Season 8 was a hot mess, but I hear Season 9 has been an improvement.
Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.
'Hell Bound'
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.
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!
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.
Zeus-Incorrigible - Dec 11, 2013 1:27:12 pm PST #9894 of 10458
"Contentment is the enemy of invention."
I'll give it a try, purely because I can't perceive a future without new Buffy.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 11, 2013 3:03:13 pm PST #9895 of 10458
"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
I followed through most of the Season 8 series, and afterwards thought I probably should have left well enough alone with "Chosen" as the final chapter in Buffy's saga.