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shadowkatThis was the result of post about Spiral...a lot of people said they loved Spiral, when I remember a lot of people hating it. So here's a poll of Buffy episodes you liked or hated.
You tell me. No fighting folks. This is all highly subjective. Plus, I'm under stress. If you annoy me, I have claws. But friendly banter and discussion is encouraged.
[Poll #1846742]
PS: IF your answer isn't there, just hit ambivalent or comment. It's impossible to figure out all the possible answers when you do polls. Thanks for taking it!
You tell me. No fighting folks. This is all highly subjective. Plus, I'm under stress. If you annoy me, I have claws. But friendly banter and discussion is encouraged.
[Poll #1846742]
PS: IF your answer isn't there, just hit ambivalent or comment. It's impossible to figure out all the possible answers when you do polls. Thanks for taking it!
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Date: 2012-06-14 02:19 am (UTC)I am ambivalent about Amends, but I do like the magic snow. Magic snow fan, no apologies. :-)
Perhaps more Spike fans like Spiral than the general fanbase because there are so many great Spike moments in it.
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Date: 2012-06-14 06:31 pm (UTC)With you on amends though, and agreed re: Spike moments in Spiral.
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Date: 2012-06-15 01:02 am (UTC)Yes, doing a Spiral poll on journal where 90% of the people apt to answer the poll are either Spike or Spuffy fans or both...is probably not going to get the most accurate result.
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Date: 2012-06-14 02:27 am (UTC)other than Joss throwing a temper tantrumno subject
Date: 2012-06-14 02:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-15 01:03 am (UTC)Just ignore the A plot line and focus on everything else.
*Giles singing
*Spike/Anya
*The weird Sleeping Beauty metaphors
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Date: 2012-06-14 02:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-14 02:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-14 03:00 pm (UTC)Of course, the problem was in the execution -- it should have been sex between Angel and Spike. :)
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Date: 2012-06-14 03:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-14 05:59 pm (UTC)OMG THIS!! THIS SO MUCH!
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Date: 2012-06-15 01:08 am (UTC)Yes, Whedon had fun seeing how far he could push the TV envelope and ratings board. All of S6 was Whedon biting his thumb at the board. He got a huge kick out of the fact that the only thing they complained about was Doublemeat Palace and making fun of fast food restaurants. Oddly, the evil penis monster never got a mention. Nor for that matter all of Spike and Buffy hijinks.
Ironically? The British Ratings Board did take exception and cut the hell out of Dead Things, Smashed, Seeing Red and Wrecked...or so I was told. To such an extent that fans complained and they re-aired the episodes at 10 pm uncut. I find this hilarious, because the US had issues with the British drama Skins.
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Date: 2012-06-15 01:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-14 06:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-14 02:39 am (UTC)Weight of the World pretty much trashes The Gift if you think about it, so yes, that one I dislike. The plot line runs - Buffy has a mental collapse, then is brought out of catatonia by a college sophmore. Then in less than 24 hours Buffy commits suicide. Brilliant planning ME!
I'll add Doublemeat Palace to the list of stinkers.
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Date: 2012-06-15 01:10 am (UTC)LOL! Interestingly enough, Mark Watches also adores Weight of the World.
I had mixed feelings about it. Found it rather fascinating...from a character stand-point.
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Date: 2012-06-14 04:32 am (UTC)That said, one of my answers for the last question wasn't entirely true. I can't really say that I can't "rewatch" AYW because I've never managed to watch it in the first place (I've also never watched "The Body" and have no interest in ever doing so). Of the ones that I've actually watched, I think the only one I would say I never want to rewatch (i.e. it doesn't even have any scenes in it that I'd like to see again) is "Dead Man's Party." Ugh. My opinion of the Scoobies never quite recovered from that episode and it makes me sad.
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Date: 2012-06-14 02:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-14 05:12 am (UTC)Amends is my least favorite episode of Buffy, bar none. It's more like an episode of AtS than BtVS, and I say meh. Or perhaps I say something stronger, like grrr!
Seeing Red I sort of love, even though it's really, really hard. And my policy is that no episode where a beloved (to me) character dies will ever go on my list of "favorites", not even Passion, so answer is ambivalent with a side of love.
Which brings me to not-likely-to-rewatch-thanks The Body. It might be an excellent episode, but I do not enjoy it. I just don't need that much pain in my life.
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Date: 2012-06-14 06:20 am (UTC)The unwatchable episodes (for me) are mostly season 1: I have trouble sitting through Teachers Pet, Never Kill a Boy on the First Date, I, Robot... You, Jane, and Nightmares....
but I still enjoy a number of the other episodes from the first season (none of the seasons are a total wash out, they all have a lot to say).
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Date: 2012-06-14 06:36 am (UTC)And I still maintain that "Doomed" is the worst episode of the whole series.
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Date: 2012-06-14 02:11 pm (UTC)The rest of the episodes I hate, I tend to re-watch with my finger on the skip button because there are excellent scenes in each. For example I love all the Anya/Spike stuff in Where the Wild things are.
I just finished watching Spiral and although I enjoy it, there really is no logical explanation for the Knights who say Key. None we are given anyway. Maybe if they just popped up out of a different non technological dimension, or have been in stasis somewhere but we got nothing.
One of the episodes that always makes me insane is End of Days. The rage I feel in parts of that still flares up in the rare times when I see it.
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Date: 2012-06-14 03:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-15 01:14 am (UTC)It does much like Doomed, admittedly have its good sections, all centered on Spike. The best thing about Doomed? Spike. The best thing about Family? Spike.
The Tara/Willow stuff is sweet, but Tara's family ...ugh.
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Date: 2012-06-14 02:37 pm (UTC)Interesting to see the episodes others don't like to watch. I can understand The Body -- it's really painful. But, to me at least, that puts it in a different category than, say, AYW. One is a great episode which is emotionally hard. The other is dreck that insults the viewers.
Might as well confess that I absolutely love Bad Eggs. Fie on those who voted it down!
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Date: 2012-06-15 01:17 am (UTC)That episode made no sense plot wise. Destroyed the character of Riley, talk about taking an interesting character and making him into a cliche.
And had some of the worst dialogue on the planet...
Spike: "If I knew you were coming, I would have baked you a cake"???
Ugh. I find that episode unwatchable.
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Date: 2012-06-14 03:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-14 05:57 pm (UTC)And while the ep as a whole wasn't terrible, that demon in s7 who eats Willow's flesh and that demon in s3 when Buffy is sick that feeds on sick kids had to have been the two grossest demons of the series. For serious.
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Date: 2012-06-15 01:19 am (UTC)Although the Spike/Anya bits in WTWTA and Giles singing almost make it bearable.
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Date: 2012-06-15 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-16 06:14 am (UTC)