Two fannish bits before bed
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shadowkat1. Hee. HBO is now doing teaser trailers for preview trailers of Game of Thrones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3WsEKmID0
I find that hilarious.
2. Buzzmedia decided to rank 117 Characters from Buffy and Angel from worst to best arcs, in reverse order.
What I found interesting about the list was the following:
* I had no idea who half the characters listed were and clearly had forgotten them. (A definite sign that I'm no longer fannish or obsessed about this series.) I also got bored halfway through the list and lost track.
* The person making the list clearly has a preference for geeky characters with an edge. I knew halfway through that she was a Fred and Willow fan. Also a huge fan of Andrew (because Tom Lenk is her bud). Personally, I'd have ranked Andrew lower than Robin Wood, Angel, Wesley, Warren, and Anya, but that's just me. I'd also have ranked Fred, the Burkles, and Tara lower than Angel. Not to mention much lower than Buffy.
Actually my top twenty-five Buffy/Angel character arcs would have been:
1)Buffy, 2) Spike, 3) Wesley, 4) Willow (that magic as crack bit almost did it in, as did the lame plotting of S7 - so she's nudged below Wes), 5) Angel/Angelus (I'm ignoring the comics) 6) Darla, 7) Anya, 8) Illyria/Fred (I think you should combine them), 9) Faith, 10)Xander (he got nudged down due to having zip to do after he saved Willow in Grave, also his arc was incredibly cliche), 11) Cordelia (the second half of the 3rd season and the entire 4th season sort of killed her arc for me but up until then..), 12) Giles (not explored fully enough due to leaving in the 6th Season and just standing around being a doofus in S7), 13) Connor/Dawn (a tie, although I admittedly preferred Connor to Dawn, in part due to the actors, and in part due to the character. But arc wise? About the same.) 14) Gunn/Anne (tie), 15) Drusilla, 16) OZ/Riley (tie, both have an arc that is somewhat cut short due to storyline issues - ie the writers wrote the characters into a corner or the actor wanted to go on and do other things), 18) Jonathan 19) Tara/ Doyle (tie - see Riley/OZ above, there were either actor issues or plot dictates which stunted the arcs), 20) Jenny Calendar/Joyce Summers (a tie), 21) Amy (she basically becomes her mom) 22) Ethan Rayne (nudged down because he doesn't really have all that much of an arc, does he?), 23) Lilah/Lindsey (tie), 24) The Mayor/Jasmine (tie), 25) Professor Walsh/Holtz/Justine (tie)
* That is one long list....I couldn't do that for any tv series or book. I forget.
Okay, I'm brain dead now. Going to bed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3WsEKmID0
I find that hilarious.
2. Buzzmedia decided to rank 117 Characters from Buffy and Angel from worst to best arcs, in reverse order.
What I found interesting about the list was the following:
* I had no idea who half the characters listed were and clearly had forgotten them. (A definite sign that I'm no longer fannish or obsessed about this series.) I also got bored halfway through the list and lost track.
* The person making the list clearly has a preference for geeky characters with an edge. I knew halfway through that she was a Fred and Willow fan. Also a huge fan of Andrew (because Tom Lenk is her bud). Personally, I'd have ranked Andrew lower than Robin Wood, Angel, Wesley, Warren, and Anya, but that's just me. I'd also have ranked Fred, the Burkles, and Tara lower than Angel. Not to mention much lower than Buffy.
Actually my top twenty-five Buffy/Angel character arcs would have been:
1)Buffy, 2) Spike, 3) Wesley, 4) Willow (that magic as crack bit almost did it in, as did the lame plotting of S7 - so she's nudged below Wes), 5) Angel/Angelus (I'm ignoring the comics) 6) Darla, 7) Anya, 8) Illyria/Fred (I think you should combine them), 9) Faith, 10)Xander (he got nudged down due to having zip to do after he saved Willow in Grave, also his arc was incredibly cliche), 11) Cordelia (the second half of the 3rd season and the entire 4th season sort of killed her arc for me but up until then..), 12) Giles (not explored fully enough due to leaving in the 6th Season and just standing around being a doofus in S7), 13) Connor/Dawn (a tie, although I admittedly preferred Connor to Dawn, in part due to the actors, and in part due to the character. But arc wise? About the same.) 14) Gunn/Anne (tie), 15) Drusilla, 16) OZ/Riley (tie, both have an arc that is somewhat cut short due to storyline issues - ie the writers wrote the characters into a corner or the actor wanted to go on and do other things), 18) Jonathan 19) Tara/ Doyle (tie - see Riley/OZ above, there were either actor issues or plot dictates which stunted the arcs), 20) Jenny Calendar/Joyce Summers (a tie), 21) Amy (she basically becomes her mom) 22) Ethan Rayne (nudged down because he doesn't really have all that much of an arc, does he?), 23) Lilah/Lindsey (tie), 24) The Mayor/Jasmine (tie), 25) Professor Walsh/Holtz/Justine (tie)
* That is one long list....I couldn't do that for any tv series or book. I forget.
Okay, I'm brain dead now. Going to bed.
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