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Post by CharlesX on Mar 16, 2024 18:08:53 GMT
Hi
I've been resisting the urge to create a Buffy thread for a terribly long time but I feel I might as well go for it. Because aside from it being a really good show, it has permeated pop culture and conceptions deeply. As far as this site goes, I haven't read Buffy gamebooks, but I suspect many people will move on (before as well as after) this well-written supernatural horror show to similarly well-written gothic-esque works. The movie is pretty meh, but I have seen all BTVS episodes just not Angel. I personally feel the writing can be better than the acting. Where I'm a huge Anthony Stewart Head fan (him being very much one of the best actors on the show imo) I'm afraid I've never warmed to the stereotype English people can be reserved, angry and bookish. So I've high praise for many of the concepts advanced in the show, and like the show from start to finish. It perhaps took a few episodes to find its feet, which is what most shows do.
Anyone else's thoughts?
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Post by kieran on Mar 16, 2024 19:09:51 GMT
Joss Whedon's writing has never really grabbed me I have to say. Yeah, it's sharp and witty but it doesn’t sound very natural to me. But he and Buffy are both very popular so probably more my issue than his! A lot of people whose opinions I respect love it, so happy to conclude it is indeed a worthy show even if it's not for me.
I think back when it was on, it used to bug me that Buffy stole Xena's limelight as kickass fantasy heroine!
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Post by CharlesX on Mar 16, 2024 19:49:36 GMT
Joss Whedon's writing has never really grabbed me I have to say. Yeah, it's sharp and witty but it doesn’t sound very natural to me. But he and Buffy are both very popular so probably more my issue than his! A lot of people whose opinions I respect love it, so happy to conclude it is indeed a worthy show even if it's not for me. I think back when it was on, it used to bug me that Buffy stole Xena's limelight as kickass fantasy heroine! I was really into Xena at one point, I still have the box set. While I did and do like Xena, to me it came across as repetitive retreading. Most characters weren't terribly developed as were plots. It probably paved the way for Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief and Wonder Woman, which I think are great. As a side point, I even really like Wonder Woman 2 - I feel like some didn't get heavy logical plotholes didn't matter in this escapist superhero film. I know what you mean about Buffy's writing, as I've said many of the plots are quite creative though. I think some people feel Russell T. Davis writes in a clunky, exposition-ridden manner, but he seems to have written some good Doctor Who.
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Post by kieran on Mar 16, 2024 20:18:53 GMT
I was really into Xena at one point, I still have the box set. Xena and Hercules are my two favourite TV shows. I've never found anything quite with the same vibe as either one, that mix of camp and melodrama with everything turned up to 11, the ease with which they can slide from goofball comedy to black drama, the lighthearted scripts, the easy-going charisma of the leads, the endlessly inventive costumes, the elaborately ridiculous action. Both shows could barely even be considered cult hits anymore (and Sorbo has done Hercules' legacy little good with his Twitter rants), but they'll always have a special place in my heart. I liked that too. I like when superhero films try to do something a bit more out there.
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Post by CharlesX on Mar 17, 2024 18:43:15 GMT
I was really into Xena at one point, I still have the box set. Xena and Hercules are my two favourite TV shows. I've never found anything quite with the same vibe as either one, that mix of camp and melodrama with everything turned up to 11, the ease with which they can slide from goofball comedy to black drama, the lighthearted scripts, the easy-going charisma of the leads, the endlessly inventive costumes, the elaborately ridiculous action. Both shows could barely even be considered cult hits anymore (and Sorbo has done Hercules' legacy little good with his Twitter rants), but they'll always have a special place in my heart. kieran I've seen quite a few episodes of Relic Hunter en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relic_Hunter which has more than a passing resemblance to the Xena universe, the hot female lead is in our present-day Earth and deals with thieves and bad guys trying to steal magic ancient artifacts. Because the lead is a real-life black belt fights look real, and there is quite a bit of camp\melodrama and humour.
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