Loving Jessica's and Tom's links.
Slate's take on the HBO version (still reading, not sure how I feel): [link]
Spike: Lots of fuss over one girl. Other things to do around here--important things. Angel: You know that whoosh thing you do when you're suddenly not there anymore? I love that.
'Unleashed'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
hippocampus - Apr 14, 2011 8:47:21 am PDT #14358 of 28293
not your mom's socks.
Consuela - Apr 14, 2011 9:03:02 am PDT #14359 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Is Slate trying to piss people off? Oh, wait, yes, it is. Because then people will post links and they'll get more traffic.
A reasonably-written review that made an attempt at discussing the value of the show wouldn't get nearly as much traction as that will.
Gris - Apr 14, 2011 9:04:43 am PDT #14360 of 28293
Hey. New board.
Vomit.
Consuela - Apr 14, 2011 9:05:42 am PDT #14361 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Unlike some of the commenters, I don't insist someone must be a fan of the genre to review a tv show. And there may be some value in that review, but it's buried in the impenetrable prose.
§ ita § - Apr 14, 2011 9:06:08 am PDT #14362 of 28293
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought the whole point was that it wasn't dragon-ridden.
I'm not very far in.
Polter-Cow - Apr 14, 2011 9:07:23 am PDT #14363 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
le nubian - Apr 14, 2011 9:12:43 am PDT #14364 of 28293
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
It is wild: about 50% of Slate's columns are really interesting and informative. The other 50% are just flame fodder. I don't get it.
Jessica - Apr 14, 2011 9:12:54 am PDT #14365 of 28293
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is Slate trying to piss people off? Oh, wait, yes, it is. Because then people will post links and they'll get more traffic.
My thoughts exactly. The headline is pure clickbait, so what's below it doesn't much matter.
there may be some value in that review, but it's buried in the impenetrable prose.
Also this. My eyes glazed over after about the first paragraph. (I'm pretty sure the writer was trying to parody the kind of dense prose she thinks the books are written in? Unfortunately, she's no George RR Martin and my brain immediately filed the whole thing under tl;dr.)
[eta: Oops, don't know where I got "she" from - Troy isn't usually a girl's name.]
hippocampus - Apr 14, 2011 9:13:41 am PDT #14366 of 28293
not your mom's socks.
It is wild: about 50% of Slate's columns are really interesting and informative. The other 50% are just flame fodder.
this.
Consuela - Apr 14, 2011 9:16:23 am PDT #14367 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm pretty sure the writer was trying to parody the kind of dense prose she thinks the books are written in?
Yeah, except IIRC, Martin's actually a pretty competent prose stylist.
I wonder how long it will be until Abigail Nussbaum has a chance to review the series. Probably not until it's out on DVD, since she lives in Israel (although now she's blogging for Strange Horizons, maybe they'll get a review copy). But she's one of the best SF reviewers around, IMO.