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Apr. 2nd, 2009
More S2 watching
Apr. 2nd, 2009 11:14 pm1. I noticed this with S4, but it's become even more obvious to me here: I prefer the serious eps the first time around, but I enjoy the happy/fluffy eps more in the rewatch. So, here, "Reptile Boy" and "Some Assembly Required" and "Inca Mummy Girl" are all good fun, whereas I found them horribly cheesy before.
2. Okay, this quote? This quote is ironic and way creepy when you take Darla into consideration:
See? Buffy's really not even in the picture here. It's all about Darla.
3. You know, "Lie to Me" is a just a great episode. It introduces bigger, more morally gray questions than we'd ever seen before, the Spike/Dru scenes are fantastic, the plot with Billy Fordham is interesting (even if the actor wasn't all that great), and that last scene with Buffy and Giles is perfect.
4. Willow. Oh, Willow. How much she changed in just two seasons. You'd think her transition from awkward nerd to quirky alterna-girl would be a positive thing, but it's pretty clear from her comments throughout S4 (especially in "Restless") that she didn't so much grow out of her nerdiness as learn to hide it better. The longer I look at her arc over the course of the series, the more I marvel at how consistent it is, for the most part, and how depressing. She never accepted who she was, she just kept trying to compensate for it, via her guitarist boyfriend (not that I'm saying that's why she was with him, but she definitely liked the cachet), progressively funkier clothes, and of course magic. Magic became a key element in her perception of herself.
In S2, she's still a total dork, but she's a sweet dork, a genuine, sincere person. By early S4, she's ceased to be a person I can relate to or would choose to be close friends with (although I have a serious crush on her hair). I'm curious now to see just when this transition happens; I remember that ep in S3 when she gets kidnapped being a major turning point, but I'll need to see it again to compare.
5. And, riffing on #4 - who could have predicted in S2 that the three characters in the season who'd change the most over the course of the series would be Cordelia, Willow, and Spike? And by 'change' I mean experience permanent development, not just a temporary post-resurrection depression or post-coital soullessness. (I'd imagine some people would put Buffy in this list, too - have I mentioned today that I still can't quite see Buffy?. However, it seems to me that most of her character growth is at least glimpsed by the end of S2, and that the next five seasons then riff on that growth.)
2. Okay, this quote? This quote is ironic and way creepy when you take Darla into consideration:
ANGEL
I hated the girls back then.
Especially the noblewomen.
BUFFY
You did?
ANGEL
They were just incredibly dull.
Simpering morons, the lot of them.
I always wished I could meet someone...
exciting. Interesting.
See? Buffy's really not even in the picture here. It's all about Darla.
3. You know, "Lie to Me" is a just a great episode. It introduces bigger, more morally gray questions than we'd ever seen before, the Spike/Dru scenes are fantastic, the plot with Billy Fordham is interesting (even if the actor wasn't all that great), and that last scene with Buffy and Giles is perfect.
4. Willow. Oh, Willow. How much she changed in just two seasons. You'd think her transition from awkward nerd to quirky alterna-girl would be a positive thing, but it's pretty clear from her comments throughout S4 (especially in "Restless") that she didn't so much grow out of her nerdiness as learn to hide it better. The longer I look at her arc over the course of the series, the more I marvel at how consistent it is, for the most part, and how depressing. She never accepted who she was, she just kept trying to compensate for it, via her guitarist boyfriend (not that I'm saying that's why she was with him, but she definitely liked the cachet), progressively funkier clothes, and of course magic. Magic became a key element in her perception of herself.
In S2, she's still a total dork, but she's a sweet dork, a genuine, sincere person. By early S4, she's ceased to be a person I can relate to or would choose to be close friends with (although I have a serious crush on her hair). I'm curious now to see just when this transition happens; I remember that ep in S3 when she gets kidnapped being a major turning point, but I'll need to see it again to compare.
5. And, riffing on #4 - who could have predicted in S2 that the three characters in the season who'd change the most over the course of the series would be Cordelia, Willow, and Spike? And by 'change' I mean experience permanent development, not just a temporary post-resurrection depression or post-coital soullessness. (I'd imagine some people would put Buffy in this list, too - have I mentioned today that I still can't quite see Buffy?. However, it seems to me that most of her character growth is at least glimpsed by the end of S2, and that the next five seasons then riff on that growth.)
More S2 watching
Apr. 2nd, 2009 11:14 pm1. I noticed this with S4, but it's become even more obvious to me here: I prefer the serious eps the first time around, but I enjoy the happy/fluffy eps more in the rewatch. So, here, "Reptile Boy" and "Some Assembly Required" and "Inca Mummy Girl" are all good fun, whereas I found them horribly cheesy before.
2. Okay, this quote? This quote is ironic and way creepy when you take Darla into consideration:
See? Buffy's really not even in the picture here. It's all about Darla.
3. You know, "Lie to Me" is a just a great episode. It introduces bigger, more morally gray questions than we'd ever seen before, the Spike/Dru scenes are fantastic, the plot with Billy Fordham is interesting (even if the actor wasn't all that great), and that last scene with Buffy and Giles is perfect.
4. Willow. Oh, Willow. How much she changed in just two seasons. You'd think her transition from awkward nerd to quirky alterna-girl would be a positive thing, but it's pretty clear from her comments throughout S4 (especially in "Restless") that she didn't so much grow out of her nerdiness as learn to hide it better. The longer I look at her arc over the course of the series, the more I marvel at how consistent it is, for the most part, and how depressing. She never accepted who she was, she just kept trying to compensate for it, via her guitarist boyfriend (not that I'm saying that's why she was with him, but she definitely liked the cachet), progressively funkier clothes, and of course magic. Magic became a key element in her perception of herself.
In S2, she's still a total dork, but she's a sweet dork, a genuine, sincere person. By early S4, she's ceased to be a person I can relate to or would choose to be close friends with (although I have a serious crush on her hair). I'm curious now to see just when this transition happens; I remember that ep in S3 when she gets kidnapped being a major turning point, but I'll need to see it again to compare.
5. And, riffing on #4 - who could have predicted in S2 that the three characters in the season who'd change the most over the course of the series would be Cordelia, Willow, and Spike? And by 'change' I mean experience permanent development, not just a temporary post-resurrection depression or post-coital soullessness. (I'd imagine some people would put Buffy in this list, too - have I mentioned today that I still can't quite see Buffy?. However, it seems to me that most of her character growth is at least glimpsed by the end of S2, and that the next five seasons then riff on that growth.)
2. Okay, this quote? This quote is ironic and way creepy when you take Darla into consideration:
ANGEL
I hated the girls back then.
Especially the noblewomen.
BUFFY
You did?
ANGEL
They were just incredibly dull.
Simpering morons, the lot of them.
I always wished I could meet someone...
exciting. Interesting.
See? Buffy's really not even in the picture here. It's all about Darla.
3. You know, "Lie to Me" is a just a great episode. It introduces bigger, more morally gray questions than we'd ever seen before, the Spike/Dru scenes are fantastic, the plot with Billy Fordham is interesting (even if the actor wasn't all that great), and that last scene with Buffy and Giles is perfect.
4. Willow. Oh, Willow. How much she changed in just two seasons. You'd think her transition from awkward nerd to quirky alterna-girl would be a positive thing, but it's pretty clear from her comments throughout S4 (especially in "Restless") that she didn't so much grow out of her nerdiness as learn to hide it better. The longer I look at her arc over the course of the series, the more I marvel at how consistent it is, for the most part, and how depressing. She never accepted who she was, she just kept trying to compensate for it, via her guitarist boyfriend (not that I'm saying that's why she was with him, but she definitely liked the cachet), progressively funkier clothes, and of course magic. Magic became a key element in her perception of herself.
In S2, she's still a total dork, but she's a sweet dork, a genuine, sincere person. By early S4, she's ceased to be a person I can relate to or would choose to be close friends with (although I have a serious crush on her hair). I'm curious now to see just when this transition happens; I remember that ep in S3 when she gets kidnapped being a major turning point, but I'll need to see it again to compare.
5. And, riffing on #4 - who could have predicted in S2 that the three characters in the season who'd change the most over the course of the series would be Cordelia, Willow, and Spike? And by 'change' I mean experience permanent development, not just a temporary post-resurrection depression or post-coital soullessness. (I'd imagine some people would put Buffy in this list, too - have I mentioned today that I still can't quite see Buffy?. However, it seems to me that most of her character growth is at least glimpsed by the end of S2, and that the next five seasons then riff on that growth.)