Comments on: Buffy Update: Halfway Though Season Six

By: lauren

lauren — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:13:09 +0000

I can’t believe you don’t like Buffy and Spike together! But I think part of that is the point– Spike is the antithesis of Angel, and it makes everyone uncomfortable. Being angry and uncomfortable about it is what makes it more compelling to watch. I am seriously shocked about this though because you’ve been a Spike fan for a while!!

As far as Willow is concerned, that is definitely a terrible image to have on the box, but you still have no idea what exactly will happen!

Six is a super depressing season, and it does make Buffy seem all the more pathetic when you realize that the ‘big bad’ is a trio of perfectly human nerds and not a God like last season. But I promise that they’re laying a really good foundation for the end of season six and for the end of the series.

By: Raf

Raf — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:10:28 +0000

Unfortunately I do not have Muffy the Vampire Layer anymore. I believe I gave it away to someone soon after I purchased it.
As far as the plot, such as it is, it starred the illustrious P.J. Sparxx in the title role of Muffy. If I recall correctly, her duty was laying vampires, although I think she only achieved it once, at the end of the film, and I think it was a female (you know those pesky vampires, they can be either male or female, but you’ve got to lay them anyway). There may have been a cliffhanger, but again, it’s been about 13 years since I watched it, so I don’t recall. The direction left a lot to be desired, and the acting was very wooden, kind of makes you think it was a Lucasfilm Ltd. production. Although Lucas does have much better special effects; Muffy severely lacked in that department. Which kind of contributed to the overall disappointment with the film. All in all, it was a 1.5 stars out of 5.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:29:39 +0000

First off, I love that you were disappointed in the production values of a porno. (Do you still have it? I’m curious for… uh… research purposes, yeah…)

Secondly, Lana actually married Lex, and even though it was rationalized in the fact that she was super-vulnerable after being rejected by Clark, it still amounted to character homicide.

I think you’re spot on about one of the things that upset me about Buffy hooking up with Spike - it seemed like they were setting it up (after specifically saying it would never happen, no less) and there was no twist. Like when Buffy got together with Angel, we saw it coming, but we had no idea that sex would turn him evil. what a shock! When Buffy and Riley finally hooked up, it felt like it was a long time coming - but then Buffy discovered he was working for the Initiative! M. Night Shyamalan would have been proud!

But with Spike, there was no twist, it was just set ‘em up and knock ‘em down. Of course, one could argue that them even getting together is a twist in and of itself given their history, so maybe I’m just over-thinking it.

By: Raf

Raf — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:21:12 +0000

When the whole Spike/Buffy thing first happened I was rather skeptical. There would be no way those two would get together - Buffy was repulsed by him. If you recall early on in Season 5 after he tells her how he killed the other slayers, he sort of comes on to her and says she wants to taste the bad side and she replied with something like “Even if I wanted to it would never be you. You’re beneath me.” And early on in 6 when it was obvious that the producers would get them together I was wary - but I started seeing the reasoning behind it. And that was the fact when she came back she was completely empty and nothing made her remotely human as far as her feelings and emotions went. She wasn’t herself and spike was the only one who could see that. In retrospect it wasn’t that farfetched; weird but weirder hookups occured on other shows. I mean, c’mon; didn’t Lana date Lex or something on that Smallville crapola? Now that’s messed up…

Nothing happened to the slayer line - it’s with Faith now (who is in jail during seasons 5 and 6, FYI), not Buffy.

And, by the way, Muffy the Vampire Layer (it was Muffy, not Buffy) was really bad… I recall buying it for like 5.99 (I think it was in 95 or 96). The title really intrigued me; However, the acting and production values were really on the bad side. Disappointing, like the original film.

You should really try to find the original Buffy pilot - the one they used to try to get a deal with the networks. It has never been released (and Joss said “it sucks on ass” and it will never see the light of day) but sure enough it found its way on to the net. It is essentially the original pilot episodes, the Harvest 1 and 2, crammed into 25 minutes. There was a different actress playing Willow. And it was bad. Really really bad… So bad that you will laugh at it…