BUFFY Season 8 #5
POSTED BY: jwhedonaddict
UPDATED: Friday, September 7, 2007 19:21
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DeepGirl: I seriously doubt the Scoobies and Co. don't care about the other slayers or the consequences of their power, not to mention the sacrifice they make. I'm not trying to get into a political discussion here or anything, but they're not Bush & Co., and neither is Joss.
I don't think they are either, not by any means. I just wonder if needlessly sacrificing lives might be a consequence of having too much power (i.e. the influx of Slayers in the world). Two sayings come to mind here: "With great power comes great responsibility", and "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."
I wonder which of those sayings the Scoobies will choose to live by?
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Well, I doubt they'll be corrupted.
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"In Joss We Trust."
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After reading everyones comments it looks like I am alone. I didn't like this issue at all. The only redeeming thing (for me) was the Andrew and Vi recruitment commercial. I was rolling.
I'm sure once we know the entire arc this issue will fit in fine. I have that kind of faith in Joss and his work. It's just, this issue didn't do it for me.
I did watch the last six episodes of season six over the weekend (the skinning of Warren). After reading the first four issues of season eight these episodes are fun to watch. Just knowing that Amy was lingering about.
I'm on board for the run of the series. I just wasn't as fulfilled as I usually am after reading (and waiting) for my copy.
"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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You're not alone. I was disappointed in the issue, too. It wasn't that it was BAD (the story itself was well-told), so much as that I found myself thinking "That's it? I waited a month or so since the last issue, and that's all I get?" In the long run, a change-of-pace issue is nice, but 4 issues and a single story arc wasn't enough to set the pace in my opinion.
www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."
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Someone said this on another board, but I guess what I really liked about this issue was that it got back to the world of slayers and vampires, rather than just catching up with Buffy & the Scoobies and what's going on with them. Thru the first four issues, Buffy the Vampire Slayer didn't slay a single vampire.
Felt nice to kind of get back to basics for a little bit...
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Overall I did like the issue, but I also understand the negative points of view too. Also made the gap between #5 and #6 seem even longer, since #6 will feature (in my opinion at least) honorary Scoob Faith!
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"There are three things I don't do. Tan, date, and sing in public."--Angel
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Overall I did like the issue, but I also understand the negative points of view too. Also made the gap between #5 and #6 seem even longer, since #6 will feature (in my opinion at least) honorary Scoob Faith!
I agree with you--I can get where the disappointment for some people would come in, especially after a 2-month wait for it. I guess it didn't bother me because I knew way ahead of time what the basic premise of this issue was going to be, and that it probably wasn't going to feature too heavily any of the characters from the show.
Remember S5 of Angel, the big surprise at the end of "Destiny", then it goes on hiatus for two months, and when it finally comes back, it's with "Harm's Way"? Now THAT was a
moment. I can see where this would be similar for some ppl...
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I completely agree! I love Harmony (and Mercedes) but that ep. was nowhere near as funny as it should've been.
I'm also kind of hoping Joss remembers how awful it was to
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lose Cordy, then two eps. later lose Fred, then not only to lose the series itself (not his fault) but THEN Wes and eventually Gunn and (okay) Lindsey. Too much too soon...give us a break, no matter how lame it is to believe!
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when it comes to writing the ANGEL comics.
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"Are you ready to be strong?"--Buffy Summers
"There are three things I don't do. Tan, date, and sing in public."--Angel
"In Joss We Trust."
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I completely agree! I love Harmony (and Mercedes) but that ep. was nowhere near as funny as it should've been.
I'm also kind of hoping Joss remembers how awful it was toSelect to view spoiler:
lose Cordy, then two eps. later lose Fred, then not only to lose the series itself (not his fault) but THEN Wes and eventually Gunn and (okay) Lindsey. Too much too soon...give us a break, no matter how lame it is to believe!
when it comes to writing the ANGEL comics.
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Agreed. Although I did like Harm's Way. But poor Harmony. She tried and she tried.
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As long as we're talking about one-shot episodes, the one that continues to grate my teeth to this day is The Girl In Question. I mean, here they've just lost Cordy and Fred, but for some reason, the writers see fit to have Angel and Spike gallivanting off after Buffy. Not to mention Andrew's characterization was completely wrong.
Sorry, I get ranty about that episode. And yes, hopefully Joss will spare us some of the pain and misery. But then, it probably wouldn't be Joss if he did.
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I did like "Harm's Way". It just wasn't as funny as I'd hoped. I also agree with you about "The Girl in Question". Sort of. Overall I don't think the ep. was as entertaining as it should have been, but I think it was completely believable that Spike and Angel would revert AGAIN to 12 year old boys when it came to Buffy and their history both together and with her. And I disagree about Andrew in it. Especially thanks to the comics, when we found out that he hadn't really changed much at all, that he actually set up the fake Buffy to screw with them, I now find it more humorous. And the characterization which was a little odd and shocking at the time, now turns out that it was another role he was playing all along: the part of a grown up, sophisticated, STRAIGHT Andrew.
Now, I see the charactization of Andrew as dead-on in that ep.!!!
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"There are three things I don't do. Tan, date, and sing in public."--Angel
"In Joss We Trust."
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