One thing Xkot did for me while I was in Jacksonville was expand my pop culture horizons with a course in Buffy 101. It’s a show that all the cool kids seem to be watching, but I just never got into it. It’s not even that I watched it a little bit and didn’t like it; I just never watched it, and at this point I thought it was too late to get into it.
Well, Xkot ably provided enough background that I was able to watch the show last night without feeling too lost. And I really enjoyed it. It was gently funny and sweet, and while it wasn’t particularly scary, I don’t think that was the point of this episode. Now I want to go back to the early seasons on DVD.
I also really like Joss Whedon’s “Firefly,” and greatly enjoyed the episode I had taped while in Florida. The show is already going on hiatus or is cancelled, depending on who you talk to.
Apparently when it comes to good shows, I either don’t watch them for years, or I watch them right at the beginning and they are immediately axed. This is not a good trend.
i’m the same way. i came into buffy late (this summer) and am completely, totally hooked. firefly? watched from the first episode. loved. gone, maybe?
we shouldn’t have watched… we just shouldn’t have watched.
Buffy is a true manifestation of idealized american evil,where anything the appears “different” is immediately ripe for killing, any odd-shaped mutant, any grotesque culture, any arab, black, chinese, islamic, hindu, bhuddist,webmaster, tourist,canadian, progressive, hobbit or otherwise — demonized just enough for the lazy undiscerning impressionable boobtoober to accept as justified in murdering. Don’t you kittens know when a corporate state is trying to dig its fangs in your critical judgement on war or oil or health policies by offering simple violent solutions to a complex world?
Or maybe it’s just about a hot chick who kicks ass and knows how to French braid. Your rhetoric is delicious, by the way.
Perky, have you ever actually watched the program? You’ve completely missed the point of the show, considering some of the main good guys are a vengance demon, a vampire, a werewolf, and a lesbian witch.
I can’t decide if I hate television or trolls more.