The Zeppo was awesome!

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 6, 2005 02:55
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STARPILOTGRAINGER

Monday, June 6, 2005 9:53 PM

I like the whole:
"I'm not afraid to die, I'm already dead."
"Yeah, but this is different. This isn't going out and drinking with your buddies kind of dead. This is little bits being swept up by a janitor dead, and I don't think you're ready for that."

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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 6, 2005 10:27 PM

Yeah, it was definitly my favourite ep for humour.
Hey, that's Xander's power! He distracts with obtuse humour!
He is 'Obtuseman'!
Welcome to this week's episode of THE XANDER FILES. In this episode Obtuseman confuses the crap out of a Chrono-demon until his time runs out!

Story editor Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 6, 2005 10:39 PM

The Wish was delightfully bent, allright. It reminded me a little of a Flash episode where an explosion sent Barry 15 years into the future and he found a ravaged Central City that had had no 'Flash' to protect it. Except Wish was WAY better.
Anne was almost like an Outer Limits episode, that happened to have Buffy guest- starring in it. Instead of someone having to figure out an intricate escape plan out of that dimension, they had a Slayer on hand to kick dimensional demon ass so they could leave. I agree it wasn't great , but it sure had ME goin'!
What did you think of Amends? The snow made me think of a miracle, like somebody up there took pity on poor Angel and Buffy, for a Christmas present.

I mock you with my monkey pants Chrisisall

SIMONWHO

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 12:57 AM

"I'm oddly full today."

Brilliant.

OPPYH

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 1:05 AM

Season 3 = greatness. Consequnces was one of my favorite eps, but Dopplegangland remains my favorite from the 3rd season . Very Willowy. CHRISISALL, hang in there for the remaining seasons. Although they lose a bit of the funny, wacky episodes, they make up for in dark, sad Buffy seasons. After season 5 I was a train wreck, and I mean that in a good way.

BATMARLOWE

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 2:24 AM

Yep, the Zeppo is one of the best of Season 3 or any other season. A perfect example of why this is such a great show. I've always wondered though, how many people got the reference when Cordelia called Xander "the Zeppo" of the group. Seems to me most people in Buffy's target audience wouldn't get it. Something I'd be happy to be wrong about.

But you gotta admit, someone like Cordelia would not know about Zeppo.

Not that it matters, it's a great episode and Xander's finest moment (although the "Yellow Crayon" scene is close competition for that award).

Keep us posted on your progress, Chrisisall. It's fun to get the reaction of a newbie experiencing BUFFY for the first time.

The friend I loaned Seasons 3-5 has finally sent them back so I'll be catching up to you as I rewatch them.

DROCCULARI

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 2:28 AM

Two things I love about Anne. It includes a strong contender for my favorite bit of Buffy dialog:
(I'm doing this from memory so it's not exact.)
Buffy: Want to see my imitation of Gandhi?
(Buffy kicks bad guy in the head and kills him)
Lilly: Gandhi?
Buffy: You know, he was really pissed off.

The other is it's contribution to the character development of Chantarelle / Lilly / Anne through Buffy and Angel (Yes, she shows up again in Angel.) Although we meet her in just a handful of rare snapshots in time, her changes are as interesting and surprising as many of the regulars.

GTMAN8503

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 4:17 AM

Yah...not a big fan of "Anne" (I never liked Lilly that much, not even on Angel) but that Buffy quote is one of my all time favorites.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 9:07 AM

chrisisall wrote:

Quote:
What did you think of Amends? The snow made me think of a miracle, like somebody up there took pity on poor Angel and Buffy, for a Christmas present.

Yep I was into Amends. It was a perfect addition to the pace that season three had taken up to this point. In many ways this was/is the strength of Buffy. It was able to take you on many journey's emotionally through-out it's run, but one key fact was the show knew just at the right points the emotions to play to at any given time. Amends in particular has that great sense of resolve to many things that had been drifting around for a while. So I liked it for that.

The snow thing is typical Joss. He leaves it up to the viewer to decide for themselves wether it's divine intervention or not. Sort of "It's Your call" You wanna believe it's divine work then so be it, if you don't well fine it works on that level too... Take it where you want and enjoy.

Brilliant.

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 10:08 AM

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Originally posted by gtman8503:
Yah...not a big fan of "Anne" (I never liked Lilly that much, not even on Angel) but that Buffy quote is one of my all time favorites.

Same here, that character never worked for me, in any of her incarnations... That episode also has a shot I think is very basic, and lets the whole episode down.

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