Re: ~Buffy*Wants*Willow~"FirstDate"-slightly shorterreview"SPOILERS FOR EP!!!

["Strife Aileron" <stryker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And down you go...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marlon Richmond" <MarlonRichmond@xxxxxxx>
To: <buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: ~Buffy*Wants*Willow~"FirstDate"-slightly shorterreview"SPOILERS
FOR EP!!!


>
>
>
> > Angela
> >
> > It's
> >
> > darn
> >
> > hard
> >
> > to
> >
> > stall
> >
> > for
> >
> > Spoiler
> >
> > Space
> >
> > isn't
> >
> > it?
> >
> >
> > Much as I'd love to believe that the mirror was Wood catching a clue
> > about Spike, I can't go there. First, his reaction was nothing like
> > "where is he? OMG, this guy's a vamp!". It was all, "who is this guy
> > busting into my date and where does Buffy know him from?" Plus, there's
> > Wood's shocked "he's a vampire!' line when he sees Spike vamp out later.
> > And if you tell me that Robin Wood, son of a Slayer, raised by her
> > Watcher, who has dedicated himself to slaughtering vampires to avenge
> > his mother would notice Spike's non-reflection but not realize that
> > meant "vampire" until he saw the fangs, well, sorry, but I just can't
> > buy that.
>
> It could be that he saw the "First Evil" (or 'First Boredom') in the
mirror
> in order to fool the principal into thinking that Spike wasn't a vampire
in
> the car.
>
> Also the problem with the show is that since the plot is so thin, all of
the
> favorite characters have to play stupid in order to get any action.

The problem, I think, is that the script writers aren't talking to each
other. I mean, the episodes don't seem to mesh properly and, since the only
thing ME is worrying about it spuffy, the rest of the cast, and the show, go
to shit.

~Strife Aileron (Who can't believe there's a petition going around for a
season eight.*ugh*)

Not quite as bitter as Dan...But I'm working on it