I am indeed. He whooshes, Matrix-style, through the crowd of cops to grab Kate. It's a great visual summation of the difference between vamps and humans.
First of all, 'Posse?' Passé
Cordelia ,'Potential'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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Jim - Aug 08, 2003 7:01:56 am PDT #4361 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Sean K - Aug 08, 2003 7:13:21 am PDT #4362 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Wasn't that supposed to be crap slo-mo? Buffy was talking about crap 80s films just before they launched into song after all.
I think he meant that the punches were crap, not ther slo-mo.
DavidS - Aug 08, 2003 7:17:51 am PDT #4363 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think he meant that the punches were crap
Yes. And "mouse punches" is a Madrigal coinage that was part of a rant which also included SMG's "2 mph spin kicks." Sarah's slacking off on the martial arts training plus Pruitt's departure really started to show up in the later seasons. In the early years she looked halfway credible (like in the scenes where she's training in the library with Giles).
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2003 7:24:00 am PDT #4364 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sarah's slacking off on the martial arts training plus Pruitt's departure really started to show up in the later seasons.
Grrrr.
But we all know how I feel about that.
And I don't think it's slacking off. I can go three years between punches and look better than her. And if I didn't? Someone would yell at me and make me do it right.
So I do kinda put blame on the Pruitt departure.
Chicks and fighting hits (predictably) close to home, so I admit I have made up my own rationale for this which has no basis in any fact to which I've been made privy -- she just didn't care any more, and no one dared call her on it..
My narrow little mind can fathom no other explanation.
amych - Aug 08, 2003 7:24:46 am PDT #4365 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
slacking off on the martial arts training
Still not convinced there was any to slack off on.
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2003 7:26:31 am PDT #4366 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Still not convinced there was any to slack off on.
And there is also that. She's certainly not the brown belt they claimed (this claim is what got me to watch the show, BTW).
DavidS - Aug 08, 2003 7:30:14 am PDT #4367 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think that SMG probably was taking classes the first couple years, and between that and Pruit's very grounded-in-real-fighting choreography it looked better. She does have good, limber dancer extension in her kicks.
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2003 7:35:41 am PDT #4368 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When Dark!Willow took on Buffy, AH really put SMG to shame. There are little things, but they're teachable things.
Signed,
Unable To Let Go
tina f. - Aug 08, 2003 7:38:26 am PDT #4369 of 10001
When Dark!Willow took on Buffy, AH really put SMG to shame.
WROD!! That is why it was the only time I ever found myself cheering against Buffy. It was beyond my control. AH was just so much better...she SHOULD have kicked her ass. That simple.
Steph L. - Aug 08, 2003 7:40:08 am PDT #4370 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
AH was just so much better...she SHOULD have kicked her ass. That simple.
And she would have, too, if it wasn't for that meddling Giles....