Re: Buffy- Calling all those who DIDN'T hate the Potentials or Kennedy...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, January 10, 2009 23:05
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Originally posted by RiveR6213:
The potential slayers were a good idea, and I don't understand why anyone would have a problem with them. What if Buffy in an alternate reality was a potential? We would have had a problem with her and her character.
Kennedy was new energy injected into the close group of Buffy, Xander, Willow, and Giles. I found her refreshing and energetic.
If the Kennedy character didn't work its because of the writers.
-River
Or because Iyari Limon can't act her way out of a paper bag. Just sayin'.
"it's always complicated and at some point someone has to draw the line and that is always going to be me. you get down on me for cutting myself off but in the end the slayer is always cut off. there's no mystical guide book, no all knowing council, human rules don't apply. there's only me....i am the law" -Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Originally posted by RiveR6213:
The potential slayers were a good idea, and I don't understand why anyone would have a problem with them.
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If the Kennedy character didn't work its because of the writers.
You just answered your own question.
They were an "interesting" (I stop just short of saying "good") idea, but they were handled badly by the writers. Hey, what else is new for S7, right?
There were too many of them, for one thing, and I'm not even talking about the house overflowing with about 40 of them by the final episode. The "core" group was really just five--Kennedy, Rona, Vi, Molly, and Amanda--but even that was too many new characters to just drop in all at once. Not only did they take screen-time away from the regular characters, the ones we tuned in to see, but they took screen-time away from each other, and we didn't get to know them as well as we could've if there'd only been, say, two or three.
And their characters weren't developed like they should've been, deeply enough to make us invested in any of them, but again, that's totally endemic of S7, because none of the characters were developed anywhere near as deeply as in seasons past. If the quality of writing had been as good in S7 as in, say, S2 or 3, the potentials probably would've had more depth to them, and people would've liked them better...
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Originally posted by DeathIsMyGift:
Or because Iyari Limon can't act her way out of a paper bag. Just sayin'.
I thought she did all right in the Taco Bell "Avalanche" commercial. (Didn't even notice it was her, did ya?)
Mike
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I always wondered if this meant that all these Watchers would now be called up... and if so where are they going to be coming from?
Yes. And obviously Andrew and Xander are going to be watchers now. :)
Mike
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I am sorry that I can not participate in this thread - seeing as how Kennedy sucked, the potentials sort of sucked and no Oz the last few years sucked majorly.
I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
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Quote:The series was pretty through with 'developing' the characters- in season seven it was wrapping up the overall story, not giving us character growth...don't you think six years was enough? Don't they get to be plot driven for a spell?
Originally posted by Groosalugg:
none of the characters were developed anywhere near as deeply as in seasons past.
Same thing I hear when folks weedge about Serenity...hello, we KNOW these peeps now, we can get on with STORY
Burninatorisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:The series was pretty through with 'developing' the characters- in season seven it was wrapping up the overall story, not giving us character growth...don't you think six years was enough? Don't they get to be plot driven for a spell?
Originally posted by Groosalugg:
none of the characters were developed anywhere near as deeply as in seasons past.
Same thing I hear when folks weedge about Serenity...hello, we KNOW these peeps now, we can get on with STORY
Burninatorisall
I would actually argue that Spike was developed more: he had just gotten his soul and we didn't know what that meant, but we also got to find out about his Mother's death ...
I would also say that Dawn was developed a lot more, when she thought she was going to be a slayer, and then understood she wasn't going to be,
when she insisted on fulfilling the promise (Buffy made at the end of Season 6) in becoming more involved, and not being forced to sit on the sidelines.
We got to learn more about Anya's past (one of the best episodes in S7)
I feel that people who hated season 7 were watching it with some heavy prejudice because they weren't getting to see what they wanted to see, but if you watch with an open mind: to see what Joss is trying to show you, then you'll find that there is a lot there!
PS: I'm glad Chrisisall is a Burn Notice fan! I am ALL about Burn Notice these days!
New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816
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Originally posted by embers:
PS: I'm glad Chrisisall is a Burn Notice fan! I am ALL about Burn Notice these days!
It's the perfect show to hold us until Dollhouse. I'll even watch it after Dollhouse.
I love that series...but I have no the cable...thank the Lords of Kobol for Hulu.com!
You're right about the character dev. in S7- I was overlooking it in my rush to defend it.
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Yeah so GOD I HATE KENNEDY!
I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
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I love anything written by Joss Whedon completly BECAUSE it was written by Joss Whedon LOL
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