For me season 5 is where things started
to go really downhill for me. (Season 4
had its problems, and wasn't as good as Seasons 1-3, but I still like it better
than what came afterwards.)
For me it was the beginning of "let's heap lots of shit of Buffy and call it
character development", resulting in the
shell of a character we ended up with.
I guess it was also the beginning of the
"growing up is hard, nasty and it never gets better" message I got from the last
few years.
But then, I'm a bit bitter.(Not to mention a heretic.
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Season 4 had amazing standalones - some of the best ever, IMO.
I'll agree post season 5 that Dawn had no point, but I feel that that's a case where a cool plot development ended up swamping actual character development. I like MT a lot - I think she did a great job with whatever was handed to her - it's just some of it was incredibly pointless or tediously annoying. My big problem with season 5 is one that haunted 6 and 7, but never to the degree of annoyance I had with 5. The arcs took over. And I get that after so many years, that's what ended up interesting the writers - working out the arcs. I just felt that the villain in 5 was so over the top yet so lame that I couldn't justify it. That's not just Clare Kramer/Charlie Weber as actors, but the fact that when you take on a god (I think this trumps the FE in terms of bigness in a villain), it shouldn't be that frelling prosaic.
Ken knows I will back him with the huge S4 love. Best season ever.
Again I would rank them 4,2,7,6,5,3,1.
Sooper seekrit message to all of my pals down with OPP:
There's gonna be another soundtrack for our fave teevee show. I don't know when, but the rumour looks to be twu. Thus ends my sooper seekrit message.
"The Pack" was on tonight. My goodness. Poor Principal Flutie.
Oh, and, too many Potentials spoils the broth. It was like "Forget all the years you've spent with all these characters. See? Happy bouncy teenaged girls! Kicking butt! That's why you watch this show, right? Oh, yeah, and the sexy blond guy without a shirt stashed in the basement, occasionally chained to a wall. Wink wink."
Sporadically secret reply/question: You mean a "bands that played a song during an episode" soundtrack or a "background music suites from various episodes" soundtrack? Or perhaps that's not known yet?
whistles and rocks back on heels with hands locked behind back while staring at ceiling.
Ken knows I will back him with the huge S4 love. Best season ever.
Again I would rank them 4,2,7,6,5,3,1.
See, I love season 4, but it is behind season 3 in my estimation. Which is why your order does not compute for me. Mine is 3,4,2,7,6,1,5. With 7, 6, and 1 being a tough call, and 4 and 2 being a similar tough call. Why is season 3 so far down (or 1 for that matter)?
Or did this come up before? I suspect it did, but it's late. And actually, away to bed I am, so adieu!
