Becoming I is on FX right now.
Kendra just gave Mr. Pointy to Buffy.
God, I love this show.
When they showed the not!flashback to Buffy's first vamp, I got teary, thinking of everything she was going to go through, and she didn't know it.
My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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Steph L. - Aug 07, 2003 1:56:18 pm PDT #4317 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dana - Aug 07, 2003 1:58:01 pm PDT #4318 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's the fight scene in the library now. So effective the first time I watched it, gasping in horror as the bookcase fell on Willow, as Xander's arm snapped, as Cordelia ran for her life, as Kendra died, as Buffy knew she was too late.
Dana - Aug 07, 2003 2:00:24 pm PDT #4319 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So, what, are we helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come, can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are. You'll see what I mean."
Steph L. - Aug 07, 2003 2:00:27 pm PDT #4320 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
as Buffy knew she was too late.
I tend to hate slo-mo (I think it's manipulative), but BUffy running down the school hallway in slo-mo, knowing she's too late -- also makes me tear up.
Daisy Jane - Aug 07, 2003 2:03:00 pm PDT #4321 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Dana, that quote was my signature on my e-mail in the weeks after 9-11 when hatred was high and violations of privacy and civil rights were around the corner. I wish an official had used something like it. It still makes me tear.
Dana - Aug 07, 2003 2:06:12 pm PDT #4322 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Just like people are often anti-slow-mo, I know people are often anti-voiceover, but I love them. And I especially love Joss'.
DavidS - Aug 07, 2003 2:07:48 pm PDT #4323 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Voiceover and slow-motion can be very effective. But they can also be very cheesy and abused by hacks. Good slo-mo? The walk in Reservoir Dogs (copied endlessly). Bad Slo-Mo? Buffy's mouse punches during OMWF as Giles sings.
P.M. Marc - Aug 07, 2003 2:24:10 pm PDT #4324 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Best slo-mo? The Reservoir Dogs walk in Sex, Death, and Nudity. Damn, I love Coupling.
Ahem.
Sorry.
Should there have been B/X? I think it would have been a showkiller, even though it was probably the "rightest" of the pairings.
It would have been a showkiller for me for the simple reason that Xander as the avatar of Joss getting the girl would have thrown me so far out I couldn't ever get back in. That's my main objection. Well, that and I have a thing for non-romantic friendships (see: Angel/Cordy, objections to).
Burrell - Aug 07, 2003 2:35:12 pm PDT #4325 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
If Xander is Joss's avatar, and B/X is the OTP, wouldn't that make Xander a Mary Sue?
P.M. Marc - Aug 07, 2003 2:35:58 pm PDT #4326 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
If Xander is Joss's avatar, and B/X is the OTP, wouldn't that make Xander a Mary Sue?
Essentially, yes.