Buffy - the episodes I did not like Poll...

[shadowkat]

This 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!

Comments

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Why does Where the Wild Things Are exist other than Joss throwing a temper tantrum

[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

I think I'm the only person who likes Where the Wild Things Are. I will admit that it's not the best episode, but there's a lot about it I really enjoy, particularly the thorns. The episode first came out when I was doing a term paper on fairy tales for a children's literature course, and I found the "Sleeping Beauty" visuals very striking. Given that Bruno Bettelheim interpreted Aurora pricking her finger as being symbolic of her first menstrual cycle and the sleep as being the transition between her childhood and sexual awakening, I always thought the episode worked as a more adult spin on the fairy tale. A flawed one, yes, but I think it has some things to offer that some of the other lesser episodes didn't.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

If you ignore the Riley/Buffy sexathon and the cliche old lady who hates sex from a bad 1970s tv movie...it's not a bad episode.

Just ignore the A plot line and focus on everything else.

*Giles singing
*Spike/Anya
*The weird Sleeping Beauty metaphors

[sophist.livejournal.com]

Temper tantrum? There must be a story I don't know.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

P.O.'d about the delay of "Earshot" due to Columbine and all the "violence in the media" pundit discussions going on in the wake of it. Joss got on a hobby horse about how sex and violence are approached differently by the ratings boards and declared he'd do an all sex episode. And he did. And it was BORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING.

[sophist.livejournal.com]

Thanks -- I'd never heard that.

Of course, the problem was in the execution -- it should have been sex between Angel and Spike. :)

[lynnenne]

BWAH. That would have been WAY more interesting!

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

Of course, the problem was in the execution -- it should have been sex between Angel and Spike. :)

OMG THIS!! THIS SO MUCH!

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Apparently the ratings boards had less problems with Willow/Tara sex scenes than Angel/Spike...no clue why. ;-)

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.

[sophist.livejournal.com]

Maybe they were disappointed that there wasn't some kind of oil involved.

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

It has great Anya & Spike moments. I'd totally forgotten!