oh and it's good to be home again.
Kudos to Ita and everyone who got the place up and running again.
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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evil jimi - Jun 11, 2003 10:02:59 am PDT #4931 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Allan Lang - Jun 11, 2003 4:01:32 pm PDT #4932 of 9843
'And on that tragic day, an era came to its inevitable end.'
That's all there is.
Allan ... the new Angel is on Thursday night.evil jimi "All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American" Jun 11, 2003 12:01:57 pm PDT
Thanks,jimi. I don't switch the TV on at all Thursdays, but thanks to you I'm going to dodge the bullet.
evil jimi - Jun 12, 2003 1:51:15 am PDT #4933 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
No probs Allan.
Jars - Jun 12, 2003 3:31:18 am PDT #4934 of 9843
Wa-hey! Home again, home again. It's good to be back.
Fiona - Jun 12, 2003 9:25:32 am PDT #4935 of 9843
I'm just about to go watch a tape of the last two episodes of Buffy.
Such a weird feeling. After this, no new Buffy ever. I'm trying to draw it out a little.
Trudy Booth - Jun 12, 2003 9:27:57 am PDT #4936 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Revel in it, Fiona.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 12, 2003 9:36:39 am PDT #4937 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I'm in the same sort of place-- twenty-four minutes to go until the last ever Buffy starts showing. It's... strange, and a little sad, but it's got a sort of excitment, too. I know I'm going to enjoy the hour, even if it makes me cry.
Fiona - Jun 12, 2003 9:38:35 am PDT #4938 of 9843
Hee. I had no idea Sky was showing the last Buffy this evening. Synchronicity.
...And thanks for reminding me to have some Kleenex to hand, Am-Chau. Have a great finale!
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 12, 2003 9:40:20 am PDT #4939 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Have a great finale!
Thanks! You too.
Kassto - Jun 12, 2003 12:56:38 pm PDT #4940 of 9843
`He combed his hair, Put on a shirt that his mother made, And he went on the air...'
Hi, I'm new, beaming in from New Zealand and finally delurking -- disappearance of the site for a couple of weeks caused me some fright. Thought I'd better jump in in case it disappeared for good. I don't know what episode you are up to in Australia for season 7, and therefore what's open for discussion. Over here we have just had ``Storyteller''.
Just a bit of background, and some thoughts:
1) Didn't get converted to Buffy until November last year, but was immediately sold on it like no TV programme ever before. Was lent the Becoming two-parter by friends, then series 3. Then went right back to the start and have watched EVERYTHING twice, at least.
2) This current season has come under a lot of criticism in the main Buffy discussion thread (which I look at really carefully episode by episode so as not to be spoiled) but I still think it has a lot going for it. There is a real sense of melancholy in it for me -- the main characters look so tired and dispirited. Too much apocalypse and love lost, I guess. The writing hasn't always been top notch, but that's the case in every series.
2) As Joss has said in some interview, the audience hates change, and I'm one of those haters. I hated when they left high school, and when Buffy-Angel ended. The most erotic scene I'd ever seen on TV was Angel feeding from Buffy to cure him of his poisonous wound. Series 4 took a long time to grow on me, series 5 I loved, series 6 was excruciatingly painful with moments of brilliance. Felt like I was going through all the agonies of growing up with them, and it was bad enough the first time!
3) In series 7, I still think there's something not quite right about Giles. Andrew is an absolute peach. And as for Buffy and Spike -- still sad, complicated and full of heat, though not always written as well as I would have liked.
4) Still several episodes to go till it all ends here, but I'm already upset about it. I guess it must be different if you've been following it for seven years. Only been seven months for me -- want it to be much much longer.