Once more, and this time with feeling! Your favourite season countdown...

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, August 19, 2006 17:09
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GROOSALUGG

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:08 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Just curious...what about seven won it almost last place, and a note of un-fondness?

Want a list? I'm pretty sure I've done this before, but I'll hit it again:

- In all the other seasons, the characters came first, the seasonal arc came second. In S7, the characters took a back seat to the arc, which might have been okay if the storyline was really good... but it wasn't. It was all over the map, severely lacking in direction and focus (witness the four episodes spent devoted almost exclusively to Spike's trigger, the eventual deactivation of which didn't even seem to be a speedbump in the First's scheme). In previous years the plots involving Angelus/Dru/Spike, the Mayor, Glory, etc., weren't necessarily any better, but they played a relatively small part in the grand scheme of the season while the main focus stayed on the core characters. In S7, it was all about the First. Way too much.

- The Potentials. Not a bad concept, but there were too many of them, which led to them being pretty much just anonymous faces in the background--even the "main" ones with regular speaking roles like Vi and Amanda never really had any depth to them. Kennedy was annoying, and Rona was just a total bitca. Chao-Ahn was probably the best of the group. Overall, they just sucked up screen time from the characters we really wanted to see.

- Buffy's speeches. There's one episode ("Potential", I think) where nearly every line out of her mouth is part of a speech. Geez, give it a rest, girl.

- Willow, Anya, and especially Xander being relegated to not much more than background characters. It didn't become "The Buffy and Spike Show" as some critics charge, but it did seem that way, if only because they were the only two who got any kind of meaningful characters arcs that year.

- Episodes 19-21. The quotes from the cast and crew that came out as the show was wrapping up promised a 'thrilling' 5-episode arc to wrap things up. Caleb and Faith show up in 18, and it looks like that's going to be true, 'cause that was (and is) a great ep. Then... we get three episodes where the cast is basically just marking time until Joss can ride in on a white horse to wrap everything up in the finale. I'm still waiting to hear why he couldn't have done a two-parter, writing and directing both himself, the way he did in S2 ("Becoming") and 3 ("Graduation Day")...

- Oh, and one more: once he showed up in town, why couldn't Caleb just march over to Buffy's house and wipe 'em all out? Any flobotanous reason the writers could've given would've satisfied, but they didn't even bother...

There are plenty of good things in there, too, however, and I own the season on DVD and still watch it, so it's not like I hate it. It's just not up to the standards they'd set for themselves in seasons 2 thru 6, IMO...

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:13 PM

I completely agree with Groo on this. Even with the part about owning it on DVD

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:19 PM

Fair enough to say, G. All true.
I guess Spike all souled and Buffy all made fun of (speechwise, during the video-taping), and the whole finale are what put it up there for me .

We did it before, but it's still fun Chrisisall

BLINKER

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:26 PM

Best to worst:

5
3
4
6
2
7
1

That was easy.

_________
Sliders: Gate Haven - http://slidersweb.net/blinker

RUGBUG

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:03 PM

Best to worst

2
3
5
6
4
1
7

(and if I've done this list before, don't fault me for any changes. How I feel about a season can depend on how recently I've viewed it.)

Chrisisall: I just got Brisco County Jr. in the mail. I'm holding you personally responsible if I don't like it. (Or maybe I'll hold the guy who got me into Buffy/Angel/and indirectly Firefly. He loved Brisco as well....)

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"My feelings are changeable but intense" Anya (season 7 Buffy)

SID872

Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:30 PM

From most favourite to least:

3
2
1
6
7
4
5

CHRISISALL

Friday, July 21, 2006 3:50 PM

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Originally posted by RugBug:

Chrisisall: I just got Brisco County Jr. in the mail. I'm holding you personally responsible if I don't like it.

Well...Well....
It's been a couple days, have ya watched Brisco yet?

And I can't believe how many put S7 at the bottom or near it! I love it!

Socrates Chrisisall

EMBERS

Friday, July 21, 2006 4:17 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

And I can't believe how many put S7 at the bottom or near it! I love it!

I love it too chrisisall... and as more fans discover Buffy late, and watch S7 without the extreme prejudice, you'll have more buddies who can appreciate what a good job Joss did of the hero's journey!

And Arcadia/KMF: I LOVE the icon! Great job!!

CHRISISALL

Friday, July 21, 2006 4:30 PM

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Originally posted by embers:
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Originally posted by chrisisall:

And I can't believe how many put S7 at the bottom or near it! I love it!

I love it too chrisisall... and as more fans discover Buffy late, and watch S7 without the extreme prejudice, you'll have more buddies who can appreciate what a good job Joss did of the hero's journey!

Em, Since I started this thread, I've come to feel that each and every season is great in it's own way (save for parts of 1, while it was still finding it's voice..).

There honestly isn't a season I would ever avoid, or watch less often than the others due to preference. I can only say that the last five eps of 7 might become my most watches shows for when I need a quick 'booster shot' without the time to go through all seven seasons chronologically every time.

Fool for Spike Chrisisall

EMBERS

Friday, July 21, 2006 5:20 PM

well, Chris, I wish you could teach me to appreciate Glorificus (who I find to be almost Fran 'The Nanny' Drescher level annoying)...
but other than that I have to agree: ALL the seasons are amazing.
I've been rewatching Buffy's first season with a friend who has never seen any of it, and 'I Robot, You Jane' had always seemed dumb to me...but we had so much fun watching it! And after that came 'The Puppet Show' which was wonderful...
So season 1 may not have the style and depth of the latter seasons, but it is really very good fun!

I'm changing my rating to:
1. seasons 4,2,3,7
2. season 6
3. season 1
4. season 5

JMPO

(we're also watching 'Firefly' and last night w/Jaynestown she has finally seen why I love 'Firefly' even more than 'Buffy')

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