Whatcha Bleedin' Watchin'?

[Avaitor]

haha, yeah, poor Dre.

The ending made me squirm though. Poor baby.

[Kiddington]

As if it wasn't already bad enough that his name is Chalupa. 

[Avaitor]

Yep. The episode kinda went overboard with the dick jokes, even more than usual, but I'd be lying if I didn't crack up during most of it. I mean, Andre's photoshoot scene is classic.

Oh, and I found the first episode of SNL that I'm gonna watch this season- Louis C.K. in two weeks. I don't care for fun. at all, but I'll give the rest of the episode a shot for Louie, especially if he helps in writing it.

[Dr. Insomniac]

I have started I, Claudius. It is very slow, but very good.

[Lord Dalek]

Last night we watched Wild Palms. Ask Insommy if anybody survived.

[Dr. Insomniac]

Juu kind of had breathing problems after that. Ryan had arm spasms.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

So, I just finished season 1 of Buffy. My thoughts so far:

-The pilot 2-parter was entertaining but a bit too wrapped up in 90's cliches and cheesy writing for my liking
- All of the other episodes of this season besides Angel and the season finale were clearly filler and while they were enjoyable enough to an extent they were passable at best and overall just pretty forgettable
- The season finale was probably the strongest point of the season for me as it featured some significant character growth (even for the supporting cast), and while its not necessarily anything truly great, it did manage to give me a good hook to continue watching this show into the 2nd season where it supposedly gets a dramatic increase in quality

Overall, its a decent show so far, and it has the potential to be a great one (which it completely fulfills according to most people who have watched it). I must admit, though, I am still trying to get over the 90's cheese that is ever so present in this show, so far.

[Avaitor]

Buffy is definitely a product of it's time. It gets a little less obnoxious when the characters graduate and have more issues to deal with (moving into the aughts helps there too). But yeah, the first of seasons do kind of fit in with the rest of The WB's programming at the time.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Well, I was already going in with the expectation that the beginning of the show wouldn't necessarily be anything spectacular, as I heard that the show gets better over time. There are plenty of great shows that had pretty mediocre beginnings which still became great (as you know one of my favorite animated shows of all time, YYH, started out with a pretty average first season as well, minus the first 5 episodes which I think were great).

As for Buffy, I'm a complete sucker for shows that combine action with supernatural forces and the occult, so Buffy seems to be like a natural fit for my tastes, assuming that it does get better like people say as the show goes on.

[Dr. Insomniac]

Yeah, seasons 2 and 3 are what I consider truly spectacular television. You'll definitely enjoy them.

[Avaitor]

Those are really the best, but I also very much enjoy 5 and 6.

[Dr. Insomniac]

Those are really the best, but I also very much enjoy 5 and 6.

[Avaitor]

Yes. And?

[Dr. Insomniac]

Yes. And?

You know why I'm questioning. Explain your enjoyment towards that season, sir.

[Avaitor]

Yes. And?

You know why I'm questioning. Explain your enjoyment towards that season, sir.

It's hard to knock a season with such an episode as "Once More With Feeling" on it. The episode is indicative of the whole atmosphere of the season, in fact- things change. We have a mentally and morally confused Buffy try to regain steps after

Spoiler

being risen from the dead

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, Giles letting go of his last strings towards Buffy, the final blows between hers and Spike's relationship coming up, and Willow's increasing darkness rising. All of this eventually helps to make for probably the most changes to happen to the main cast, mostly for worse.

There's a lot of weird decisions that went on in season 6, but I still do like a solid amount of it.