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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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FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, July 4, 2008 4:24 PM

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(How many Dark Angel-on-a-pedestal threads have I started?)
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Not nearly enough I say!

FMFwillbeDarkAngelwhenshegrowsupisAll

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DEFTPUNK79

Friday, July 4, 2008 7:19 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
the idea that a 'god' can't just find the key if it wants is plain dumb

Glory isn't truly a god in this plane. She has some powers, but they are nothing compared to the powers she would have as a ruling god on her home plane. She is limited by her human shaped prison. There is also the nasty have to suck mental energy or go insane thing.

OPPYH

Friday, July 4, 2008 8:50 PM

Season 5 was so NOT the worst season of Buffy.

It was the most dynamic. Great season with three major themes
-Family

-Change

-Loss

Some episodes are silly, but so what? Every season of Buffy has it's stupid episodes(season 6 anyone?) but the good always outweigh the bad.
Season 5 rocked the hell out of a show that was becoming normal by it's own standards. It doesn't beat 2, but it's close. It is amazing.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:45 PM

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Originally posted by OPPYH:

Some episodes are silly

I Was Made to Love You was the stupidest ep of the lot and an akward jumping off point for The Body, IMO.

Notdonerippingisall

OPPYH

Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:06 PM

I think the point of "I was made to love you" was to give you some goofy before it hits you over the head with a frying pan at the end of the episode.

EMBERS

Friday, August 1, 2008 9:16 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I Was Made to Love You was the stupidest ep of the lot and an akward jumping off point for The Body, IMO.

Notdonerippingisall

But advantages of "I was made to love you"
1. we meet Warren, so he can be used by Spike to make a Buffybot... because the Buffybot will be needed later (particularly at the beginning of S6) AND we'll be seeing Warren again in S6

2. We get to see Spike thrown through a window and that is always funny...

so it may be a 'filler' episodes, except that it did set up things for future episodes and future seasons which were pretty sweet.

New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816

OPPYH

Friday, August 1, 2008 7:21 PM

I liked "The Body" so much, I won a screen used prop from it on E-Bay when the Fox auctions were going strong.

CANTTAKESKY

Monday, August 4, 2008 5:17 AM

I'm with ya, Chris. That whole Dawn thing was contrived and never worked for me. For me, S5 was the beginning of the end.

I liked the depth in the Buffy-Spike dance in S6, but other than that, S5 was when the show jumped the shark.

My fav season is 2. I'd never cried so hard watching TV before.

CHRISISALL

Monday, August 4, 2008 2:52 PM

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Originally posted by canttakesky:
That whole Dawn thing was contrived and never worked for me. For me, S5 was the beginning of the end.

For me it was like a giant pot-hole, once past it, things worked themselves out. If I had been watching it first run, yeah, that might have been where I gave up on it.

Chrisisall

CANTTAKESKY

Monday, August 4, 2008 3:01 PM

Well, of all the shows in Whedonverse, I like Buffy the least. Just me. I am more of an Angel fan. (I bought Angel, and only the first 2 seasons of Buffy--I guess that says it all.) So as a lukewarm fan, I found both Dawn and the death of Buffy shark-jumping antics past which the show descended into mediocrity.

Of course, people say the same about Angel S4, whereas that was the big pot hole for me.

But we both agree that Dark Angel belongs on a pedestal. How about starting a new thread on that again? Heehee.

My new vice in Whedonverse is of course, Dr. Horrible. My kids even love it. I'm awaiting special credit card approval (cause I'm out of the country) to get Tunebite. Then I'm converting it to an AVI and then into a Karoake file (Karafun.com) so my fanboy kids and I can sit around the computer and sing at the top of our lungs. I am so excited!!!