Harsh Light Of Day, Buffy's best hand to hand?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, September 1, 2006 21:16
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Being a fight afficianado, I have to say the fights on Buffy were for the most part very good, but every once in a while I woud sit up and go "WHOAH!!!"
HLOD was one of those times. Anne's final battle was another. And Chosen.
JM is mostly excellent in the fight dept.
Punchy Chrisisall
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Way I remember it, the fights were much better in the first four years of Buffy. My fuzzy memory (I keep my good memory in a jar for special occasions) says that the stunt choreographer was a lady (SMG's stunt double ??) that left somewhere around season five. Can anyone verify this? Anyway, I thought she did a much better job than her replacement, and the fights took a dive after that point.
As to ranking, definitely Buffy > Angel > Spike. But as Spike said, "All it takes is one good day..."
ETA: The fight that stands out in my mind is the one in season four where Buffy's fighting the initiative goons in the dorm hallway. Doesn't a chair get thrown from between her legs?!
"I am your father, Luke. Give in to the Dark Side, you nob!" - Doug McKenzie
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spike's at his best when he's doing the overconfident cocky thing. like in season 7 get it done when he's goes to get his coat and bring the demon in for the trade, he's staggering around and sneering and for me that harks back to this fight in THLOD which was probably the last time he got to be 'bad boy' spike. and that's where his 'one good day' thing thing comes in, he may not have the technical skill of buffy or angel but when he's having fun, he's better.
I didn't know that about the choreographer changing, but it doesn't surprise me, the early ones used to make me want to prance around punching the air, but towards the end it was just like 'yawn, another fight' waiting for them to get back to the story again... that could just be me getting old though 
another good one I remembered is the first time buffy and faith fight, in revelations, seeing 2 slayers going at it full tilt for the first time was pretty spectacular.
"I'm an artist, with an e and a beret."
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Quote:They definitly changed in pace and style- actually got more interesting for me as then I no longer knew exactly what to expect... but I don't know if they were markedly worse...and the battle in Chosen and the fight in LMPTM were great.
Originally posted by Sickdude:
the stunt choreographer was a lady (SMG's stunt double ??) that left somewhere around season five. Can anyone verify this? Anyway, I thought she did a much better job than her replacement, and the fights took a dive after that point.
I'll give ya an analysis soon, I'm going through the last 2 seasons presently.
Martial Chrisisall
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