More BtVS season 1

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Been trying to do some writing this morning. Have picked the easy option of editing the bits I've already written of a partially finished fic that I began way back in...2007, probably. Or maybe 2008. Anyway, if I do ever manage to finish it you'll all be the first to know.

I've also been surging ahead with my re-watch of BtVS from the beginning. Sorry, quinara. I couldn't wait, and Netflix just makes it too easy. If you're still going to do a re-watch, though, I will definitely join in.



Speaking of Netflix, does anyone know if it cuts things for violence/sexual content? I watched The Pack yesterday and have the distinct impression of Hyena!Xander's sexual assault on Buffy being a lot shorter than I remembered.

Anyway, I'm up to I Robot, You Jane now, and if anyone wants to know what I thought about the episodes, I haven't changed my mind much from when I last watched them. Reviews here.

What has changed is that -as mentioned in a previous post - my critical faculties seem to have deserted me recently, and when re-watching the episodes this time, my thoughts were pretty shallow.

For instance, I didn't find Teacher's Pet nearly as clunky this time around (except for the special effects, which are so awful as to be...well, kind of endearing). I also didn't catch DB out in any particularly awful acting (though I know I did last time). Instead, I found myself thinking, boy, he looks amazing! and searching LJ for BtVS season 1 (when DB was at his best) Angel icons.

I also really noticed the chemistry between SMG and DB - (not surprising, I suppose, if they were really having an affair (though not to their credit either, since DB was still married to his first wife at the time)), which makes it only too obvious why Greenwalt/the exec producers/ everyone involved/possibly even Joss by this stage wanted Angel to stick around.

One thing I don't seem to have mentioned last time, though, really struck me this time. In the episode Angel, how the hell does Angel justify to himself staying in Buffy's bedroom not only all night but all the next day too? Okay, I get he couldn't leave during the day, but come on. He had no business going in there in the first place.

Yeah, needs of the plot, I suppose.

Also, re: that episode, was struck again by how the Master's grief for Darla is absolutely genuine, and thought it quite sweet that the Annoying Anointed One tries to cheer him up (by telling him Darla isn't worth bothering about), then leads him off screen, as if he were the adult and the Master the child.

Aww, bless.

Or not.

Comments

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily. How would you like to be a mod, darling? All the existing mods have given the project their approval.

As I say, the comm is open for posting — at least to members, I'll have to double-check — so you could start this off at any time you like.

Note: I would suggest a poll before beginning, just to see what sorts of frequency appeal to people. 4 a week? 5 a week? 1 a day?

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

Me and my big mouth strike again!

Okay, then, but how does this affect your current purpose at the comm?

We have to leave room for people to have lives, not all of us can mainline a loads of eps at once, but we would also need to keep the pace up.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Oh, pshaw! Our "purpose", originally, was to do an episode-by-episode rewatch with prompts and whatnot, but we did that. Seriously. The whole thing: Angel AND Buffy. It's been over a year since we limped to the finish line. The comm is just waiting for a reboot.

Here's a link to the last time we asked what people wanted to do next:

http://fantas-magoria.livejournal.com/391159.html

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

So you didn't actually restart then?

I think I would want to do this quicker than one a week.

[shapinglight]

Agreed. I did a very detailed rewatch and review of season 1 a few years back. It took me about eighteen months. I'd rather watch more episodes and say less about each, if you see what I mean.

Overall impressions rather than detailed breakdown.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

Yes, I don't want to be enslaved to it.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Nope, we never did go back to the beginning, but that's what people seemed most interested in.

I definitely think the timing should be adjusted. And whoever has the most enthusiasm — that's you guys, I think — should do what suits them. Although tickys can help with the shape of things.

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It could end up with people just randomly posting that they'd re-watched up to a certain episode and this is what they thought.

Have to admit, I didn't really have more than that in mind. ;)

[shapinglight]

I can help mod, if you like.

Umm...you don't think anyone will come along and shout, do you? I probably wouldn't be very good at handling that.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

That's not up to me.

Maybe, but if modding is done correctly, then they should be dealt with.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

You're on! And I don't think we had any shouting before, so I am optimistic it will continue along that way.

Of course, the discussion of specific eps was sort of hit-or-miss. I sometimes posted polls to get discussion going, and that was fun. There are a variety of opinions of various points, but people seemed to be respectful even if they disagreed.

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I can imagine that discussion of some episodes (Some Assembly Required, for instance, which I've just suffered through for the first time in many years) could be quite brief. ;)