tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post1500216217530166837..comments2024-01-20T10:19:12.985-05:00Comments on Martin's View: DVD review - Buffy season 2, episodes 11 and 12Martin Maenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-79951947778251404872009-04-03T05:31:00.000-04:002009-04-03T05:31:00.000-04:00You'll catch up. I had a lot of time this week wit...You'll catch up. I had a lot of time this week with Terri travelling to just watch Buffy. Taped shows have to wait for her to get home tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>Robo-Tripper - I like that.<BR/><BR/>Evil Willow is disturbing. Sexually agressive Willow is another matter (that's episode 16).Martin Maenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-27159100802001187452009-04-02T20:35:00.000-04:002009-04-02T20:35:00.000-04:00Doh!! I'm falling behind again!TED: Ah, the late...Doh!! I'm falling behind again!<BR/><BR/>TED: Ah, the late, great Ritter. Very sad. I remember what a treat it was to see him in this ep, first time around, because I hadn't seen him on screen in years. And definitely hadn't seen him in anything like THIS. Nice work. Creepy as all get out. I, too, loved the play on the hate-the-guy-dating-mom thing. Every teen's (every teen with a single parents) worst nightmare, a guy like that. And yes, the killing him thing came out of nowhere, and man, was it handled well. You could tell Joss was behind the writing on this one. Really tough emotions there - particularly that scene with her and mom in the kitchen. Heavy stuff. But then the Buffy twist! Robo-Tripper! I love that this show has robots, too. You never know what's coming next. And I love the fact that willow kept parts. :) I like how Joyce was kept out of the truth with the believable idea of him just being a psycho stalker killer still at large. Secret identity - safe! Once again, an ep where Joss took a show about the fantastical and made it something people can strongly emotionally relate to.<BR/><BR/>BAD EGGS: A Body Snatchers episode! Sweet! And doing so with the familiar and dreaded egg-sitting thing (I remember having to do that, too). Loved everyone's chance to be bad puppet people. Evil Willow is especially disturbing. Great episode, too, to show the down side of the teen secret identity thing - her getting in trouble for doing her slayer thing, not being able to explain to mom. Loved seeing another brief appearance of Jonathan, too, our recurring random student. The brothers were great!! I love how they explore the possibilities of vampires on this show, ones who would have long backstories going back a couple hundred years or more (or to the crucifixion, as the joke from the first Spike episode goes). I'm sorry we had to lose one of them. It was the brother part that made them more interesting. Redneck cowboy vampires. Awesome. Had to cheer for Xander getting to be a hero again. Go, Xan, go!Michael O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08025339925056909540noreply@blogger.com