This is like a first time review as I have never gotten past the first 10 minutes of this one in the past because I saw it was the Angel episode and turned away as fast as I could. I just don't like this storyline that much.
It wasn't as bad as I always thought it was. There were a few shots of Angel that made it look like I was watching a new version of Ghost because he looked so much like Swayze that it freaked me out a little. ROAD HOUSE!! Oops, sorry.
This is the episode that Buffy finds out our little Angel is a vampire. But not just any vampire, a vampire with a soul. So we get to hear his tragic plight of being one of the meanest and baddest Vamps in the world to a little scared kitten who steals blood from the Red Cross to feed his appetite. Boo hoo. At least Darla gets dusted cause she was just annoying. If only Angel could have killed her off 5 eps in.
There was nothing all that funny in this and it was just a lot of blah. So not much interesting things for me to write about. You can skip it if you never saw it or plan to watch these yourself. All you need to know is poor Angel has a soul. I am sure he repeats it in other episodes.
3 stakes out of 10!
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Season 1 Episode 4 The Teachers Pet
Ahh, the first Xander episode. My wife made a good comment in that in the 3 previous episodes they didn't make Xander as nerdy as they did from this episode on. It is weird, he was kind of hip but geeky and now right away in this episode he is downright dorky. Oh well.
Buffy befriends a teacher right off the bat and soon after he is beheaded. Always fun. Buffy and the gang think it may be a new vampire that Angel warned Buffy about. The substitute who replaces the headless teacher seems to have gotten a great amount of attention from all the boys in the school, even Xander who has been goo goo gaa gaa over Buffy until now.
As Buffy seeks out the vamp who killed her teacher she sees the Vamp cross paths with the hot little sub and it runs away in fear making Buffy think that she could be the demon. Turns out she was right, the teacher is a Praying Mantis who is trying to collect virgin men to help her lay and fertilize her eggs. Of course Xander fits the mold and he finds himself in a cage and about to be mated with and then eaten. But Buffy saves the day and Xander lives another day to make a complete fool of himself.
The writing is definitely getting better and more importantly the camera work is as well. We are learning more and more about each character and they are all starting to get their own voice. There is some good one liners in here and Giles is getting funnier each and every episode. I like the monsters of the week eps but I know, or at least I think I remember that some heavy duty boring Angel episodes are on their way and I can't say I am looking forward to them. I hated Angel on Buffy but loved him on his own show. Oh well, it can't all be perfect, right?
6 stakes out of 10!
Buffy befriends a teacher right off the bat and soon after he is beheaded. Always fun. Buffy and the gang think it may be a new vampire that Angel warned Buffy about. The substitute who replaces the headless teacher seems to have gotten a great amount of attention from all the boys in the school, even Xander who has been goo goo gaa gaa over Buffy until now.
As Buffy seeks out the vamp who killed her teacher she sees the Vamp cross paths with the hot little sub and it runs away in fear making Buffy think that she could be the demon. Turns out she was right, the teacher is a Praying Mantis who is trying to collect virgin men to help her lay and fertilize her eggs. Of course Xander fits the mold and he finds himself in a cage and about to be mated with and then eaten. But Buffy saves the day and Xander lives another day to make a complete fool of himself.
The writing is definitely getting better and more importantly the camera work is as well. We are learning more and more about each character and they are all starting to get their own voice. There is some good one liners in here and Giles is getting funnier each and every episode. I like the monsters of the week eps but I know, or at least I think I remember that some heavy duty boring Angel episodes are on their way and I can't say I am looking forward to them. I hated Angel on Buffy but loved him on his own show. Oh well, it can't all be perfect, right?
6 stakes out of 10!
Season 1 Episode 1 : Welcome to the Hellmouth
Ahhh, it all comes back to you when you start rewatching the episodes. I forgot about the corny little intro they do. I am curious when they stopped that, I guess I will soon see.
There is Buffy with her padded bra and he baby fat. It's weird to see her in the first season if you have more recent memories of the later season or her recent movies. Her cheeks are all puffy along with her butt.
Willow is looking the part of the nerd wonderfully in the 1st season. The clothes, the waifish body, the blah hairdo.
Xander is Xander. Definitely the opposite of Buffy when it comes to weight. He is a svelte man in this unlike his plumpness in the later seasons.
Cordelia, ahhh, same person episode one as she was throughout the series and Angel.
Giles is a little more uptight and British early on.
Some notable appearances would be Darla. I totally forgot that she was in Buffy or even in the first episode. Angel makes his appearance as well playing the part of the brooding vampire gone good. And jesus, the cross he gave her was big enough to go on top of an actual church. For some reason I thought it was smaller. Maybe it gets smaller in scale as the season rolls on. Ahh, Prinicpal Flutie, how could I forget about you, or more importantly what happened to you. Jesse, who you may know better as Milo on 24, was also in the episode.
The basic jist of this episode is getting to know the characters. Buffy is coming to a new school, Sunnydale, after getting kicked out of her High School in Los Angeles. We find out that she is a Vampire Slayer and Giles, the schools Librarian is a Watcher, who looks out for the Slayer. Seems Sunnydale is the location of the Hellmouth and it is about to open up. Angel makes his appearance to let Buffy know hat trouble is afoot and a Harvest will soon be happening and allow The Master to walk the earth. This of course is not a good thing. Xander and Willow get involved and thus creates the Slayerettes as Willow declares in a later episode, but I like the Scooby Gang. The episode ends on a cliff hanger as it is part 1 of 2.
All in all an pretty decent episode for a pilot. There is some really wacky camera angles and shots that thankfully are never seen again and the writing isn't half bad.
I will give this episode 5 stakes out of 10.
There is Buffy with her padded bra and he baby fat. It's weird to see her in the first season if you have more recent memories of the later season or her recent movies. Her cheeks are all puffy along with her butt.
Willow is looking the part of the nerd wonderfully in the 1st season. The clothes, the waifish body, the blah hairdo.
Xander is Xander. Definitely the opposite of Buffy when it comes to weight. He is a svelte man in this unlike his plumpness in the later seasons.
Cordelia, ahhh, same person episode one as she was throughout the series and Angel.
Giles is a little more uptight and British early on.
Some notable appearances would be Darla. I totally forgot that she was in Buffy or even in the first episode. Angel makes his appearance as well playing the part of the brooding vampire gone good. And jesus, the cross he gave her was big enough to go on top of an actual church. For some reason I thought it was smaller. Maybe it gets smaller in scale as the season rolls on. Ahh, Prinicpal Flutie, how could I forget about you, or more importantly what happened to you. Jesse, who you may know better as Milo on 24, was also in the episode.
The basic jist of this episode is getting to know the characters. Buffy is coming to a new school, Sunnydale, after getting kicked out of her High School in Los Angeles. We find out that she is a Vampire Slayer and Giles, the schools Librarian is a Watcher, who looks out for the Slayer. Seems Sunnydale is the location of the Hellmouth and it is about to open up. Angel makes his appearance to let Buffy know hat trouble is afoot and a Harvest will soon be happening and allow The Master to walk the earth. This of course is not a good thing. Xander and Willow get involved and thus creates the Slayerettes as Willow declares in a later episode, but I like the Scooby Gang. The episode ends on a cliff hanger as it is part 1 of 2.
All in all an pretty decent episode for a pilot. There is some really wacky camera angles and shots that thankfully are never seen again and the writing isn't half bad.
I will give this episode 5 stakes out of 10.
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