(no subject)

[yendi]

So, last night's tv:



Smallville: Damned good from a "make fun of the slashy elements" point of view. Otherwise, a pretty sucky episode, actually. Predictable as anything, and unimpressive other than a few John Glover moments. But it's always nice to see Bull (from Night Court) still working.

Buffy, however, was great. Damned funny, and damned touching. And all about Anya, which always makes me happy (even if we did have to suffer through Blonde Anya briefly). And I adored the flashbacks! The translations were to die for, and they played with the irony of her character so nicely!

Now, could someone explain, again, why it's wrong to murder twelve Abercrombie and Fitch-wearing frat boys?

And Gilmore Girls remains the best-written show on TV. Although I'm not sure we really need another Wacky New Neighbor (maybe Sally Struthers can't appear anymore -- Babette was only mentioned by name, never on screen). But this episode was as sharp as always, even if there was a distinct lack of Paris and Lane.

Off to work.

Comments

Heh heheh

[melintur.livejournal.com]

Now, could someone explain, again, why it's wrong to murder twelve Abercrombie and Fitch-wearing frat boys?

Do I even have to comment? :)

-=C

[laurel]

That Gilmore Girls episode was written by a new writer for the series (Justin Tanner), if I'm not mistaken. Looks like he's been story editor on the show and has written before for My So-Called Life.

And the Buffy episode was by Drew Goddard, and I don't see him listed as having written any previous Buffy episodes. Definately a very strong first outing.

[yendi]

Cool! It's funny, but I don't tend to pay attention to scriptwriters, with the exception of B5. But it makes such a huge difference. This was a damned good night for debuts.

[rollick.livejournal.com]

(Warning, big-ass spoilers ahead)

You know, the Anya episode left me cold most of the way through, because in a way it seemed so contrived for melodrama. She's evil, then she's angstful, then she's evil again in time for the big fight, then she's so pitiful that you're supposed to forgive her for being evil… it sort of smelled of an old Marvel Comics contrivance to get two characters to fight without having any effect on later storylines. And Anya's boss seemed much too nice and reasonable, and I spent most of the episode going "Okay, yeah, right, whatever."

Then he took her friend instead of her, and I literally gasped "Oh my god." And suddenly it all sort of fell together for me – what he was really like, how their relationship functioned, how the vengeance-demon-wish trick works. And suddenly I was really impressed by an episode that just a minute earlier had been kind of disgusting me. And her concerns that she doesn't really have an identity made some of the earlier things make more sense.

But I did think this was supposed to be the episode where we find out why she's scared of bunnies.

Anya rocks!

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

So Anya's "literal interpretation" schtick predates her time as a vengeance demon. Huh. And Xander's lie from season 2 ("Kick his ass.") was finally revealed to the others. I thought everyone had forgotten about that. I wonder if it'll come up again. I hope so, as consequences are good.