THE GIRL IN QUESTION - Discussion
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Is it me, or did that 'As you wish' from Illyria remind anyone of The Princess Bride? AYW meant 'I love you' there, which brings up all sorts of possibilities. I agree, Illyria is a little jealous of Fred.
On the other hand, maybe that was simply meant to be ominous. Dunno.
Hey, why don't Fred's parents know about her death!? I mean, WTF! The deserve to know, hell, they need to know, and they know about demons (right?), so they can handle it, i guess. That just seemed cruel...
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Originally posted by AlienZookeeper:
Is it me, or did that 'As you wish' from Illyria remind anyone of The Princess Bride? AYW meant 'I love you' there, which brings up all sorts of possibilities. I agree, Illyria is a little jealous of Fred.
Yeah...either jealous or horny.
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On the other hand, maybe that was simply meant to be ominous. Dunno.
Hey, why don't Fred's parents know about her death!? I mean, WTF! The deserve to know, hell, they need to know, and they know about demons (right?), so they can handle it, i guess. That just seemed cruel...
Cruel, yes. But I still wouldn't cross Illyria if I were Wes, especially when there are innocent, (mostly) defenseless people right there who she could easily hurt in retaliation.
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Originally posted by AlienZookeeper:
Hey, why don't Fred's parents know about her death!? I mean, WTF! The deserve to know, hell, they need to know, and they know about demons (right?), so they can handle it, i guess. That just seemed cruel...
Yes, but I could see where Wes would keep finding excuses to put that call off. "Hi, I know we only met that once but I need to tell you that an ancient demon goddess has taken over your daughter's body and she's dead, and her's soul's gone, though of course this demon is still using her body so you can't come claim it and there won't be a funeral." Wes is too consumed by his own greif, as is anyone else in the position to make that call (or, possibly, trip to Texas).
Then to have her walk in just as he was going to tell them, so convincingly Fred, obviously threw hin for a loop. And once it got started, that sort of thing is hard to stop. And I agree that they need to know, but I can see how it didn't happen.
BUT, if Fred and Mom and Dad are close, why haven't they noticed that she stopped calling herself.
For the record, I don't think there's a parent on earth who could "handle" finding out that what happened to Fred had happened to their daughter.
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Originally posted by AlienZookeeper:
Is it me, or did that 'As you wish' from Illyria remind anyone of The Princess Bride? AYW meant 'I love you' there, which brings up all sorts of possibilities.
I laughed and pointed that out to my girlfriend. Especially interesting when you consider TPB hero's name was Wesley.
"You didn't have to wound that man."
"Yeah, I know. It was just funny."
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Originally posted by AlienZookeeper:
Is it me, or did that 'As you wish' from Illyria remind anyone of The Princess Bride? AYW meant 'I love you' there, which brings up all sorts of possibilities.
Thought that!Quote:
I laughed and pointed that out to my girlfriend. Especially interesting when you consider TPB hero's name was Wesley.
Didn't think that!!! Wow. Funny
My wife actually admitted to liking this episode. It was so stinking funny. Yeah, she don't go for the dark stuff. It was so not serious, except the Was / Illyra moments.
Favorite bits
When Spike wakes from torture saying "Bloody Hell" - so in character
Time for another pony ride - Naughty Dru
could've done without the Buffy-sidestory
I love the Spike and Angel banter.
But now I'm ready to get serious. It's Angel's finest hour. Bring it on.
"May the sun on your back always be from another dimension"
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss
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Originally posted by JerseyBrowncoat:
Personally, I'm glad he's not rushing anything to a conclusion. If there's anything that Firefly's taught us, there are always other media to explore when a TV show is cancelled.
I really agree with you! I never thought that Joss would have Buffy 'ride off into the sunset with either Vampire' and I think it is nuts that so many fans seemed to expect Joss to end the show with Buffy chosing one or the other of them.
Joss is a very young man, and he has no reason to 'end' anything, he can always continue the stories of the Buffyverse, if not on TV then in movies, if not in movies then in comics or video games... There is a lot of media out there that Joss can play with, and he has said he has a lot more stories to tell.
I'm not that worried about SMG's unavailability over the last year...I'm sure she'll want to work w/Joss again, and I am REALLY not worried about David's interview comments because I think he is going to be having plenty of free time in the future (JMPO), and of course so many of the others from the show have said time and time again that they are ready willing and able to sign onto any project that Joss is involved in.
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Steve DeKnight says:
(Thu May 6 07:44:00 2004)
Ho ho ho. Just a quick swoop by since I see that little scamp Drew
promised I'd be here. Bad, Drew, bad!
Gotta say, folks, I'm a little surprised at some of the reaction to
tonight's episode. Not sure how anyone got the impression that our
intent was to poke the hard core fans right in the peeper, but I can
tell you that was never our intent. All we wanted to do is address
the Angel/Buffy/Spike triangle one last time in a light-hearted
manner. And that bit at the end about movin' on? Directed at no one
but the characters saying the words. We, the people actually working
on the show for many long, hard years, just wanted to use our last
chance to tell a fun story and to show that yes, love can make you
shemp if you let it.
To address a few other random comments: Don't know what you've
heard, but Sarah was never going to play an active part in this ep.
Not from the conception, the breaking of the story, or the writing
of it. As for Tom Lenk (Andrew), I love the guy and I'm very happy
he was in the show. We had talked about Dawn doing those scenes, but
Michelle wasn't available.
Not defending anything here. Just giving you the facts. And
honestly, no matter what we do in these last few episodes, somebody
out there's not gonna be happy. So we'll just do our best. Hate it,
love it – it's still gonna end how it's gonna end. And if you think
you're gonna miss it, imagine how we feel. Nah, on second thought,
don't. It'll just make you cry.
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Originally posted by bikisdad:
That WAS good - especially the looks on their faces when they started hitting each other. Hey, is my hearing really bad, or was that Dean Martin singing while they fought?
"If the apocalypse comes, beep me!"
It was Dean Martin. I think the song was Take Me In Your Arms. The looks on their faces when they started hitting each other was priceless. What a great scene.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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I should probably be ashamed that I noticed this, but did anyone else notice that the very funny and really hot head honcho of the Rome W&H was the same actress that played Areola Canasta in the movie If Looks Could Kill: Carole Davis or Carole Raphaelle Davis as she was credited on Angel. Just some more useless trivia clogging up my brain.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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The Italian Wolfram & Hart girl!
Beautiful girl, but did she have to be so irritating? I know it isn't her fault, the script is written that way, but every scene she was in I fast-forwarded through as to avoid the horror.
However, upon second viewing, I did find the episode more interesting. As happens a lot with me.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss
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