xposting with Premium - GoT credits in the style of BtVS. Somebody on the internet loves us:
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
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.
Jessica - Dec 11, 2013 7:50:56 am PST #9884 of 10458
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Zeus-Incorrigible - Dec 11, 2013 10:35:57 am PST #9885 of 10458
"Contentment is the enemy of invention."
I haven't yet finished the series, though I've had the majority of plot developments spoiled by my idiotic compulsion to read through everything on TV Tropes. Right now, I'm on S07E08. I'm starting to panic about it being over, but there's still the comics to read and I haven't seen Joss' other shows either. Has anyone here avoided season 8 and 9 for fear of shark jumping? What's the general consensus on it?
Polter-Cow - Dec 11, 2013 11:14:23 am PST #9886 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Season 8 was a hot mess, but I hear Season 9 has been an improvement.
Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2013 11:15:32 am PST #9887 of 10458
brillig
That cult of faceless midgets was disturbing, you have to admit.
Polter-Cow - Dec 11, 2013 11:27:26 am PST #9888 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I liked some of it, but it lost steam in the middle and the climax was...yeah.
Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2013 11:40:42 am PST #9889 of 10458
brillig
I don't know whose idea the zeppelins was.
Zeus-Incorrigible - Dec 11, 2013 12:03:28 pm PST #9890 of 10458
"Contentment is the enemy of invention."
To me, the format seems too short to work as a collection of monster-of-the-week storylines. Condensing 40 minutes of plot into 22 pages is pretty impossible without either a lot of simplification or a retooling of narrative development.
Is it worth just skipping altogether?
chrismg - Dec 11, 2013 12:32:58 pm PST #9891 of 10458
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
They generally do multi-month story arcs, with about an episode's worth of content in each arc. I liked it at first, but it definitely dragged towards the middle.
Polter-Cow - Dec 11, 2013 12:46:04 pm PST #9892 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's not a collection of monster-of-the-week storylines. It follows the ramifications of the finale, and most stories are told over multiple issues. There are some good one-shots, too.
Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2013 1:07:26 pm PST #9893 of 10458
brillig
And I've never read it, so ignore all my remarks as being snarky.