
I think someone said in the comments to his prediction post that he needs to skip the opening credits of the first episode of S5 so he can stay unspoiled.
Well, I mean, by now he's seen the first few episodes, so that's moot. But I can't wait to read his post about the first episode, to see if he watched the credits and got spoiled for Spike.
Polter-Cow - Oct 27, 2012 4:59:24 pm PDT #9675 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think he did skip the opening credits because he did post that he was somehow 100% unspoiled for Spike (despite Netflix's using the season five DVD cover with Spike) and his reaction on video will be priceless when we see it.
DavidS - Oct 27, 2012 5:17:43 pm PDT #9676 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The second season close in quality to Firelfy? Serious?
I'll stand by that assessment. The back end of Dollhouse's run had a run of five episodes or so which were absolutely riveting. It doesn't hold together as well as Firefly, but its peaks were comparable. From the last three or four episodes of S1 through the end of S2 is very strong.
§ ita § - Oct 27, 2012 5:26:48 pm PDT #9677 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As delightful as the Boyd reveal was, it was so random and not plausible, the fact that so much started to hang off it means it's fruit of the poisoned tree for me. While it was fun, and gaspy ooh-ahh! fun to boot...he took a few dubious shortcuts to get where he's going, and Eliza Dushku still hasn't learnt to act.
Even though she was surrounded by some amazing talent, the story hinged on her being special and amazing, and she absolutely *never* sold me on anything other than "looks great in that dress" on that show. Well, okay, maybe she looked good in pants too. I'll give her that.
So, tree poisoned, weak keystone in the arch.