tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post3502661683466820149..comments2024-01-20T10:19:12.985-05:00Comments on Martin's View: DVD review - season 1 of Buffy the Vampire SlayerMartin Maenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-80493286135121522312009-03-24T09:31:00.000-04:002009-03-24T09:31:00.000-04:00Hey, you're back!Was missing your missives Martin!...Hey, you're back!<BR/>Was missing your missives Martin!<BR/><BR/>Welcome to Sunnydale, home of the Whopper.<BR/><BR/>Check out mine on occasion (I'm writing again).KC Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119082068864429463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-22483026299420184702009-03-24T06:05:00.000-04:002009-03-24T06:05:00.000-04:00Mike, season 1 was pretty good - I only found a fe...Mike, season 1 was pretty good - I only found a few "weak" in the bunch. The high school metaphors work very well for me - and I am sure the rest of the audience at the time. Everyone could relate. It allowed a generational thing for the show.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I will likely do blogging about one to two episodes at a time, as I watch them, so we can have some discussion. I don't know if I will be able to start with one tonight - we'll see. Gotta get up at 3am because the kid leaves for a school D.C. trip at 5:30am tomorrow. Joy. No sleep.Martin Maenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-67566067604122739312009-03-24T06:03:00.000-04:002009-03-24T06:03:00.000-04:00Ruth, welcome to the blog. I haven't written much...Ruth, welcome to the blog. I haven't written much lately - just haven't been in the mood. That may change soon. Stick around.Martin Maenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-59007645293106303412009-03-23T21:22:00.000-04:002009-03-23T21:22:00.000-04:00Woo hoo!Welcome to Sunnydale, sir.Congrats on 1) m...Woo hoo!<BR/><BR/>Welcome to Sunnydale, sir.<BR/><BR/>Congrats on 1) making the leap to try this stuff out and 2) for making it through any show's first season! Oh, it was in no way bad, as you now know. But most shows (that last longer than one season, which is rare these days) usually work out their kinks in the first season, and these end up being considered the "weak" episodes of the series. This makes "Heroes" the anti-Buffy...<BR/><BR/>Season one did its most important job right - setting up the characters and setting the tone. It gave us so many reasons to love this gang of characters. And it set the simple-yet-brilliant theme of the first three seasons of the show - high school as the metaphor. It's like Joss sat around thinking up facets of the high school experience - feeling invisible, crush on a teacher, the whole cheerleader thing - and then asked, "What if stuck a demon in there?!" He took easily identifiable high school memories and experiences that we can all connect to - which connected us, in turn, to the show on a deeper level - and then turned them into demonic/vampiric/magical action stories. Again...simple, but brilliant.<BR/><BR/>There's a quote somewhere from Joss where he says something to the effect of being always convinced the show was going to be canceled, so he always tried to give each season and ending that could stand as a series ending. Not too pessimistic or anything, huh? You'd think the guy worked in Hollywood or something... You're right, season 1 had a very satisfying end. And yet...only the beginning! Yahoo!<BR/><BR/>I'm very excited to jump back into season 2 with you (I feel okay skipping season 1 because I've tried to start Buffythons in the past and haven't made it out of season 1, for some reason, so I've seen those more recently). I'll follow along with you, and I will try to stand to this promise - I will avoid being that annoying "I know what's coming next!" guy as much as possible, and will hereafter avoid phrases like, "Wait'll you see what happens to (insert character) next season!", "Oh, man, if you think THAT was something, just wait until season (X), and "Yeah, you'll be seeing (insert character or monster or storyline) again, don't worry!". I plan to approach this as me experiencing it again for the first time, so will try to use my brain accordingly and stay in the here and "now".<BR/><BR/>Bring on the vamps, baby!Michael O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08025339925056909540noreply@blogger.com