Just gonna leave this up here...[youtube EI7mzibvUeY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI7mzibvUeY youtube]

So yeah, I was over the moon when Mark revealed that he was going to be reviewing Buffy, so when the reviews finally started to arrive I commited myself to becoming much more active and posting with greater frequency. That...didn't really pan out. I tried it for a couple of days, and found myself spending HOURS idly scanning through the comments section, and it completely drained my productivity. So, although I was having fun, I resolved to remove myself from commenting, at least until my coursework deadlines lightened a little. But if anything, my deadlines are even stricter at this point, and even at the risk of becoming overworked, I'm back. Because...Well, I suppose it's because I have very little self-restraint :) On that note though, this isn't exactly the greatest episode for me to have renewed my ...watchingness for, although in its defense, it DOES serve to answer one of the most pressing questions raised by the most recent season of Doctor Who.
"Do fish have fingers?" They do in Sunnydale.

Mark...I flailed. I have never ever felt the urge to flail around in real life before, right up until this very moment. Congratulations, man :) So very happy for you. And having finnaly gotten a kindle, I figure It's time to binge-read everything you've released so far, coursework deadlines be damned :D

"I don’t like them, I don’t find them funny, and if one ever moved on its own, I would remove myself from Earth because I could not live another second on a planet where that was possible."

So basically

Hmm, aside from the actually pretty positive Xander moments, I choose to believe that this episode exists in its own little existence, inhabited only by the bizarre and outrageous. Such as this thing

(Sorry, ust looking for an excuse to share this abomination.)

^ "A whole tub of hairgel." Learn to spell, Jack :/

Stephanie Meyer, what the fuck have you wrought? I mean, "Twilight" maybe a horrifically written, racist, mysogenistic nightmare, but hey! At least the whole "vampire/human highschool romance" thing is original, right? LOL NO.
So yeah, not gonna lie, my first impression of Angel pretty much boiled down to "Jesus, look at this fucking proto-Edward". Oh, he hangs out in the shadows? Broods and offers unnecessarily cryptic advice? Looks to go through and ehole tub of hairgel every evening? Yeah, VAMPIRE VAMPIRE VAMPIRE.
But, beyond the outward similarities and the bare bones of the situation, the similarities (thankfully) fade away. And whilst I'd love to run through all the ways in which this show is already doing things SO much better than those fucking books, I'll instead attempt to sum things up in three points.
1. Upon learning that Angel is a vampire, Buffy DOES NOT FUCK AROUND. She reacts with understandable revulsion and, when she thinks he might have endangered someone close to her, she puts aside all personal feelings- not an easy thing for a teenager in any situation - and readies herself to kill him.
2. Angel is both blessed, and cursed, with a soul. It clearly defines and seperates him from the other vampires we've seen so far. He isn't kept alive or let off the hook because he's attractive, rich, sparkly, etc. His existence is defined by his regrets. He fights against his instincts and his very nature- and unlike the goddamn Cullens- he doesn't see this as being enough to let him live free of responsibility or punishment. Not only does he fight against himself, he fights against his his whole species.
3. VAMPIRES. WITH. HANDGUNS.

VAMPIRES

WITH

FUCKING

HANDGUNS!

I love this show.

It's not even entertaining in a "so bad it's good" kind of way. It's more like "so bad it's terrible", but the terrible sort of loops back around into awesome and ohI'vegonecrosseyed

Not weird at all :) Although I can't really imagine dave being interested in the Worst Witch, except for *ironic* purposes.

So then, Witches. Even after years of Harry Potter obsession, I'm still automatically reminded of "The worst witch"


It was some super-obscure program they showed on ITV when I about 5 or 6, and I loved it to death. Even before I knew Harry potter was a thing, I'd be pretending to fly around on broomsticks and learn magic. And most importantly, even though I was super conscious that I was a boy watching what what ostensibly a "girl's show", I just didn't give a fuck! I wanted to be best friends with Mildred and the other girls, hang out and make potions and giggle and stuff. If I could have gotten my hands on a witch costume at that age, you bet your collective asses I would've worn the hell out of it :) Come to think of it, "The Worst Witch" was probably the first form of anything
that I was a fan of, outside of machinery (My grampa would take me on walks to see the machines at the pit- ie "mine" that he used to work at and it was WONDERFUL).

And all anyone else ever seems to remember of it is the horrific tv movie involving Tim Curry(!!!) singing the worst lyrics in the history of history.

[youtube PUhuPn8_d0Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUhuPn8_d0Q youtube]

God, just look at that cape. The whole thing is a 50/50 blend of SWAG and nightmarish. Nightflairish! ...Sorry, I'll put the portmanteaus away for now.