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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Buffy:The Musical | ||||
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...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 11-06-2001 @ 11:00 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00  | When I first heard that Josh Whedon was doing a musical episode of Buffy I shuddered. Nothing good can come from this I thought. Well I was glad to see I was wrong. It wasn't a pointless, stand alone episode, but an episode that continued the storylines from this season and will inevitably cause repercussions throughout the rest of the season. For those that didnt see it, basically what can best be described as a "dancing-entertaining-demon" from hell was summoned by one of the "scooby gang" and the whole town of Sunnydale burst into songs about everything. The catch was that in these songs, they beared their true feelings about issues. Now while it sounds like a stupid premise, it was brought off very well. The songs were well done, included comedy in them and made sense in the context of the show. The Xander and Anya duet, where they are running off each other's faults was classic. And it furthers the season very nicely, Willow is looking more and more like this season's villian, she's using too much magic for her own good. Spike finally told Buffy his feelings for her and in the end they kissed, what that means for the rest of the season could be anything. And now the gang finally knows that they brought Buffy back from Heaven and not Hell which they thought. This should be interesting to see the way in which they all deal with her now that they know what really happened. The first shoe is seemingly dropping next week where Giles is seen to be leaving Buffy and the gang. Will it happen? We will have to tune in next week to see. All in all it was a very good episode, maybe the best of the season. I'm not afraid of anything in this world There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard I'm just trying to find A decent melody A song that I can sing, in my own company-U2 | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 11-06-2001 @ 11:22 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | Unfortunately I ended up recording WB instead of UPN tonight so I missred it but when I heard it I thought it was going to suck but I did think at least Whedon is willing to experiment. Unfortunatley I watched The Simpsons...70s Show was funny thought. | ||||
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...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 11-06-2001 @ 11:32 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00 | quote: Was that before or after you stopped leaving the house entirely? I'm not afraid of anything in this world There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard I'm just trying to find A decent melody A song that I can sing, in my own company-U2 | ||||
| prototype | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 4:05 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | Thank god for 100 channels to pick from. USA Bin Laden is a dead man Free Northern Ireland | ||||
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| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Aug. 01 | In a land far, far away, somebody just won alot of money for Face starting a thread about "Buffy: The Musical." :) | ||||
| gonzo | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 8:53 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | Ladies and gentlemen, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has officially jumped the shark. If that's what they have to resort to to continue storylines, then they have truly run out of ideas. I am still retching everytime I think about last night's episode. THANKS TO GRUMPY AND MAYNARD FOR THE PIC "The guy who said `there's nothing to fear but fear itself....HE NEVER MET ME." -Triple H "Just your friendly neighborhood rabbit and squirrel, not a plastic explosive or anything..." -Caddyshack | ||||
| Ken'sPen [Sarcasm] Doesn't Live Up To The Hype [/Sarcasm] I should have stayed OVER THERE | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 9:01 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | I must agree with Face. I truly thought Buffy was done the first time I saw the commercial for the episode. I started watching it expecting it to suck. But they brought it off quite well. A couple of the numbers were really good. And the cast has vocal talents....(Xander excluded) It does still trouble me that they might try more gimmicks in the future. | ||||
| Arthur Dent | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 9:56 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | Last season when they introduced Dawn, I thought "How the hell do they explain this crap? Buffy's an only child! It's been that way since day one!" But then the truth came out and we saw what a story telling geius Whedon is. That's when I stopped doubting his choices. Now, normally I hate musicals. I thought the musical episodes of Xena were crap fests. But last nights Buffy was great! The songs were generally well done. (Spike's Billy Idol type song was great.) And, like Face said, a lot of issues that have been building up cam out last night and next week the characters have to deal with the truth. (Willow's look of pained disbelief at the end was priceless.) This was a great, well rounded episode. I'm only pissed that when they show it in re-runs, they will have to cut EIGHT WHOLE MINUTES out of somewhere! We'll have to wait for this season to be released on DVD before we can see the un-cut version again. Edit : And how could I not mention Anya's BUNNY SONG. Think Anya singning like Alice Cooper about how evil bunnies are!! This message was edited by Arthur Dent on 11-7-01 @ 10:20 AM | ||||
| JackDan1974 | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 12:15 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jul. 01 | I thought it was giong to suck, but I actually liked it...and I agree with Arthur D. We did see allot of issues brought up. I am little confuse, but was that Anya kissing Giles for next weeks preview? | ||||
| Ferret | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 12:22 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | I thought the episode totally sucked. It was nothing more than an attempt to win an Emmy award. Yes, some parts of it were great (the bunny song, Tara's floating orgasm, and the Billy Idol bit), but for the most part who cares about a damn musical episode?? It was royally gay. It sucks that they had to put so many of the plot twists and issues in there to make it watchable. Buffy revealed that she was relaly in heaven when she died, Spike and Buffy kissed, Giles expressed how he feels he's nothing but a roadblock for buffy, and Xander and Anya's problems in committing to a marriage. All would have been great to put in regular episodes. It's a shame quote: Yes it was, talk about weird. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw that. Care to take bets on who's dream that will be from???  | ||||
| Fuckbag | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 2:58 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jun. 01 | I tried to avoid this episode like the HIV. But unfortunately, I ended up catching the last ten minutes because Roswell didn't start until 9:10. Speaking of Roswell, anyone else love Shiri Appleby?? | ||||
| Noellevious Teh cute. Look at that. You could bounce quarters off of it. Incredible. | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 3:18 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 01 | Buffy owned last night. Original and funny, and any guy who didn't like it isn't secure enough in their manhood to admit it was great. :-)quote: Nope. She's a low rent version of Katie Holmes.  One Nation...Indivisible. Heaven is missing angels - NYPD & FDNY...Thank you. I've loved you forever...in lifetimes before 11. 2. 01. | ||||
| HOSPITALIANO | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 3:23 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | I thought between Buffy (In usual Buffy fashion they mocked themselves a bit as it was all progressing)and 24, last night was probably the best night of TV in a while. I'm starting to get a little dissapointed in Smallville, it seems every plot is
As far as The Simpsons go, Worst Halloween episode Ever!  No Crew Needed If you need to be adopted,E-Mail Me | ||||
| Arthur Dent | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 3:52 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | quote: Which one is she? I think the one who plays Isabell is the best looking on the show, but looked much better with long hair. I don't know about that show anymore. First season was alright and had a lot of promise. Second season was better, but still didn't fulfill the potential for this show. Season three is BORING!! It went from a potentially good (I got hooked because it's produced by Jonathan Frakes and it's about aliens) to another Dawson's Crap/Felishitty show. And Smallville isn't that great either. It's a wannbe Buffy complete with cheap Scooby Gang rip-off. | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 4:52 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | I'm insecure to admit I watch buffy in public but from the three episodes of Smallvlle I've seen I think it's not the WORST show but it's not that good. The Lana chick is attractive but a lot of it is just too much like a typical teen angst show without any of the wit and depth of Buffy. The only worthwhile thing is Luthor who is pretty interesting but having them know each other messes up some continuity. Also lose blonde girl and Blander. they add nothing. | ||||
| Roger | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 5:28 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | I'd like to relieve the gayness of this thread by adding a woman's point of view. I thought Buffy was great, but I agree that the need for it to be a musical was nil. There were too many shockers (ie~Buffy/Spike kiss, Buffy revealing being pulled from Heaven, etc.) to have it seem Whedon was comfortable with his ability to pull off a musical. Not to say I didn't love it to death. quote: Buffy jumped the Shark when Angel left, but came back with Spike's re~entry. I think this final season will be the best ever. If they decide to continue Buffy without Buffy, I hope they get a slayer who dresses like Sporty Spice. I could never understand why Buffy wears heels on patrol in a grassy cemetary and tight jeans to do spinning back kicks in.  "One girl, I drove through three states wearing her head as a hat." ~ Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene "Hand me the keys, you cocksucker!" "In English, please?" "Excuse me?" "In English." "Hand me the fucking keys, you cocksucker, what the fuck?" | ||||
...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 7:31 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00 | quote: If thats the formula thats the shows going to use, then pencil me in for an episode down the line, because I am there already:) I'm not afraid of anything in this world There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard I'm just trying to find A decent melody A song that I can sing, in my own company-U2 | ||||
| FoundryMusicJJ G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Soldier of Fortune Spec Ops Division | posted on 11-07-2001 @ 7:47 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | I too thought this episode was gonna suck when i saw the commercials for it, but i watched it while switching back and forth from the Simpsons, it was pretty good, i mean Spike finally coming out and telling Buffy how he really felt about her was some pretty good tv to say the least.
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