I'm amused at myself for being miffed at Mark because he didn't LOVE Numero Cinco.
Everybody should love that episode or they are WRONG!
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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 - Nov 14, 2012 11:13:23 am PST #9719 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2012 11:18:52 am PST #9720 of 10458
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
...seriously? He didn't love it? That's like not loving puppies, man!
Polter-Cow - Nov 14, 2012 11:22:44 am PST #9721 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There was a lot of non-love in the comments! IT WAS SO WEIRD. People were mostly confused and/or bored. Very sad.
And it was the only episode this season no one bought a video for!
DavidS - Nov 14, 2012 11:25:32 am PST #9722 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There was a lot of non-love in the comments!
They said it was racist! Dumbasses. They know nothing of Lucha Libre's proud history.
I mean, that episode is not only a super affectionate nod to Lucha movies, but it's also incredibly funny and it has a lot of heart and even as a standalone it reflects nicely back to Angel's story arc for the season.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2012 11:36:07 am PST #9723 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I bumped into a WEIRD commenter somewhere that thought Smile Time wasn't funny. I have no idea what the topic was, but still. I pointed out that whatever parallels he was drawing would go better with a less popular episode, and they seemed startled. Unsurprisingly to *me*, I got more "me too"s than they did.
HEATHENS.
Glamcookie - Nov 14, 2012 11:38:02 am PST #9724 of 10458
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I hated Numero Cinco and Smile Time. I also hated The Avengers. Do I have to surrender my Buffista card now?
DavidS - Nov 14, 2012 11:38:59 am PST #9725 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Do I have to surrender my Buffista card now?
No, but I'm not sharing my au gratin potatoes until you change your mind.
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2012 11:40:50 am PST #9726 of 10458
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I hated Numero Cinco and Smile Time. I also hated The Avengers. Do I have to surrender my Buffista card now?
I am pointing and shrieking like Donald Sutherland in Body Snatchers.
I would also like some au gratin potatoes, please.
DavidS - Nov 14, 2012 11:43:03 am PST #9727 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I would also like some au gratin potatoes, please.
They're not done yet. At the moment they're taunting me with the delicious scent of their spudly cheesy goodness.
Polter-Cow - Nov 14, 2012 11:43:25 am PST #9728 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I hated Numero Cinco and Smile Time. I also hated The Avengers. Do I have to surrender my Buffista card now?
We simply demand your firstborn. (This has nothing to do with your complete and utter wrongness; we just think he's ADORABLE.)