tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post3350273038750064811..comments2024-03-29T06:56:12.797-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Buffy Season Eight: Time of Your Life, Part 4Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-69775150880401561942009-01-01T11:30:00.000-05:002009-01-01T11:30:00.000-05:00It pains me to say this, but I agree with you guys...It pains me to say this, but I agree with you guys. I don't have a lot of experience with comics, but I usually have no trouble following them. With Whedon's comics, though, I find myself constantly flipping back through the book to see if I missed a page.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I think it would have been better if Whedon had just let Buffy end with the fairly satisfying finale of season 7.Griffterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983220577985015720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-70595900953499546732008-12-28T11:45:00.000-05:002008-12-28T11:45:00.000-05:00I don't think it's blasphemous, Michael. I'm prett...I don't think it's blasphemous, Michael. I'm pretty much hanging in there with the comic because of the Buffy speak, as Peter said, and because it's all the Buffy we're going to get. When season eight ends -- if it ever does -- I'm almost certainly going to drop it from my review roster. I'm sort of hung up on the completion thing, though, so I'll keep going for now.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-33570829160087891122008-12-28T08:28:00.000-05:002008-12-28T08:28:00.000-05:00I've been reading comic books for several years ye...I've been reading comic books for several years yet I have trouble identifying the characters and following the plots as well. I love most of what Joss Whedon does, but I seriously think he's doing something wrong here. Thinking back about the whole season 8, the only parts I really enjoyed were the Faith and Giles part and the Japanese Vampires part, neither of which were written by Joss. Those two stories were fun, easy to follow, you didn't have to read them three times just to figure out what the hell is going on.<BR/><BR/>As blasphemous as I feel saying this, maybe the best thing Joss can do for Season 8 might be to stop writing it...lummoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095031954673965328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-87566837916243817262008-12-27T16:32:00.000-05:002008-12-27T16:32:00.000-05:00Well I understand why someone might not like seaso...Well I understand why someone might not like season 8 much as it certainly is no substitute for the show. Still, I am enjoying it, not so much for the story (I am not a comic book veteran and often have trouble identifying the characters and following the plots, especially with the abrupt switch of story from one panel to the next) but for the occasional Buffy speak. I can really hear Buffy, Willow, Dawn and Xander in the dialogue. I enjoy the tone and the back references (yes, it certainly was Snyder who said "Summers, you drive like a spaz" in Band Candy - probably the most memorable Snyder line - certainlt the least hostile) which remind me of why I love the show so much. Any Buffy is better than no Buffy and season 8 is certainly much, much better than the Angel and Spike "After the Fall" efforts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-1933011868525073452008-12-24T03:26:00.000-05:002008-12-24T03:26:00.000-05:00God, I hate the eighth Season so much. I feel that...God, I hate the eighth Season so much. I feel that it is no use reading it. I am not enjoying buffy anymore. I liked the show so much but this is nothing like the show. And where is Faith & Giles? I think the should let us know what they are doing. Anyway your reviews are amazing. I always read them. I followed you through Alias, Buffy, Lost & Supernatural. Keep going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com