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After all this time, which side are you on now?

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Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by femmefan1946:
Not too taken with Jed Whedon's vision. Same with Agents of SHIELD.



Its Zack writing the comics, not Jed.




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Thursday, April 17, 2014 7:08 PM

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Originally posted by M52NICKERSON:

Buffy felt to me like a serious version of Scooby Doo, you know with more killing and less narcotics. In all seriousness it just seemed two unbelievable that you would have all these different monsters about but the majority of the world unaware. Angle had the same problem, but I liked David Boreanaz so I would watch that if I came by it. Same thing for Bones now.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.



Scooby Doo? Are you just saying that because SMG played Daphne in the movies ? Or because of the fact the whole crew was in HS, and they basically went around, facing creepies ?

But you bring up a very good point, about so many 'monsters' in the world, and no one else seeming to come in contact w/ them, or knew of their existence. I had pretty much the same issue, and that was in part what turned me off from B & A as well. The best example of all this ? Lorne. I hated this character at first, because I didn't GET who or what he was suppose to be. And did no one else SEE that he was all green and such ? Or did only certain folks get to see his REAL self, and everyone else just saw him as a random, normal guy. Took me a while to get on board, but once I did, and started paying attention, Lorne became one of my favorite characters. After Spike, of course. Those 2 I did a full 180 on, from not liking /caring about them to being my favorites. Props to the actors and writers for those two, especially.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Thursday, April 17, 2014 7:18 PM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I also didn't watch Buffy or Angel until after Firefly, when discussions of those shows would creep into threads on this site.

I like Buffy a lot, but Angel even more, mainly due to the darker tone and because I think it had one of the best series finales of all time. I appreciate Dollhouse more now than when I watched it on first broadcast, plus the original pilot "Echo" was better than the first episode we did get to see, "Ghost." I didn't get to see that or "Epitaph" until the DVDs were released.




I think I liked Angel more because it dealt with more 'adult' themes, where as Buffy had that perpetual HS feel to it, even after they enrolled at the local community college.

I was a bit cool on Dollhouse too. I think much of it had to do w/ general themes and devices that I'd seen before, in B and A. The House could have been just a subsidiary of Wolffram and Hart, with its evil corporate suits and brilliant but soulless science dept, I liked it well enough, or wanted to like it, but it just seemed too clunky. Most of the characters, I didn't really care about, until the very end. And of course, by then, it was too late. A nice try, though.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Thursday, April 17, 2014 8:15 PM

M52NICKERSON

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by M52NICKERSON:

Buffy felt to me like a serious version of Scooby Doo, you know with more killing and less narcotics. In all seriousness it just seemed two unbelievable that you would have all these different monsters about but the majority of the world unaware. Angle had the same problem, but I liked David Boreanaz so I would watch that if I came by it. Same thing for Bones now.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.



Scooby Doo? Are you just saying that because SMG played Daphne in the movies ? Or because of the fact the whole crew was in HS, and they basically went around, facing creepies ?

But you bring up a very good point, about so many 'monsters' in the world, and no one else seeming to come in contact w/ them, or knew of their existence. I had pretty much the same issue, and that was in part what turned me off from B & A as well. The best example of all this ? Lorne. I hated this character at first, because I didn't GET who or what he was suppose to be. And did no one else SEE that he was all green and such ? Or did only certain folks get to see his REAL self, and everyone else just saw him as a random, normal guy. Took me a while to get on board, but once I did, and started paying attention, Lorne became one of my favorite characters. After Spike, of course. Those 2 I did a full 180 on, from not liking /caring about them to being my favorites. Props to the actors and writers for those two, especially.



I compared to Scooby Doo because of high school and the whole monster of the week feel. Granted I never got into the show so never watched a lot of episodes.

For me to really get into a show it has to be something that I don't find trouble with when really thinking about it. I may do this to a fault, and why I'm not liking the Firefly comics at all.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

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Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:38 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Those 2 I did a full 180 on, from not liking /caring about them to being my favorites. Props to the actors and writers for those two, especially.

Agree.
Spike was definitely the standout though. Marsters was awesome. And in Angel's final season, he was the star of the show IMHO.

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Friday, April 18, 2014 2:31 PM

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America loves a winner!


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Originally posted by m52nickerson:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
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Originally posted by M52NICKERSON:

Buffy felt to me like a serious version of Scooby Doo, you know with more killing and less narcotics. In all seriousness it just seemed two unbelievable that you would have all these different monsters about but the majority of the world unaware. Angle had the same problem, but I liked David Boreanaz so I would watch that if I came by it. Same thing for Bones now.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.



Scooby Doo? Are you just saying that because SMG played Daphne in the movies ? Or because of the fact the whole crew was in HS, and they basically went around, facing creepies ?

But you bring up a very good point, about so many 'monsters' in the world, and no one else seeming to come in contact w/ them, or knew of their existence. I had pretty much the same issue, and that was in part what turned me off from B & A as well. The best example of all this ? Lorne. I hated this character at first, because I didn't GET who or what he was suppose to be. And did no one else SEE that he was all green and such ? Or did only certain folks get to see his REAL self, and everyone else just saw him as a random, normal guy. Took me a while to get on board, but once I did, and started paying attention, Lorne became one of my favorite characters. After Spike, of course. Those 2 I did a full 180 on, from not liking /caring about them to being my favorites. Props to the actors and writers for those two, especially.



I compared to Scooby Doo because of high school and the whole monster of the week feel. Granted I never got into the show so never watched a lot of episodes.

For me to really get into a show it has to be something that I don't find trouble with when really thinking about it. I may do this to a fault, and why I'm not liking the Firefly comics at all.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.




Of course, they did refer to themselves as The Scoobies , from time to time, so there is that.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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