Still Stupid!

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Question to all these people that have told me to watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer, the TV series, because no, really, it's really good ...

I'm through 3.5 episodes, via hulu. I'm having a lot of difficulty believing this was the breakthrough series from the same guy responsible for Firefly, 'cause so far it's nigh intolerable- right down there with the Jules Verne Chronicles. Whedon's laurels are the only thing keeping me afloat right now. Well, that and the need for fluffy nonsense after a really busy weekend.

When, pray tell, does it start to not suck? Can I skip right to another season without missing anything?

Comments

[r0ckc4ndy.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Buffy. But Penny is right that part of it is that it's a lot about gender-fucks. Season 1 is mostly fluff because it is transitioning from the movie to the show. But I personally think that season 1 is important to the show overall because you are watching this not that smart valley girl transitioning into someone else.
But if you don't like it stop watching. I own all 7 seasons because I love the show, but I haven't watched season 7 because I wasn't feeling it anymore.
I don't watch Lost because I believe it's too slow and boring for words. I don't watch Heroes because it is also just way too slow for me. But lot's of my cool friends are obsessed. I also only liked season 1 and part of season 2 of Alias before I thought it got absurd and lame.
I'm just saying. If you don't like it, feel free to let it go!

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I didn't want to discount it without giving it a shot and asking for opinions- mostly 'cause I thought that Babylon 5 looked like cheesy crap and had a rough first season and i ended up being totally addicted to the later stuff. And 'cause I heart Firefly so much. Alias did get pretty absurd pretty early- I think S4 and I got disenchanted in the 3rd season and couldn't even watch the 4th. Lost doesn't have the hold on me that it used to, but I'm still pretty addicted to both it and Heroes.

[r0ckc4ndy.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking a lot about it all day. (because of course I have nothing better to do than analyze my feelings for Buffy...)
1. I think that Whedon's influence starts to show more in the writing as it goes along. And I think it has some of what I like in Firefly, which is the witty undertones that you actually have to listen to catch. Mal actually got the part in Firefly after being in season 7 of Buffy (which I still haven't watched).
2. Sarah Michelle Geller bothers me in some ways. Her character actually becomes really serious, like to the point where you want her to get over it already. But, she is also a tough female character. She is a black belt and does the fighting herself.
3. I like the way the show tackles a lot of issues: Masculinity, gay characters, depression, growing up, and manages to do it with a sense of humor.
4. Logan hates it and won't watch it with me and it makes me sad, because it's a go-to like V. Mars, where I can just put it in and ignore it and still be happy that it's on!