tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post4466299080092766219..comments2024-01-20T10:19:12.985-05:00Comments on Martin's View: DVD review - Buffy season 2, episode 1Martin Maenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-66771818540534594772009-03-27T22:30:00.000-04:002009-03-27T22:30:00.000-04:00Now this is what I wanted to see - in depth commen...Now this is what I wanted to see - in depth commentary from Mike. I love that. So, let's talk...<BR/><BR/>Yes, I am going fast. Didn't watch any tonight so you get some time to catch up. We did the movies tonight and, of course, had to watch "Dollhouse" (which I need to blog about soon!). Tomorrow I will likely plow through two to four episodes, if possible. Something to look forward to for the weekend.<BR/><BR/>I did not know that Miss Calendar (Robia LaMorte) was "Pearl". Damn! No wonder she looked familiar. You know I'm a HUGE Prince fan. Awesome.<BR/><BR/>I'm enjoying the metamorphis of Cordelia's character - adding new layers but keeping some of the original elitist attitude too.<BR/><BR/>Loved the lines you mentioned. There were a lot of great ones. Very quotable. I like that about a show.Martin Maenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-79340012491962333672009-03-27T19:16:00.000-04:002009-03-27T19:16:00.000-04:00D'oh! You're too fast for me, Maenza! I thought ...D'oh! You're too fast for me, Maenza! I thought I was being all slick getting through episode 1, and then I get on the computer and find out you've cranked though the whole disc! I'll adjust my speed accordingly, sir! I'm also going to wait on reading your comments on each ep since it's been a while, and you might be giving ME spoilers if I read 'em...<BR/><BR/>Mmmm. Miss Calendar. I'd forgotten how hypnotized I am by that face. Wow. Want some Robia LaMorte trivia? Starting off her career as a dancer, she played the "role" of "Pearl" in Prince's "Diamonds and Pearls" video. She also went full-on born-again Christian at some point after Buffy, but thankfully didn't go all "Buffy and magic are evil and I'm ashamed!" about it. She loved the experience and loves her fans.<BR/><BR/>OH so good getting back to Sunnydale! I love jumping in on this episode, because it's about Buffy coming back to town, just like I am. Loved the opening, showing a leisurely, boring summer coming to an end, and showing that Xander and Willow are actually typical teens, not just monster-hunters. You could so tell this was a Joss-written episode with the Buffy attitude stuff. Joss' brain works like that - most shows just gloss over the big near-death event and move on, but Joss is always thinking of how that stuff effects his characters emotionally.<BR/><BR/>Loved the "why is Buffy acting like this" mystery, with a very simple and oh-so-human answer. Yeah...creepily painful moment on the dance floor with Xander, huh? The music fit it so perfectly, and loved watching how that worked the "quadrangle" angle. And also loved how that moment with Cordy outside the Bronze showed that she's being stepped up from the annoying Veronica Lodge character into a major character - yet without losing her Cordyness. <BR/><BR/>Favorite line of the ep (and there were many great ones in this one):<BR/><BR/>Snyder: "I can smell it. It's like a sixth sense."<BR/><BR/>Giles: "Actually, that is one of the five senses..."<BR/><BR/>Lots of angst, lots of funny, lots of action - everything we love about Buffy in one ep! And one of my favorite Xander moments, too: "If they hurt Willow I'll kill you." Go, Xan Man! Loved how it perfectly came back around at the end with everybody being forgivy (I'm even speaking Joss) and being friends again. <BR/><BR/>And the best way to tell this was a Joss episode? The Annointed One, right at the end:<BR/><BR/>"I HATE that girl."<BR/><BR/>Heh.<BR/><BR/>Okay, I will now, gratefully, kick my Buffy viewing into a higher gear and try to keep up the pace! Can't wait for more! And I'll comment on your next three writeups ASAP.Michael O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08025339925056909540noreply@blogger.com