Buffy season five was, without a doubt, the worst season of the series.
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, August 4, 2008 15:01
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It had it's great moments (Buffy vs Dracula, Fool For Love, The Replacement, The Body), but overall the "Dawn is key' thing was silly, monks able to construct whole realities that fly so seamlessly is ludicrous, the idea that a 'god' can't just find the key if it wants is plain dumb, Riley lettin' vamps suck on him to find out the attraction or whatever was near insulting- they just wanted him gone and took that way out, a lovebot that actually gets our sympathy (what is this, Star Trek or sumthin'???), and the need for Buffy to die to save the world was at best a little contrived.
Plus a stupid 'evil alien from the meteorite' thing that really had no business in this or any season...
I just got the season & went through it- hadn't seen it in years- now I remember exactly why I hadn't bought it before...all my technical problems with it aside, it's too gorram depressing!!!
The depressing factor in season six, by comparison, was way more realistic & less contrived IMO- there were ways out of it in that one, all of season five was just leading to the 'Death Of Buffy', and I for one, wont be watching very much of that season again any time soon.
But- that's just my take on it, your mileage may (and obviously does) vary.
Hard-line Chrisisall
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Dude, you just started a thread, like, 3 weeks ago for the purpose of ripping S5. Did we really need another one so soon? 
Couldn't you have just bumped the previous one?
I mean, I know the conversation's been lagging in this forum (and the "Angel" one) for awhile now, but can't we get some new topics going, rather than being redundant with stuff we've just recently talked about? 
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Quote:No, this is a different thread, because I just saw it again, and I'm not speakin' from years-old memories.
Originally posted by Groosalugg:
Dude, you just started a thread, like, 3 weeks ago for the purpose of ripping S5. Did we really need another one so soon?
Quote:ummm....
I mean, I know the conversation's been lagging in this forum (and the "Angel" one) for awhile now, but can't we get some new topics going, rather than being redundant with stuff we've just recently talked about?
, you could have just ignored this & let it disappear....Anyway, I like season 1 & 2, I like season 6 tremendously, and I LOVE 3, 4, and 7....I just don't 'get' the love for most of 5....
Drawing Groos into it again all sneaky-likeisall
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Originally posted by Groosalugg:I mean, I know the conversation's been lagging in this forum (and the "Angel" one) for awhile now, but can't we get some new topics going, rather than being redundant with stuff we've just recently talked about?
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
ummm...., you could have just ignored this & let it disappear....
Anyway, I like season 1 & 2, I like season 6 tremendously, and I LOVE 3, 4, and 7....I just don't 'get' the love for most of 5....
Drawing Groos into it again all sneaky-likeisall
well from my POV ChrisIsAll can never start too many threads...
and ripping season 5 is always fun for me!
However I've taken note of S5 fans who have said it was the most tightly arched (after S2) and well produced...
so when I start rewatching it (it is the next one up since we just finished 'Restless') I was going to be paying close attention to those things,
and ignoring Glorificus as much as humanly possible.
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You can keep whining about it but Season 5 is still the one I re-watch more than any others.
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Originally posted by farfly:
You can keep whining about it but Season 5 is still the one I re-watch more than any others.
I would love to hear what you love about it,
because it is the one season I always avoid rewatching...
but I would love to learn to love it!
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I don't like Season 4 the most except for Hush and then Season 6 except for OMWF.
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Quote:I like Her Mostishness, but it's a one note joke that sometimes goes on too long. And after the brilliance of season 4, 5 just sort of pales, y'know? But it DID give us Fool For Love, one of my very favourite eps, and an essential one when watching 7!
Originally posted by embers:
so when I start rewatching it (it is the next one up since we just finished 'Restless') I was going to be paying close attention to those things,
and ignoring Glorificus as much as humanly possible.
His Humoungousnessisall
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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
And after the brilliance of season 4,
give - it - up.
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Originally posted by wytchcroft:Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
And after the brilliance of season 4,
give - it - up.
LOL
I'm w/Chisisall on the loving of season 4 - every single episode worked for me!
I loved the making fun of the secret military initiative,
I loved the sci-fi verse magic/fantasy (with sci-fi losing),
I loved the gang splitting up (as friends do in college) but coming back together in 'combo' Buffy, which transcended mere friendship as they made an unstoppable force.
I REALLY loved Pangs (I watch it every Thanksgiving), and Hush,
all the crossovers like The Harsh Light of Day, and This Year's Girl
I REALLY loved Giles in The New Man, and Jonathan in Superstar!!
And I adored the finale episode 'Restless' where Joss gave us all kinds of subtle information and fueled discussions for years to come (my big theory? Buffy IS the Cheese, because the cheese stands alone).
I just adore season 4!
New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816
DON'T MISS DR.HORRIBLE! Nathan Fillion sings!!!!!
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