Seven Seasons in Eight Days

POSTED BY: Groosalugg
UPDATED: Monday, January 8, 2007 14:53
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GROOSALUGG

Saturday, January 6, 2007 8:37 PM

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Originally posted by embers:
well sure, now you've seen all the shows in order...
but NOW you have to watch all the commentaries!

Oh, believe me, I already have. Just to clarify, this was hardly the first time I'd ever watched the DVDs--just the first (and only!!) time I'd ever marathoned thru them like that.

Yeah, Joss' are best, and Fury and Espenson are very good, as well, and also Doug Petrie, but my second-favorite commentator (and my second-favorite writer) is definitely Drew Goddard. The worst commentaries are probably Marti Noxon's for "What's My Line?" (both parts), Michael Gershman's for "Consequences", and David Solomon/Rebecca Rand Kirshner for "Hell's Bells". The one for "Wild at Heart" with Joss/Marti/Seth is pretty bad, too...

I had one extra, completely free day after I was done, and thought about trying to watch all (or at least, most) of the commentaries, but by then, I was pretty well Buffied-out...

CHARLIETHEBLOODY

Sunday, January 7, 2007 3:31 AM

wow, I applaud you, I've watched a couple of seasons in one run but I've never had them all in the same place on the same format, I'm slowly replacing my VHS now so one day... you've given me something to strive for in life

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HEROUVCANTON

Sunday, January 7, 2007 1:04 PM

i'm speechless..........no, not really! What an accomplishment. {jealous}
And just curious.......after seeing all the eps consecutively like you did, can you give us your top 5? worst 5?

Dear Diary: Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. Today, we were kidnapped by hillfolk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.

CHRISISALL

Sunday, January 7, 2007 5:16 PM

Yeah, seeing them all at once, can ya give us a highs and lows report on Buffy as a whole?

Zeppo Chrisisall

GROOSALUGG

Sunday, January 7, 2007 5:40 PM

Well, I don't think my opinion of my top 5 and bottom 5 changed much at all, but here they are:

Favorite
1. Fool for Love
2. Bad Girls
3. Doppelgangland
4. Intervention
5. Becoming (both parts)

Least
144. Teacher's Pet
143. Bring on the Night
142. Help
141. As You Were
140. Inca Mummy Girl/Reptile Boy (can't decide between them)

I guess the thing that struck me most by watching them this way, as compared to gradually over several months, is how drastically the whole 'feel' of the show changed from the first 3 seasons compared to the last 3... and not really for the better (I'd of course noticed this before, but it's really obvious when watching them so packed together like that). The school library was just a warm, inviting sort of place to watch the gang hang around in, and when it was gone, I missed it. The Magic Box was a decent replacement, but then by S7 that was gone, too, and Buffy's house was a poor substitute.

The show also really suffered once Giles and Joyce weren't around anymore. They were, in a very real sense, the glue that held it all together, and I don't think they were appreciated nearly enough--until they weren't there anymore, and you realized what a big hole they left...

JWHEDONADDICT

Sunday, January 7, 2007 7:37 PM

You got me beat!!! I've done it over the course of a month or two(approximately) several times before---2 or 3 on worknights, more on weekends and vacation days. I've also done it with ANGEL. FIREFLY & SERENITY, I've done in a weekend before, VERONICA MARS (2 seasons) in a couple of weeks, and 2 seasons of LOST in about
3-4 weeks.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, January 7, 2007 9:34 PM

Originally posted by embers:

Quote:

Joss' are the best,
but David Fury & Jane Espenson do great commentary too
(I love me great commentary!)

Absolutely!!! I love the commentaries! As you say Joss' are the best, because he is so insightful! Jane Espenson is a very, very close second because she is clearly so in love with the show. She unloads so much information on you it's a real treat. Also she is wicked funny too :D I love her episodes as they're often wonderfully humourous.

Funnily enough although I love David Solomon's direction his commentaries are just too rigid :( which is a pity. I guess he just doesn't like being so exposed like that, which is fair enough.

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GROOSALUGG

Monday, January 8, 2007 7:49 AM

Oh, and I'll give you one more thing I noticed this time around: Charisma acquired her... 'surgical enhancements'... sometime around 2/3 of the way thru S2 (I'd been wondering for awhile when exactly it'd happened). Major turn-off . Real beats fake any day of the week, no matter what the size. Best example of that is the fact that Charisma isn't even in the same hemisphere as Amy Acker when it comes to all-around hotness...

And I'd better shut up now before I go too much further off-topic...

SINGATE

Monday, January 8, 2007 8:05 AM

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Originally posted by Groosalugg:
Charisma isn't even in the same hemisphere as Amy Acker when it comes to all-around hotness...

And I'd better shut up now before I go too much further off-topic...

Too late. I completely disagree about Charisma's hotness. As much as I disliked Cordelia I still find Charisma to be one of the hottest females in the Buffyverse. I tend to put Amy in the same category as Jewel, so cute and adorable that it is almost unbearable. Just as a reference I believe Eliza Dushku and Alyson Hannigan are the pre-eminent hotties on the show.

As far as the original topic goes I am completely impressed. You must have looked like that fellow in PCU by the time you were finished. My best effort was watching both seasons of Dark Angel over a 3 day weekend.

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CHRISISALL

Monday, January 8, 2007 2:53 PM

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Originally posted by singate:
My best effort was watching both seasons of Dark Angel over a 3 day weekend.

*heh heh , he said "Dark Angel", heh heh*

Now that's a more attainable goal for me, but it would have to be when my family is away visiting or something....
Actually, I must do it!!!
Thanks Singate, I'm gonna get right on planning it!
COOL!!!!

Singate planted the idea in Chrisisall

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