Buffy season six and seven, Worth owning? by chrisisall

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Buffy season six and seven, Worth owning?

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Sunday, April 23, 2006 06:45
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Sunday, April 16, 2006 7:09 AM

One last Voyager note: When I got the Borg collection, I was thrilled to see Voyager after so long, and what great eps they included! But then I researched a little, and started to remember that most eps were not of that calibur. I feel like I may be wasting my time (and money) purchasing so many episodes, with only a small portion being good enough to be re-watched. In effect, I'd be buying close to 100 episodes, and only about thirty would ever be watched more than once...

But even Beer Bad is good enough for a second go.

At least, that's how I see it Chrisisall

Edit: Logic dictates that the need of the many Buffy eps outweighs the need of the few Voyager's.
Plus; I already own 1/3 of those thirty episodes on the Collections

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Sunday, April 16, 2006 7:12 AM

EMBERS

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
It occurrs to me that the opinions on Buffy's last two seasons are about as polarized as the level of acceptance over a certain character's demise in Serenity...

Joss likes it when we squirm, eh?

Grrrr Chrisisall

LOL
you should have heard the bitterness in fandom about whether Buffy should 'be with' Angel or Spike...
A lot of Angel fans stopped watching Buffy after season 4 because they just couldn't stand it that Spike had moved to Sunnydale (even though Angel got his own show out of the deal... and it isn't like Buffy was ever going to have a happy fulfilling relationship with anyone).

You don't know...it has been too long. But the bitterness was mind boggling, there were ads in the paper, letters written to the sponsors (in addition to the exprected ones to Joss & the network).

Of course most guys wanted Buffy to be with Xander or Reilly (they were never going to get any joy... but then none of us were).

I should probably mention that this is why I'm convinced that the SECOND Mal hooks up with Inara, she is doomed to a painful horrible death.

just sayin'

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Sunday, April 16, 2006 7:50 AM

KELLYOFLUTHIEN

Angst and woe, Joss lurves it!

Chris, do let us know what you think about 6 and 7! Glad you're gonna buy them

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Sunday, April 16, 2006 10:37 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by embers:

you should have heard the bitterness in fandom about whether Buffy should 'be with' Angel or Spike...

Around that time, and I wasn't watching it btw, the big thing I remember is hearing Howard Stern drone on and on about how great the series was while hearing his show at work, and how cool, effed up things happened on it. Sad to say, I took this to mean it wasn't great

.
But he was right.

I can imagine actual fistfights over the Angel/Spike thing, now that you mention it...

Angel's a Nancy-boy Chrisisall

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Monday, April 17, 2006 8:10 AM

CHRISISALL

*gleefull with antici....pation*
Well, I sold my X-Men comics and got the dough. The Chosen Collection is in my hot little hands!
Time to complete the Sunnydale adventure....

Of note: the box is packed tight, and does not allow instant access to the disks, I guess they're intended to be spread out on a bookshelf- I may need to get thin cases (like for Firefly) to permantly store them in...I like artistic challenge

. But the glossy booklet outlining the episodes is cool.

Reviews to follow in the coming days.

Slayerisall

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Monday, April 17, 2006 8:37 AM

JOSSISAGOD

I'd say so, if only to finish up the series. Also, in my opinion there where more than a few episodes in each season worth watching more often than on TV.

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

Hey, you bought them, Good for you!

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Monday, April 17, 2006 8:37 AM

EMBERS

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
The Chosen Collection is in my hot little hands!
Time to complete the Sunnydale adventure....

I'm so jealous!
I got each season as they came out in DVD...
but I understand that the Chosen Collection has all kinds of great extras...
you have a wealth of fun to last you for months!

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Monday, April 17, 2006 8:44 AM

CHRISISALL

Not exactly, Em, the disks are the same ones you get in the seperate sets, but there's one bonus disk in a (rather inexpensive-looking) cardboard sleeve that has new interviews and featurettes.

Last I saw, Buffy died. Can't wait to see the look on her face when she comes back...

Chrisisall

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Monday, April 17, 2006 8:50 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by jossisagod:

Hey, you bought them, Good for you!

Little did I know back in the early eighties that the X-Men comics I was buying would turn into seven seasons of vampire slaying, and now Joss has written for that same team in those comics, too.
Life is weird

.

Lookin' foward to more Nathan....

Calebisall

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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:16 AM

CHRISISALL

Re-watched The Gift for a refresher, this time allowing the full effect to hit me; many tissues were necessary.

Bargaining 1 & 2...what can I say? It's gonna be a bumpy ride, looks like. Seein' the Buffster all corpseafied was eerie and disturbing- the whole thing was like a nightmare.
Being dead also gave her hair a reddish tinge...
And Xander must have been eating to forget.

Shaken and stirred Chrisisall

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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 4:27 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

What I found about Buffy S6 & S7 that I wasn't crazy about was that they were a bit of a letdown - but only when compared with Seasons 2 thru 4! Put S6 or 7 up against 99% of the tripe that's on the telly, and it looks pretty freaking good in comparison. If it doesn't feel quite AS good as some of the best of Buffy, it's still pretty damned special.

Reilly's leaving didn't bother me, because (like many others) he just never seemed "right" for Buffy. Probably because he wasn't all fangy and, y'know... "Grrrr". Dawn bugged me to no end, but I must say that, upon repeat viewings of all seven seasons, Dawn *does* get better. Or at least less annoying. And I learned to give her the benefit of the doubt; Joss was writing a 15-year-old girl, and they really CAN be that annoying.

Like I said, even if 6 & 7 aren't the greatest Buffy seasons, they're still a damn sight better than most other shows you'll see. And there are some episodes that are simply *amazing*. Your jaw will drop, more than once. You'll be stunned. I've watched the entire series, start to finish, twice now. There are other episodes that I'll just pop in to watch on their own, several of which are in S6 & S7 ("Once More With Feeling", "Conversations With Dead People", "Lies My Parents Told Me", and "Chosen" among them). Not EVERY episode in those seasons was great, but the best of them were as good as anything I've seen on TV, ever.

"Once More With Feeling" has to be my all-time favorite Buffy episode - and I *hate* musicals! If you were a casual observer, or had never seen the show, it would just seem silly; over-the-top kitsch, a ridiculous parody of Broadway musicals. But for us, we who have watched and followed the entire series and invested so much in these characters, it becomes something else entirely. Just seeing how much effort Joss put into crafting every line and every word in every song, so that it fit perfectly with the person singing it... it still gives me goosebumps. My reaction after watching it a second time (immediately after seeing it the first time) was, "Joss should write this damn thing for Broadway. Not this episode - the whole damn series. Condense it down to a 2.5- to 3-hour musical, and let it rip the throat out of conventional musicals." And I'm convinced that he could do it, and that it would run longer than "Cats". Put it this way: *I'D* pay to go see it. (Did I mention that I hate musicals?) ;)

And the series finale is the PERFECT way for the show to end. The only series finale I've seen that compares to it in how good it was, was the finale for Angel.

I've never really considered myself a huge fan of buying DVD sets of TV series. After discovering Buffy, I bought all 7 seasons of it, all 5 seasons of Angel, and the Firefly set. I've watched them all at least twice, start to finish, and I've never regretted for a minute buying any of them.

Mike

A baby seal walks into a club...

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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:57 AM

CHRISISALL

Afterlife and Flooded were good. I'm likin' it!
No time, more later.

Late for work Chrisisall

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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:08 AM

GROUNDED

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Afterlife and Flooded were good. I'm likin' it!

Don't get too cosy ;)

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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:50 AM

ZEEK

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Originally posted by KellyofLuthien:

I liked Glory overall. I think her craziness might have been part of the "uneven" aspect.

As a god, she should have made creme tartar out of Buffy AND Willow; she was more like a REALLY powerful demon, and as such, would have been more believable IMHO.
The actress was great.

Agreeing about the Mayor Chrisisall

Sorry a little late on the reply. Didn't you see the episode where Joss explains that? Her problem was Ben. Her human side was the part making her hold back. She said if it weren't for Ben she probably would have killed Buffy and her friends long ago.

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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:10 AM

GROUNDED

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Originally posted by Zeek:
Sorry a little late on the reply. Didn't you see the episode where Joss explains that? Her problem was Ben. Her human side was the part making her hold back. She said if it weren't for Ben she probably would have killed Buffy and her friends long ago.

Bit lame don't you think? The whole Ben/Glory thing was never really explained properly.

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Friday, April 21, 2006 7:51 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by Grounded:
Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
Sorry a little late on the reply. Didn't you see the episode where Joss explains that? Her problem was Ben. Her human side was the part making her hold back. She said if it weren't for Ben she probably would have killed Buffy and her friends long ago.

Bit lame don't you think? The whole Ben/Glory thing was never really explained properly.

I find myself in a far more forgiving mood now than when I last bought Buffy S5; I'm ready to be entertained w/out getting all Star Trek about the 'splaining of everything. If I can accept Dawn, I guess I can accept Ben/Glory...sort of.

Chrisisall, still on S6 ep 4

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:45 AM

ERYK

Six and Seven Are my favorite seasons especially 7. the last episode blows my mind everytime i see it.

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