Re: Rainne rates "Chosen" (LONG)

[Michiruka <young_fire2@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> Massive spoilers ahead.
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> Okay. I just finished watching "Chosen" and I'm about to
> give you my full critique of this episode... pretty much
> yummy thing by yummy thing.
> 
> >Previously on Buffy: -5 points for treating this one
> like any other ep. I was almost sure we'd get the full
> rundown like we did at the beginning of "The Gift", and I
> feel it would have been more appropriate.
> 
> >"OK, I'm basked. What are you doing here?" +2 for
> getting over it. Nice.
> 
> >Caleb's sudden return to life and the subsequent
> segmenting of his person: +3. Liked it a lot. 
> Especially the "not having the balls" part: "Who does,
> nowadays?"... and especially "he had to split." Top
> twenty Buffy lines of all time... this one's somewhere in
> the middle.
> 
> >"purifying power, cleansing power, possibly scrubbing
> bubbles": +1 for Angel busting a funny.
> 
> > "oh. well. that's great. everyone's got a soul now."
> and everything that followed in this conversation: +2 for
> jealous Angel cuz he's so frickin funny... -1 for implied
> B/A cuz... hello, Angelus?!
> 
> >The cookie dough analogy: +2
> 
> >Angel leaving: +3 cuz thank God.
> 
> >The entire confrontation between Dawn and Buffy: +5 
> 
> >Dawn kicking Buffy in the shin: +1 extra.
> 
> >"Hey, party in my eye socket, and everyone's invited!":
> +3
> 
> >The whole Spike/Buffy convo in the basement: -10
> 
> >Buffy telling Spike how it was: +2 despite the rest of
> the convo
> 
> >Spike getting balls: +5
> 
> >Spike proving that his balls were full of hot air: -5
> 
> >Buffy convo w/ The First Evil S&L: +2
> 
> >Buffy smiting The First Evil S&L with the considerable
> power of her wit: +1
> 
> >Spike drowning in footwear: +/- 0 because we can only
> dream.
> 
> >Giles' response to Buffy's plan: +3
> 
> >"A total loss of control. And not in a nice, wholesome,
> my-girlfriend-has-a-pierced-tongue kinda way": +10
> 
> >Giles's face after she said that: +1
> 
> >Dawn getting the "pierced tongue" thing: +2
> 
> >"What am I, insensitive?": +2
> 
> >Buffy's speech: +5 for being the last one we'll have to
> endure.
> 
> >No points awarded here: Where the HELL did all those
> girls come from?!
> 
> >Faith and Wood in the basement: +5
> 
> >"Oh, please, I am so much prettier than you are. And,
> for the record, our little encounter didn't exactly
> change my world.": +3 for finally making me like Wood.
> 
> >Willow and Kennedy: +5
> 
> >"Bite me." "I will.": +1
> 
> >"You know Buffy: sweet girl; not that bright.": +2
> 
> >Giles, Amanda, Xander and Andrew playing D&D: +5
> 
> >Spuffiness: -20 because I HATE SPUFFINESS.
> 
> >"Welcome to Dunnydale High. There's no running in the
> halls...": +2
> 
> >"Bathroom is to your left...": +2
> 
> >Andrew's Oscar acceptance speech: +1 for the shout out
> to Tucker
> 
> >The scene with the Original Four: +5 overall
> 
> >What are we gonna do tomorrow?: +1
> 
> >The earth is definitely doomed: +4 for going all the way
> back to Welcome to the Hellmouth.
> 
> >"You ready to... he he... kill me?" "Starting to be.":
> +1
> 
> >"I'm not worried... I'm not worried... I'm not
> worried...?": +2
> 
> >"As long as Willow can work her spell before they... see
> us.": -5 for being able to see that one coming.
> 
> >Flashback to Buffy's speech about Willow: +2
> 
> >Buffy's unwavering confidence in Willow: +2
> 
> >Willow's lack of sixth-season arrogance: +2
> 
> >The montage of Potentials being chosen: +1
> 
> >The little girl on the baseball field: +1 extra
> 
> >The chubby girl standing up to the abuser: +2 for
> striking me right in my childhood.
> 
> >Willow channelling completely white magick for the first
> time: +5
> 
> >"Ah! That was nifty!": +1 for being patented Willow
> 
> >Vi finally kicks ass: +1
> 
> >Bunnies: +2
> 
> >Giles NOT getting knocked out in a fight for once: +1
> 
> >Buffy taking a bad wound: +2 for coming right out of
> nowhere and slapping me
> 
> >Faith using Buffy's full name for the first time I can
> remember: +2
> 
> >Buffy finally giving up control willingly to someone
> else: +1
> 
> >Anya's death: -5 because I was just starting to like
> her.
> 
> >Chao-Ahn and Amanda dying: -2 because I liked them
> 
> >"I want you to get out of my face!": +1 for attitude
> while suffering a gut wound.
> 
> >Vi kicks some more ass: +1
> 
> >Kennedy: +1
> 
> >Spike channelling sunlight: +1 for finally being useful
> 
> >the final chat between Spike and Buffy: -5 for being
> stupid
> 
> >Xander not having to find Anya's body: +5 for not
> putting him through that
> 
> >Spike catching fire: +2
> 
> >"I love you" "No you don't but thanks for saying it": -5
> for Spuffiness.
> 
> >Buffy blowing up the high school AGAIN: +3 for being
> funny as hell
> 
> >Watching Spike turn into a big pile of dust: +5 for
> ABOUT BLOODY FUCKING TIME
> 
> >Buffy with a gut wound running across several rooftops
> as they collapse beneath her and then jumping onto the
> roof of the bus and then hanging on as it screeched to a
> stop: -2 because I'm not sure I buy it
> 
> >The "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign falling into the crater:
> +1 for style
> 
> >The crater: +4
> 
> >"She died saving my life": +1
> 
> >Wood faking death to "surprise" Faith: -5 cuz I'd of
> kicked his ass into the crater for that.
> 
> >There's another hellmouth in Cleveland? Are we gonna
> turn Cleveland into a crater, too? If so: +4
> 
> >"We destroyed the mall? I fought for the wrong side.":
> +3
> 
> >"Who will remember all those landmarks unless we tell
> the world about them?" Yes, let's have Andrew turn us
> into a television show. We could call it "Buffy: The
> Vampire Slayer.": +1 cuz I'm iffy on this line.
> 
> >"Can I push him in?" "You've got my vote.": +2
> 
> >Buffy's closeup in the final seconds: +10.
> 
> Overall score: 95/100 A
> 
> ~~Rainne
> ******
> Willow: [Spells] work, Riley, but they take
> concentration, being attuned with the forces of the
> universe.
> Xander: Right. You can't just go 'Librum incendere' and
> expect - [book catches fire]
> Giles: Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books.
> -- Superstar -- Buffy 4x17 --
> 

You know what? I think that it should get +5 extra points
just because it was the final episode, Spike was dusted and
Buffy actually LIVED.. you know? Ah... The whole, 'Nifty'
part.. that deserves like.. a hundred points just for
bringing back that part of Willow we all loved... :)

~Michiruka

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Buffy saw the deer-in-the-headlights look on her mom's face and trailed
off. She realized just how much she had shared and gulped loudly. "Uh,
can you ignore that last bit? Please? Just forget I ever said it."

"I'm trying to, I really am," Joyce replied.

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