Buffy season five had Glory, a lovebot with feelings, and a mental breakdown- where's that get fun?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, July 13, 2008 23:52
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CHRISISALL

Thursday, June 5, 2008 8:48 PM

Outside of The Body, Fool For Love, and a slickly directed finale, what was so good about the fifth season?
Glory was a weak "God", Riley's departure was WAAAAY contrived, the lovebot was just plain dumb, Buffy's breakdown was silly/depressing (a strange combo...), and we got a vehicle chased by medieval horse riding types!!!!
Please guys, tell me the reason y'all like it, if ya do....

Curious Chrisisall

EVILDINOSAUR

Thursday, June 5, 2008 9:05 PM

I think I just enjoyed the emotional roller coaster, it probably also helped that the first time i saw it, I watched pretty much the whole season in one sitting, ending sometime in the early hours of the morning.

And of course the finale was just awesome in my opinion, I loved the whole sacrifice thing. Really the only complaint was Dawn's screaming, it got a little old about the first time she did it. I like the character, but yea, the screaming was annoying.

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

CHARLIEBZ

Thursday, June 5, 2008 9:34 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
... and we got a vehicle chased by medieval horse riding types!!!!

Not just any vehicle but a motorhome! I liked the medieval bretheren. Also liked Glory. Didn't care for the manner of Riley's departure but he was a good character - what with his vamp addition and all.

Other good things:
Tara & Willow.
Capitalist Anya.
Olaf.
Ball of Sunshine!
Two Xanders.
Dawn. I like the annoying, bratty little sister.
Spike and Dawn friendship.
Harmony & her vampire minions.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, June 5, 2008 9:38 PM

But, is that a season you revisit much? I've seen 3 and 7 like, three times each, 4 and 6 twice (this doesn't include repeats of favourite single eps), but for 5, once was enough for me...

Never say never thoughisall

FARFLY

Thursday, June 5, 2008 10:02 PM

Season five is one of my favorites. The insertion of Dawn as if she'd always been there was great, that she looked like her sister was even better. The introduction of Glory was classic, giant metal door kicked in to reveal hot chick in a red dress dusting off her hands. Glory was my favorite villain and like most gods (check the shortcomings of other gods such as Ares or Poseidon) she was flawed. That aside, Glorificus was excellently portrayed by Clare Kramer and she got some great lines, as did all actors in this series.

The downer for me in season five was the loss of Joyce in The Body. Another excellent episode but leave it to Joss to kill off someone you love.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, June 5, 2008 11:06 PM

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Originally posted by farfly:
Glorificus was excellently portrayed by Clare Kramer and she got some great lines

True, she was cast well.

Hmmmmisall

CHRISISALL

Friday, June 6, 2008 12:27 AM

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Originally posted by CharlieBZ:

Capitalist Anya.
Olaf.
Two Xanders.

Ahhhh, I had almost forgotten.....

Chrisisall

GROOSALUGG

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:43 PM

S7, on the other hand, had the revelation that the origin of the Slayer's power was, in essence, a demonic rape. Kinda a strange choice for a show with the core theme of female empowerment. And that's only scratching the surface of the final year's many, many problems.

So I guess give me the lovebot and the 'weak' god any day of the week. At least they were both funny--something S7 was sorely lacking, except when Andrew was on-screen...

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:48 PM

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Originally posted by Groosalugg:
the final year's many, many problems.

At least the final season didn't kill off the main character in a vain & desperate attempt to be 'meaningful'.

So thereisall

GROOSALUGG

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:41 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
At least the final season didn't kill off the main character in a vain & desperate attempt to be 'meaningful'.

No, but it did poke one of the main character's eyes out, in a vain, desperate, and last-ditch attempt to give the poor guy SOMETHING approaching a decent storyline that season...

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