Why season seven of Buffy is the best one...whiny Potentials notwithstanding.

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, January 7, 2008 11:36
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CHRISISALL

Thursday, January 3, 2008 7:38 PM

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Originally posted by Karel:
I liked season seven for my first intoduction to Trogdor the Burninator.

Silly silly British man.

Mystical doilieisall

THESOMNAMBULIST

Thursday, January 3, 2008 7:39 PM

Curses!!!

That pesky fourth Dimension has always eluded me. If only I'd had the foresight, when I was a younger man to break free from the shackles of the third dimension... I could have been somebody... I could a....

Ohh doghnuts!

CHRISISALL

Thursday, January 3, 2008 7:42 PM

I'll send you a flux capacitor ASAP.

Doc Chrisisall

EMBERS

Friday, January 4, 2008 1:07 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

They'll CGI the existing series to death, and broad wave it as new, making it make embarrassingly large stacks of cash at a minimum investment...

Then they'll make new eps by digitally recreating SMG and the entire cast.

Brave new Chrisisall

I'm sure you're right... and TPTB will call it 'new media' and not pay residuals to any of the surviving actors or writers.....

http://community.livejournal.com/wga_supporters/3089.html

CHRISISALL

Friday, January 4, 2008 1:59 PM

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Originally posted by embers:

I'm sure you're right... and TPTB will call it 'new media' and not pay residuals to any of the surviving actors or writers.....

...unless this strike clears that up....

you idiots- just give 'em their due and let me have Heroes and Dollhouse already!!!!!

Pissy Chrisisall

WYTCHCROFT

Monday, January 7, 2008 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

I have the kind of powerful tv hugging, remote throwing - love/hate – relationship with season 7 that only a true geek would indulge in.

The things I love about it strike me as among the very best moments or elements of the whole show. The things I hate? Well, it’s years down the line now – and when I re-watch it… I STILL hate em.

It may be worth noting that Joss himself has spoken of ‘writer’s exhaustion’ in regard to S7.

Anyhoo – here for the unwary is the quick, ruff and entirely subjective Wytchtakers Guide To S7, aka The Good, The Blah and the Chiminey.

LUFF
Chosen, Conversations with Dead People, Selfless, The Killer in Me, Lies My Parents Told Me, Same Time, Same Place etc.

LOAF
Empty Places, Showtime,
Bring On the Night - and all the many emptysodes of Blah and hanging about in that damn house waiting for nuthin to frakking happen and with no character progression.

QUESTION:
Anyone else agree the season should have been 11 episodes? Would’ve been better I reckon – and reflected season 1.

LUFF
“Bite me Harris!” Prime Anya steals the season. She rocks throughout.
Tom Lenk is a God.
Principal Wood.
Faith Vs Spock.
Spike – once he gets his mojo back and for “Button, Button who’s got the button – my money’s on the witch!”
Nathan is just, well, he’s terrific. I know ‘fans’ of the show, so terrified by him – they can’t watch! He’s also, of course, gorram funny.
Bonus: Nikki Wood and The Mayor. Cassie – even though her story is kinda dull.
The Incidental Music.
Aimee Mann.
Drew Goddard.

The conclusion is a real tour de force - and the arc allows for a very powerful 'statement'. you don't get many on TV. Treasure em.

LOAF

The whole season is shot and lit incredibly badly.
Take your choice of (favourite) season but here? Where is the visual richness of 5, the headiness of 6, the gloss of 3. Compare it to Angel 5 or Firefly.
And Jeez – all that beige.

Lobotomy Willow. First she was booky, then she was kooky, then she went crooky, but now she’s just nuthin at all. At least she looks a little grief-ey. Does anyone else even mention Tara?
Pod Giles.
Spare part Xander.
Angel’s pointless and smug appearance.
Spike before he gets his coat back is dressed in a way that defies belief. Also he is in the damn basement or the damn cave forever and the first tries to torture him by drowning. Hello! VAMPIRE!

BUFFY SUMMERS. This is not SMG’s fault – though she has NO chemistry with the rest of the cast anymore. But those damn speeches – all the time with the speeches already. So boring that Storyteller takes the mickey out of it – but she keeps on going anyway, through the rest of the whole show. ZZZZZZZZZ War war war, the big picture, war war fight die, girls, me me me war. ZZZZZZZZ

The Absence of Steven S. DeKnight.

LOVE – the Potentials.
LOATHE – the Potentials.
It’s a thing.

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