Funny, lexine.
Some interesting stuff here:
From LII (Librarians' Internet Index)
3. The Academic Buffy Bibliography
-------------------------------------------------->Extensive bibliography of critical/academic writings on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series, including journal articles, essays, theses and dissertations, books, and online papers. Topics include philosophy, feminism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, media studies, and more. From librarian Derik A. Badman.
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Subjects:
* Television programs
* Buffy, the vampire slayer (television program)
* Popular culture
Created by: je
I've been working my way through my shiny new S6 DVDs and, since I was leaving on a trip last Friday, I tossed the third DVD into y laptop before I got on the plane.
In retrospect, this might not have been the best DVD to watch knowing that plenty of others would be watching me watch it. I personally love Smashed, Wrecked, and Gone, but I kept wondering what the people next to me were thinking watching Spike and Buffy knock each other around and then get it on and Willow with her crack!magic highs.
Heh, Nonian, probably wishing they could be watching what you were watching. The Meg Ryan effect, ya know?
probably wishing they could be watching what you were watching
Yeah, i suppose that could also be why they were watching. It's certainly an eye-catching group of episodes.
Joining NovaChild in the 'I really like Dawn' corner. Mind you, not watching the second half of season 6 was a big help there. I had to reread the AYW shooting script to get the 'Get out! Get out! Get out!' reference.
She was so cool in the first season 7 ep. I actually thought I was going to like the show again when I watched that, and then it all went to hell again.
I absolutely loved Season 5 Dawn. The sibling quarreling with Buffy was priceless (I still laugh my ass off when she calls Buffy a "butthole" at the end of No Place Like Home) and MT was really great in all of the dramatic emotional scenes. I thought Season 6 Dawn was good but not all that interesting (though with what she was going through, she had a right to be whiny and then some). Season 7 Dawn was cool but not used enough.
Overall, I'd say I'm a Dawn fan. (I also always liked Connor.)
I don't know that I'd be a full-fledged Dawn fan, but I love her kick to Buffy's shin in S7.
MT did a wonderful job in the role, but it doesn't make the character any more appealing or less annoying to me. I hated her from the beginning, and my hatred for her burns like a thousand white hot suns. The key could have been Buffy's favorite stuffed animal, for all I cared.
Buffy is on the cover of tv guide as one of the top 25 cult shows. I was in line at the grocery store, and there was my girl, stake in hand. I almost dropped my groceries, i thought it was back, or there was a lost episode or something.
And then I got all sentimental and had to pick it up and touch the cover.
And then I realized that I'm a HUGE DORK.
