tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005158568187187583.post7688738057562873633..comments2023-11-05T03:04:26.977-08:00Comments on Shiny: Welcome to the HellmouthShinyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422159345547001571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005158568187187583.post-25343372873286502032008-02-08T01:07:00.000-08:002008-02-08T01:07:00.000-08:00I think in part, Buffy was still finding her feet,...I think in part, Buffy was still finding her feet, both SMG as the actor and also Buffy as the character (writers, plots etc).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005158568187187583.post-79431422738971126452008-02-08T00:25:00.000-08:002008-02-08T00:25:00.000-08:00I definitely prefer Buffy's character in later ser...I definitely prefer Buffy's character in later series...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005158568187187583.post-27519447757663993732008-02-07T19:19:00.000-08:002008-02-07T19:19:00.000-08:00Yeah I wanted to talk more about the sunniness of ...Yeah I wanted to talk more about the sunniness of Episode 1. I suppose it's actually a lovely metaphor - Buffy rocks up at a new school in a new town, thinking she has that Slayer thing behind her. Now she's gonna be "normal" and do "normal" schoolkid things - boys, hanging out with new friends in the local nightclub (how is that ever YA? But nevermind). <BR/><BR/>And then there is this slow slide into the dark and the dangerous and the life-or-death struggle with evil, day in and day out. And she just gets dragged out of the sun and into the darkness and shadows.<BR/><BR/>It's powerful and it's a powerful journey.<BR/><BR/>But ... it's like really glary coming in at the beginning where it's all bright and perky. And I'm not sure what it says about me that I prefer the brooding depressed Buffy to this shiny one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005158568187187583.post-47483358490870874642008-02-07T19:09:00.000-08:002008-02-07T19:09:00.000-08:00I remember watching this episode when it first air...I remember watching this episode when it first aired in Australia. I had seen the ads (never heard of the film), thought teenage girl fighting vampires - awesome! and sat in front of the tv all eager-like.<BR/>It wasn't what I was looking for - I really thought it would be darker, but it's all sunny and California and, like, whatever! But the one thing that kept me watching through these first painful episodes is Cordelia.<BR/>Not only is she the only character perfectly nailed from the beginning, but she gets all the best lines, "I don't want to interrupt your downward social mobility", "I would kill to live in LA, that close to that many shoes!?" and the exchange she has with poor doomed Jesse, "Would you like to dance?" "With you?" "Well, uh, yeah." Well, uh, no." Which I heard really happened to Joss as a teen. Wouldn't happen nowadays, nosirree.Rachel Holknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842829540539900581noreply@blogger.com