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Extremely LTTP: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Thread starter BDS
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I'm due for a rewatch of both Buffy and Angel. It's been seven years since I last watched Buffy, and I don't know that I've ever rewatched all of Angel since it ended. I barely remember most of it.
Yeah, this checks out. Even the weaker seasons have some good one-off episodes though, and they all end pretty strong.
Yeah, this checks out. Even the weaker seasons have some good one-off episodes though, and they all end pretty strong.
I came here to say this, lol. The show improves so much, not counting Season 4.
My favorite show of all time. If you dig Season 1, then you'll love the rest. Once the show finds its footing, the writers run wild with the realities of the world they created and everything gets turned up to 11 with each passing season.
I envy you.
Useless trivia!
Buffy was the first time someone used "google" as a verb on tv!
Ahh, another Buffy thread to remind me that Faith was the GOAT slayer.
And Angel was infinitely better when he went to his own show. God damn, Angel had such an awesome team.
And Angel was infinitely better when he went to his own show. God damn, Angel had such an awesome team.
Currently rewatching both shows. I'm on Buffy s7 & Angel s4 right now. I'd only ever watched Buffy before this rewatch so it's cool revisiting buffy and sprinkling in some new stuff with Angel.
People hate on Bufy s1 but I found myself really enjoying it on this rewatch. Also Buffy Season 6 has aged amazingly and was super ahead of its time in regards to toxic male nerds.
OPyou should definitely add Angel to the mix after Season 3. I'm finding that I actually like it more than Buffy which I didn't think was possible.
People hate on Bufy s1 but I found myself really enjoying it on this rewatch. Also Buffy Season 6 has aged amazingly and was super ahead of its time in regards to toxic male nerds.
OPyou should definitely add Angel to the mix after Season 3. I'm finding that I actually like it more than Buffy which I didn't think was possible.
I never did finish this show when I watched it way back
everyone seems to love season 5 but it just fell extremely flat for me as a whole because I could never bring myself to care about that sister character even the tiniest bit
everyone seems to love season 5 but it just fell extremely flat for me as a whole because I could never bring myself to care about that sister character even the tiniest bit
I watched the 'highlights' a couple years ago and am now watching the whole thing in order (and Angel). Season 1 is pretty bad until the episode with the dummy, which low-key kind of rules.
season 4 and 5 are bad in my opinion season 4 has hush and 5 has the body as only good episodes out the 22 episode season.
6 and 7 are massive set ups with a great finale
Five was my favorite season, I fell so hard for the OTP that I will not name due to spoilers. My OTP y'all.
I've been watching season 1 again, it's just started airing from the beginning on UK TV again.
Been a long time but it's still a great show, even if season 1 is a little rough around the edges, as it's finding it's feet. Season 2 on, the quality really picks up.
I always say this but how has Buffy and Angel not been released on blu-ray yet ? such a damn shame that two massively popular and great shows are stuck on dvd or streaming (with a deeply flawed remaster job)
Been a long time but it's still a great show, even if season 1 is a little rough around the edges, as it's finding it's feet. Season 2 on, the quality really picks up.
I always say this but how has Buffy and Angel not been released on blu-ray yet ? such a damn shame that two massively popular and great shows are stuck on dvd or streaming (with a deeply flawed remaster job)
season 1 is short rough and more about world building the next season is when the show actually starts.
My wife never watched it so due to UK having it back on we binging whole show on the app and she is digging show and I'm rewatching and it impressive how the show has gotten better with age. Some the monster make up is great during last half of season 2 onward
I agree. I liked Angel, but never got as into it as I did with Buffy. It didn't help that I despised Connor and even after his departure I just couldn't get back into the show.
I'm in the minority when it comes to this: 6>3>5>2>7>1>>>4
That's pretty much the only thing in the entire season I enjoyed.
I feel like Season 2 & 3 are the pinnacle, 1 & 4 are decent, and 5-7 are mediocre with the occasional excellent episode.
I think Angel is generally better, though season 4 is pretty bad. Season 5 makes up for it by being arguably the best season in the series.
I think Angel is generally better, though season 4 is pretty bad. Season 5 makes up for it by being arguably the best season in the series.
Conner was a great concept, but everything got derailed because Charisma got really sick during her pregnancy. They basically had to rewrite the season on the fly to accommodate her bed rest. If you rewatch again, take note of how much of that season she is laying down or just not standing.
I believe in the first season they didn't get much of a budget because it was like the whole season was a pilot. Second season they actually got a budget :p
It was also a mid season replacement. Some other show was cancelled and they had to do a last min replacement show.
In one of the audio commentary Joss Wheldon mentioned they only had that one corridor set to use so they would have actors exit and then enter from another door or side, and shoot from other angles to make it seem like the actors went into another corridor. But it was the same corridor over and over again.
I watched through the whole series a while ago with my wife and I really only remember one episode as standing out, the rest was mildly entertaining, CW-quality stuff.
It's pretty good, better than it looks like, has a few genuinely great episodes, runs out of steam by the end, suffers a bit from the writers not knowing what to do with several of the characters, depending on season, and from Whedon being more interested in showing relationships crumbling than in having them work out (pretty much all kinds of relationships, romantic, familial, friends).
Also one of the first action series I remember where stuff truly changes episode to episode and season to season.
Pretty good and a great step on the road that led to Avatar: TLA.
Also one of the first action series I remember where stuff truly changes episode to episode and season to season.
Pretty good and a great step on the road that led to Avatar: TLA.
I originally dismissed the show when it first aired because the action-comedy film it was based on was kinda meh, and as a teen I considered myself above teen drama, but around season 4 I was bored and watched an episode... and I was hooked right away. I wasn't expecting the emotional depth at all. It really was outstanding television.
That's because Buffy set the blueprint for CW's output, and everything after worked from that.
I actually grew to loathe Buffy because Joss' writing grates on my nerves after awhile.
Strangely enough I liked Angel a lot though. His team was so much better. Sad Glenn Quinn passed away early on. He was such a talent.
Strangely enough I liked Angel a lot though. His team was so much better. Sad Glenn Quinn passed away early on. He was such a talent.
Yep, for example
Showing relationships crumbling rather than having them work out is pretty much CWs Prime Directive.
When you're young and going through shit in your own life that's cathartic.
I've been re-watching this recently, having watched it all for the first time about 6 years back. I'm currently at Buffy S4E11 / Angel S1E10 (using the watch-order guide, obviously). Watching the first season again, I appreciated the character development, but thought it wasn't as good as I remembered, but as I moved into season 2 of Buffy, it's just been getting better and better and better.
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I'm on the 12th episode of season 2, so far I would say my favorite was probably the one where everyone got turned into their Halloween costumes?
I got a kick out of seeing Ashley Johnson in that. I had forgotten she appeared in Dollhouse.
Angelos is so much more interesting than Angel. The hilarious thing is they are the same freaking person, Angel just dissociates lol
Ah yes another Buffy thread. To be able to experience the show for the first time. I see OP just got to one of the most important episodes of the franchise. Angelus is one of my favorite villains
Season ranking
3>2>5>4>6>1>7
Make sure you start Angel too! After S3 of Buffy
Season ranking
3>2>5>4>6>1>7
Make sure you start Angel too! After S3 of Buffy
It has some of the best stand alone episodes. People just like to rag on it because it had a poor overarching storyline.
True. Hush and Restless are heads and jails above everything else in the show - even The Body.