tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post5209362198713219494..comments2024-03-29T06:56:12.797-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: SmashedBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-12343385017240771762021-09-09T12:30:28.332-04:002021-09-09T12:30:28.332-04:00Buffy: "Yes, because muggers deserve to be ea...Buffy: "Yes, because muggers deserve to be eaten."<br />PERHAPS THEY DO, BUFFY, PERHAPS THEY DO<br /><br />Amy's funny, and yeah the B-plot wasn't that great but it was a nice release (undeserved as it is) for Willow. But it was just a bit of fun<br /><br />Buffy is going a little dark, but that's probably why this phone call moment amused me so much.<br />"Spike?"<br />"Meet me at the cemetery... 20 minutes. Come alone..."<br />"Spike?"<br />"Bloody hell... yes, it's me"<br /><br />Tara not just disappearing was great... hope she has more non-Willow scenes even though I do love them as the couple. But it felt like they were writing for the younger Dawn as originally envisioned. I don't think she'd need the assurances that Tara isn't going to abandon her. But I mean it did seem to me as if Trachtenberg played it like she already trusts Tara and was assuring her in turn that she's not worried about it at all. I dunno. It was nice.<br /><br />Why doesn't Buffy seem to like the fact that her friends are living with her? I'd think it's half what she wanted after Joyce died. It's a huge freaking house, what's her problem!Onigirlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070327483035350298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-35565140242626316632017-06-20T17:08:29.476-04:002017-06-20T17:08:29.476-04:00This is a quite good, unusual episode, but not wit...This is a quite good, unusual episode, but not without its flaws. It's very season six, with a heavy focus on the characters and not much of a monster plot. There is a tediousness in the characters' lives that sort of carries itself into the episode. Not that it's a tedious story, but it certainly has a different beat.<br /><br />I'm not crazy about Buffy and Spike going from fighting to having sex. I like their banter during the fight, but all these years later, I still don't know what drives Buffy to kiss Spike during the fight. I get that she is attracted to him, but I think there is something missing in the scene that could justify the transition from fight to sex. The sex itself is pretty wild, though. The building falling down, that gorgeous score in the back. SMG and James Marsters dove into the scene and it shows.<br /><br />I like Buffy and Anya pointing out that whatever "big bad" is around is lame, but the frozen guard is beyond lame and no self awareness from the writers can save it. I mean, he should have died from being frozen, yet we are told that he will be fine eventually. Huh?<br /><br />Another thing that is weirdly written is Willow and Amy having fun at the Bronze. What are the magic rules there? Do people remember anything that happened?<br /><br />Poor Xander and Anya stuck at the Magic Box. They should have had Xander stop by the Summers' house and see Amy.<br /><br />It's was a nice touch to have Amy mention Joyce. And the dead/rat dialogue is always great to rewatch.Lamounierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225447169375363236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-47653803765251695922016-10-14T08:40:04.273-04:002016-10-14T08:40:04.273-04:00I guess I'm alone in this but I just found the...I guess I'm alone in this but I just found the Buffy/Spike scene repellent. And although there have been some very strong individual episodes in season 6, I have major reservations with the overall direction of the show.<br /><br />As far as I can tell, the closest thing to a principal antagonist this season (unless it's Willow) is the would-be supervillain trio and I just can't stand them. Apart from not feeling remotely threatening, every time they're on the screen I feel like I'm watching an episode of Big Bang Theory. Yuck! <br /><br />The lack of a strong antagonist wouldn't be as much of a problem if I were feeling invested in the characters. But With Giles gone and Buffy and Willow increasingly unlikeable, I'm not feeling much connection to anyone on the screen. I think I'm going to give Buffy a rest and come back to it later on. Some shows (like Supernatural), I've done that with and been able to find my enjoyment again, but others--Like Heroes--I just gave up on.<br /><br />magrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-58935857234257178762013-01-28T23:18:15.616-05:002013-01-28T23:18:15.616-05:00What's brilliant about what's been happeni...What's brilliant about what's been happening with Spike/Buffy is that aside from the actors having so much on-screen chemistry that what's happened from OMWF to Smashed - really what's happened this entire series - is just fun (and hot), the viewer is completely torn. One one level you want this to happen and you're totally rooting for it but on the other hand you know that this is just another tragically doomed situation that can only lead to trouble - Spike's in love with Buffy in an unhealthy, obsessive way; Buffy's in lust with Spike also in a selfish, but entirely different, way. SMG's performance emphasizes brilliantly how Buffy's completely depressed and is desperate for a way out. What a wonderfully flawed hero, but a hero nonetheless. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-9852000643921803642012-11-07T22:14:46.234-05:002012-11-07T22:14:46.234-05:00"The frozen guard being removed from the muse..."The frozen guard being removed from the museum looked like a scene from the sixties Batman series."<br /><br />And given who we're dealing with: most likely deliberate.QRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099017376388100106noreply@blogger.com