Buffy: Passion (2x17)
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falafel_musingsUpdate on my Buffy Watch. I think I'm finally into Buffy.
Passion
If I was going to name the first Buffy episode where the truly show raised its game...for me it'd be 'Passion'. Well honestly the show has been much better ever since Drusilla and Spike showed up, but there's obviously a much darker tone to 'Passion' and I'm really excited to see how the S2 arc is resolved now. Miss Calander was a good choice of death, being a significant secondary character with an important connection to a major character and also not a particularly interesting character so I won't miss her that much. But poor Giles. That's the harshest romantic date spoiler ever.
Things I'm loving...
Drusilla! My current favourite character. One of my biggest pet peeves about contemporary vampire stories is that they always make the vampires too wimpy and angsty and remorseful. So I completely worship Drusilla for being a vampire who is sadistic, savage and utterly demented. She's awesome. I love Drusilla/Spike and Drusilla/Spike/Angelus too. The biggest surprise of S2 is that I'm actually really liking the Buffy/Angel story. I was hating it in the early episodes when Buffy was all soppy and needy with Angel but now that Angel is mercilessly horrifically evil and Buffy has accepted that she needs to kill her first boyfriend, I'm really happy with this storyline. And I'm still really loving any Buffy & Giles scenes, particularly the yelling and hugging at the end of 'Passion'. But man, have I mentioned that I love Dru?
Things I'm not loving...
I'm surprised that I don't really like Oz very much. Seth Green can be such a fun quirky actor but I'm finding Oz a strangely blank character. Does he get better? I mean, we have a whole episode where Oz finds out he's a werewolf and his response is so emotionless. He just seems to shrug his shoulders over it. He seems equally blase about being in love with Willow. Speaking of Willow, does she ever...you know...grow up?! Willow dressing and acting like a 5 year old is getting very cloying and irritating. I'm liking the Xander/Cordy subplot slightly better but their scenes are a little repetitive too. Basically annoying sidekicks are annoying. I usually love sidekicks but when it comes to Buffy verse it seems all I need is a Slayer, a Watcher and some decent Vampire villains. The Scooby Gang thing can get a little tiresome.
Passion
If I was going to name the first Buffy episode where the truly show raised its game...for me it'd be 'Passion'. Well honestly the show has been much better ever since Drusilla and Spike showed up, but there's obviously a much darker tone to 'Passion' and I'm really excited to see how the S2 arc is resolved now. Miss Calander was a good choice of death, being a significant secondary character with an important connection to a major character and also not a particularly interesting character so I won't miss her that much. But poor Giles. That's the harshest romantic date spoiler ever.
Things I'm loving...
Drusilla! My current favourite character. One of my biggest pet peeves about contemporary vampire stories is that they always make the vampires too wimpy and angsty and remorseful. So I completely worship Drusilla for being a vampire who is sadistic, savage and utterly demented. She's awesome. I love Drusilla/Spike and Drusilla/Spike/Angelus too. The biggest surprise of S2 is that I'm actually really liking the Buffy/Angel story. I was hating it in the early episodes when Buffy was all soppy and needy with Angel but now that Angel is mercilessly horrifically evil and Buffy has accepted that she needs to kill her first boyfriend, I'm really happy with this storyline. And I'm still really loving any Buffy & Giles scenes, particularly the yelling and hugging at the end of 'Passion'. But man, have I mentioned that I love Dru?
Things I'm not loving...
I'm surprised that I don't really like Oz very much. Seth Green can be such a fun quirky actor but I'm finding Oz a strangely blank character. Does he get better? I mean, we have a whole episode where Oz finds out he's a werewolf and his response is so emotionless. He just seems to shrug his shoulders over it. He seems equally blase about being in love with Willow. Speaking of Willow, does she ever...you know...grow up?! Willow dressing and acting like a 5 year old is getting very cloying and irritating. I'm liking the Xander/Cordy subplot slightly better but their scenes are a little repetitive too. Basically annoying sidekicks are annoying. I usually love sidekicks but when it comes to Buffy verse it seems all I need is a Slayer, a Watcher and some decent Vampire villains. The Scooby Gang thing can get a little tiresome.
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Date: 2011-11-28 09:24 pm (UTC)Oz is likeable but he seems a little pointless. I guess the point is to have a guy who likes Willow but still. Even the werewolf thing seems redundant.