Oh, okay, Emlah. Fair enough. I won't argue that the scene was well-done, mind you. They could've built up to it throughout the second half of the season, and instead left me spending something like eight episodes yelling at the characters "she's acting like a nutcase! Someone talk to her! Aren't you supposed to be her friends? Mindless backup when she's not being very bright isn't friendship!" So by the time they got to Empty Places, I was thinking "better late than never."
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'Shells'
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Katie M - Jul 21, 2003 6:58:20 am PDT #5811 of 9843
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Katie M - Jul 21, 2003 7:02:58 am PDT #5812 of 9843
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Okay, I'll give my impression of S7. No specific spoilers for anything past Empty Places, but obviously my final opinion depends on everything up to the finale:
I think it's the most disappointing of the seven seasons for me, because it could've been brilliant - it started wonderfully, and I can see how it could've been marvelous hovering just out of reach, but they didn't quite get ahold of it. I'd put S4 ahead of S7, but then in retrospect I'm very fond of S4, because it's still fun. S5 and S6... I dunno. S6 I have a lot of respect for but don't really like; S7 I probably like better but have less respect for.
Nutty - Jul 21, 2003 7:03:47 am PDT #5813 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Agreed with Katie. I was one of the ones arguing sort of for the upshot of Empty Places -- turns out I pretty much predicted [spoiler this] and [spoiler that], by metaphor -- but I didn't like the execution either. And I really didn't like [yet another spoiler]. Throughout, I could see the idea, but I had to hunt for it through the malapropisms of implementation.
Angus G - Jul 21, 2003 7:05:34 am PDT #5814 of 9843
Roguish Laird
The last couple of seasons I've watched for shallow, voyeuristic entertainment, but this time I got really emotionally involved.
I actually got emotionally involved with the first one too, but much more this time round.
Emlah - Jul 21, 2003 7:14:15 am PDT #5815 of 9843
To every idea a shelf...
That said, there were moments in the past seasons that got me. Peter's little brother running into the house to greet him last year? Colour me weepy, and I didn't like Peter at all.
Angus G - Jul 21, 2003 7:17:22 am PDT #5816 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Oh God yeah, me too. I'd forgotten about that! I'm such a BB crybaby though...I still tear up every damn time they show that tape where Reggie says "I don't want...to go back...to my life!"
Emlah - Jul 21, 2003 7:30:13 am PDT #5817 of 9843
To every idea a shelf...
I still tear up every damn time they show that tape where Reggie says "I don't want...to go back...to my life!"
Me too! It's so heartfelt, in that little forlorn, choked up voice.
Another thing that really got to me was when they were shown messages from their loved ones last week. And I remember getting weepy on Sunday when Dan was moved almost to tears by the video camera gifts. He and Reggie just have the kind of cryfaces that break your heart.
Kassto - Jul 21, 2003 4:16:10 pm PDT #5818 of 9843
`He combed his hair, Put on a shirt that his mother made, And he went on the air...'
Season 7 -- deeply deeply disappointing to me. What Buffy the character has become makes no sense to me. This is why I now bury my head in favourite fanfiction and pretend it is realer. (This does bring up issues about `reality' for me though.) Seasons 3-5 the best for me. Big finale in NZ tomorrow night. Don't know how it can redeem itself in 44 minutes. Curious to see what they do with the previouslies though.And the Grr Arrgh. All the Grr Arrgh variations I can recall are 1) ``I need a hug'' in season 2 (was it Innocence or Becoming II?) 2) Christmas hat on his little head at the end of Amends, and 3) Sung ``Grr Arrgh'' on Once More with Feeling. Have I got them all?
Re British accents: Geordie the most gorgeous. Brum the most hideous. Introduced to the full range via Aufweidersehn Pet. Did anyone else see that great British TV series, Our Friends in the North? Set in Newcastle and introduced me to the greeting: ``What fettle, bonny lad?'' To which the response is: ``Canny fettle!'' (Scuse if the spelling is wrong -- I'm just being phonetical.)
Caroma - Jul 21, 2003 5:19:13 pm PDT #5819 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
Kassto, here's a page with tons of English accents!
I work with a woman from Sligo and a naturalized American originally from London. Fun to listen to.
Jon B. - Jul 21, 2003 6:19:55 pm PDT #5820 of 9843
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
All the Grr Arrgh variations I can recall are 1) ``I need a hug'' in season 2 (was it Innocence or Becoming II?) 2) Christmas hat on his little head at the end of Amends, and 3) Sung ``Grr Arrgh'' on Once More with Feeling. Have I got them all?
The "I need a hug" was at the end of Becoming II. Also, at the end of Graduation Day II, the guy wore a mortar.