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!@#$%! · 05.31.2006, 11:51 AM

good morning---

ys, buffy+angel were great, hilarious shows, worked at multiple levels and if you get stuck on the teeny-bopper aspect of it you are really missing out. whedon is a master of dialogue, he used to be a script doctor in that roseanne show, and i have to say the 2ndary characters (xander, willow, chordelia) amuse me a whole lot more than buffy herself. the man is a genius, no question about it, and you have to listen to his dvd commentaries to fully appreciate it-- on the first episode of firefliy, he comments "hm, a science-fiction western... how did i come up with that? i think i was really stoned...." ha ha. of course there is cowboy bebop and a whole universe of western scifi but he own take was great, his characters demented (you gotta love the characters in firefly, all or almost all of them). and then serenity i agree doesn't make a lot of sense except as the "closing" chapter of firefly. this can be had on dvd, all 14 or 18 episodes or whatever.

as for getting started on buffy i recommend simply renting out season 1 & sitting in front of the tv on a lazy sunday morning with maybe a milkshake and a grilled cheese sandwich? just sit back & take it lightly & let it sink in-- soon you'll be laughing your ass off.

btw candymoan it doesn't "border" on campy-- it's campy all the way & very conscious of it i think.

as nicfit pointed out, you have to get the references & the joke in the dialogue to really get "into" it.

05.31.2006, 11:51 AM	#23
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,729	good morning--- ys, buffy+angel were great, hilarious shows, worked at multiple levels and if you get stuck on the teeny-bopper aspect of it you are really missing out. whedon is a master of dialogue, he used to be a script doctor in that roseanne show, and i have to say the 2ndary characters (xander, willow, chordelia) amuse me a whole lot more than buffy herself. the man is a genius, no question about it, and you have to listen to his dvd commentaries to fully appreciate it-- on the first episode of firefliy, he comments "hm, a science-fiction western... how did i come up with that? i think i was really stoned...." ha ha. of course there is cowboy bebop and a whole universe of western scifi but he own take was great, his characters demented (you gotta love the characters in firefly, all or almost all of them). and then serenity i agree doesn't make a lot of sense except as the "closing" chapter of firefly. this can be had on dvd, all 14 or 18 episodes or whatever. as for getting started on buffy i recommend simply renting out season 1 & sitting in front of the tv on a lazy sunday morning with maybe a milkshake and a grilled cheese sandwich? just sit back & take it lightly & let it sink in-- soon you'll be laughing your ass off. btw candymoan it doesn't "border" on campy-- it's campy all the way & very conscious of it i think. as nicfit pointed out, you have to get the references & the joke in the dialogue to really get "into" it.
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