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Buffy S8 -Issue 38 Review
Nov. 7th, 2010 04:56 pmYeah I know, boring heading, but what can you do? It's called "Last Gleaming Part III..." apparently one's last gleaming can go on four about five months? Who knew?
Admittedly on the fence about writing this. Partly because I'm tired, it's been a long weekend and looks to be an even longer work week ahead, and I do not feel like debating Buffy comics on the internet. And partly because I'm guessing some of you may well be thinking, why are you still reading the comics if you don't like them? Well, see the thing of it is? I did like them more or less, until about issue 33 or 34, where they just jumped over the bloody shark and kept right on going and as a result showed me in big neon letters what was wrong with them and the entire series, and well everything Whedon has done. The meta and reviews I've read since have only aided in that reveal.
Now? It's a matter of wanting to know a) will they get better? Maybe they will get better? Maybe everything will get better??? Maybe what I see isn't what I'm seeing? And I'll be proven wrong?? (sigh hope it's a thing that I cling to...after 38 issues, you'd think I'd give up, but nooo.) b) curiousity as to how worse can this get, and b) where is it headed, and c) figuring what the frigging hell this writer is thinking doing it to begin with. ie. Curiousity killed the proverbial cat (although apparently not the one in the comics) and all that. (Don't believe me - go read my past meta on the comics, you can find it under the tag - buffy s8 comic, I think, admittedly horrid at the whole tagging enterprise, in lj - you'll notice in reading the meta prior to issue 32 or thereabouts, that I actually did like the damn things. God knows why...maybe I should go back an re-read the meta??).
Thought about doing a poll - asking folks, do you want another bleeding review on this issue? A snarky one that is going to basically rip it to shreds and analyze it at the same time? Really? You sure about that? And chose not to. Because I'm not sure I want to know. Besides if you don't - you can ignore me. Here - I'll help, by putting the whole thing beneath a cut tag. If you want to read a positive review or meta of the comics? Let me know and I'll steer you in the right direction. There's at least two good one's I've read to date.
( Buffy Issue 38 - Review, typical warnings apply, feel no need to repeat them, you all know them by heart anyhow )
Admittedly on the fence about writing this. Partly because I'm tired, it's been a long weekend and looks to be an even longer work week ahead, and I do not feel like debating Buffy comics on the internet. And partly because I'm guessing some of you may well be thinking, why are you still reading the comics if you don't like them? Well, see the thing of it is? I did like them more or less, until about issue 33 or 34, where they just jumped over the bloody shark and kept right on going and as a result showed me in big neon letters what was wrong with them and the entire series, and well everything Whedon has done. The meta and reviews I've read since have only aided in that reveal.
Now? It's a matter of wanting to know a) will they get better? Maybe they will get better? Maybe everything will get better??? Maybe what I see isn't what I'm seeing? And I'll be proven wrong?? (sigh hope it's a thing that I cling to...after 38 issues, you'd think I'd give up, but nooo.) b) curiousity as to how worse can this get, and b) where is it headed, and c) figuring what the frigging hell this writer is thinking doing it to begin with. ie. Curiousity killed the proverbial cat (although apparently not the one in the comics) and all that. (Don't believe me - go read my past meta on the comics, you can find it under the tag - buffy s8 comic, I think, admittedly horrid at the whole tagging enterprise, in lj - you'll notice in reading the meta prior to issue 32 or thereabouts, that I actually did like the damn things. God knows why...maybe I should go back an re-read the meta??).
Thought about doing a poll - asking folks, do you want another bleeding review on this issue? A snarky one that is going to basically rip it to shreds and analyze it at the same time? Really? You sure about that? And chose not to. Because I'm not sure I want to know. Besides if you don't - you can ignore me. Here - I'll help, by putting the whole thing beneath a cut tag. If you want to read a positive review or meta of the comics? Let me know and I'll steer you in the right direction. There's at least two good one's I've read to date.
( Buffy Issue 38 - Review, typical warnings apply, feel no need to repeat them, you all know them by heart anyhow )