Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I suck at posting on this blog. But you knew that already. Here's some TV stuff because obviously I've begun to care about TV again.
Yesterday I watched the first three episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is a show that I loathe in theory. Whenever I think of it, I'm reminded of the roommate I had who loved the show Charmed and occasionally I'd sit down with her and, while eating a sandwich (because it's better to watch really terrible television than nothing while eating), I'd watch Charmed. Charmed is a terrible show. It's corny. The acting is mostly terrible, the characters are impossible to care about because they are shallow. There is no conflict in ethics with any of the character because the "good characters" are good and the viewer would be crazy to side with the "bad" characters. (Sadly, the bad characters are actually more interesting than the heroines.)
Because this is the image I have of supernatural things in TV and because a bunch of my stupid friends in high school loved Buffy, I have refused, up to this point, to watch it. But I finally decided that perhaps it might be an okay show. I did like Firefly--a lot--and it was created by the same guy who created Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Let me just say that three episodes in I am enjoying Buffy only slightly more than I enjoy Charmed (I prefer Charmed to a root canal). But there is something about it that I find fascinating. I can certainly understand why a teenage girl with angst would watch it. But why should I watch it? Hmmm.
Yesterday I watched the first three episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is a show that I loathe in theory. Whenever I think of it, I'm reminded of the roommate I had who loved the show Charmed and occasionally I'd sit down with her and, while eating a sandwich (because it's better to watch really terrible television than nothing while eating), I'd watch Charmed. Charmed is a terrible show. It's corny. The acting is mostly terrible, the characters are impossible to care about because they are shallow. There is no conflict in ethics with any of the character because the "good characters" are good and the viewer would be crazy to side with the "bad" characters. (Sadly, the bad characters are actually more interesting than the heroines.)
Because this is the image I have of supernatural things in TV and because a bunch of my stupid friends in high school loved Buffy, I have refused, up to this point, to watch it. But I finally decided that perhaps it might be an okay show. I did like Firefly--a lot--and it was created by the same guy who created Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Let me just say that three episodes in I am enjoying Buffy only slightly more than I enjoy Charmed (I prefer Charmed to a root canal). But there is something about it that I find fascinating. I can certainly understand why a teenage girl with angst would watch it. But why should I watch it? Hmmm.
posted by tiffany at 1:43 AM
2 Comments:
I'll tell you what redeems Charmed - Alyssa Milano. ;)
I watched some Buffy once upon a time. The earlier seasons had a nice mix of philosophical angst and things getting run through with other things, which is nice.
And compared to the TV that's around now, it's practically Shakespeare.
I haven't watched any Buffy and I've only seen a couple episodes of angel, but I do recommend Fray which is Joss's graphic novel set in the far future of that universe.
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