Buffy season six and seven, Worth owning?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, April 23, 2006 16:45
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What I found about Buffy S6 & S7 that I wasn't crazy about was that they were a bit of a letdown - but only when compared with Seasons 2 thru 4! Put S6 or 7 up against 99% of the tripe that's on the telly, and it looks pretty freaking good in comparison. If it doesn't feel quite AS good as some of the best of Buffy, it's still pretty damned special.
Reilly's leaving didn't bother me, because (like many others) he just never seemed "right" for Buffy. Probably because he wasn't all fangy and, y'know... "Grrrr". Dawn bugged me to no end, but I must say that, upon repeat viewings of all seven seasons, Dawn *does* get better. Or at least less annoying. And I learned to give her the benefit of the doubt; Joss was writing a 15-year-old girl, and they really CAN be that annoying.
Like I said, even if 6 & 7 aren't the greatest Buffy seasons, they're still a damn sight better than most other shows you'll see. And there are some episodes that are simply *amazing*. Your jaw will drop, more than once. You'll be stunned. I've watched the entire series, start to finish, twice now. There are other episodes that I'll just pop in to watch on their own, several of which are in S6 & S7 ("Once More With Feeling", "Conversations With Dead People", "Lies My Parents Told Me", and "Chosen" among them). Not EVERY episode in those seasons was great, but the best of them were as good as anything I've seen on TV, ever.
"Once More With Feeling" has to be my all-time favorite Buffy episode - and I *hate* musicals! If you were a casual observer, or had never seen the show, it would just seem silly; over-the-top kitsch, a ridiculous parody of Broadway musicals. But for us, we who have watched and followed the entire series and invested so much in these characters, it becomes something else entirely. Just seeing how much effort Joss put into crafting every line and every word in every song, so that it fit perfectly with the person singing it... it still gives me goosebumps. My reaction after watching it a second time (immediately after seeing it the first time) was, "Joss should write this damn thing for Broadway. Not this episode - the whole damn series. Condense it down to a 2.5- to 3-hour musical, and let it rip the throat out of conventional musicals." And I'm convinced that he could do it, and that it would run longer than "Cats". Put it this way: *I'D* pay to go see it. (Did I mention that I hate musicals?) ;)
And the series finale is the PERFECT way for the show to end. The only series finale I've seen that compares to it in how good it was, was the finale for Angel.
I've never really considered myself a huge fan of buying DVD sets of TV series. After discovering Buffy, I bought all 7 seasons of it, all 5 seasons of Angel, and the Firefly set. I've watched them all at least twice, start to finish, and I've never regretted for a minute buying any of them.
Mike
A baby seal walks into a club...
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Afterlife and Flooded were good. I'm likin' it!
No time, more later.
Late for work Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Afterlife and Flooded were good. I'm likin' it!
Don't get too cosy ;)
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:As a god, she should have made creme tartar out of Buffy AND Willow; she was more like a REALLY powerful demon, and as such, would have been more believable IMHO.
Originally posted by KellyofLuthien:
I liked Glory overall. I think her craziness might have been part of the "uneven" aspect.
The actress was great.
Agreeing about the Mayor Chrisisall
Sorry a little late on the reply. Didn't you see the episode where Joss explains that? Her problem was Ben. Her human side was the part making her hold back. She said if it weren't for Ben she probably would have killed Buffy and her friends long ago.
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Originally posted by Zeek:
Sorry a little late on the reply. Didn't you see the episode where Joss explains that? Her problem was Ben. Her human side was the part making her hold back. She said if it weren't for Ben she probably would have killed Buffy and her friends long ago.
Bit lame don't you think? The whole Ben/Glory thing was never really explained properly.
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Originally posted by Zeek:
Sorry a little late on the reply. Didn't you see the episode where Joss explains that? Her problem was Ben. Her human side was the part making her hold back. She said if it weren't for Ben she probably would have killed Buffy and her friends long ago.
Bit lame don't you think? The whole Ben/Glory thing was never really explained properly.
I find myself in a far more forgiving mood now than when I last bought Buffy S5; I'm ready to be entertained w/out getting all Star Trek about the 'splaining of everything. If I can accept Dawn, I guess I can accept Ben/Glory...sort of.
Chrisisall, still on S6 ep 4
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