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[trinityvixen]

WIN: Buffy stakes Edward Cullen. Fuck yes.

I'd like to know, from those who are in the know about this: are these clips from Twilight...representative of the movie? Because there is no way in hell I would ever be able to sit and watch this without wanting to punch myself in the face until the physical misery overwhelms the spiritual one I would be suffering from that movie.

LOSE: $25 is not a good deal.

Even now, when I don't play the PS2, like, ever, it's still worth ten times as much as that. This is an insult! An insult!

WIN:

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Comments

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

It's funny because I was having a hard time remembering Buffy--her, not the show--ever being so goddamned awesome. Seriously, the Buffy I remember is tainted by the end of the series and the melodrama. But, wow, yeah, she was capable of being majorly awesome.

[equustel.livejournal.com]

I've never actually seen the final seasons - stopped right before the end of S4. So maybe that explains things? Heh. I heard the series got hairy later on, and I was so in love with it up to that point I didn't want to lose that feeling. So I contented myself with skipping ahead to "Once More, With Feeling" and leaving it at that. I'm sure I'll finish it all someday, but I like being able to put some distance and time between the the two major halves of the show. (I did the same thing with Dark Angel's two seasons.)

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I got into a conversation about Joss Whedon's work with a friend, wherein I argued a recently-realized revelation that his work never ends well as regards little things, like, you know, feminism. He tries, but it's a downhill slope after a certain point. Buffy was a great show when it was set in high school--the allegories all worked, the humor was fresh. The first college year was rough and uneven, and it showed that Whedon was being pulled in two directions at once (what with working on Angel). After that, it's all just haphazardness with moments of clarity and cohesion, but a lot of Buffy's independence, depth, and relatability were lacking. It became too much about the monsters and not enough about real life, and the effort to have a strong, centered heroine seemed too much for the show.

I'm dying to do a rewatch, at least of seasons 1-3. I might follow your example and keep the rest of the series for a much later time.