"the body"
Jan. 14th, 2007 10:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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maymargaret wasn't feeling well, and I had a headache, so we watched a ton and a half of Buffy. I was going to make one of my catching-up type review posts, but then we saw "The Body" last, and I kind of forgot pretty much everything else. That was a really, really, really good episode. As well as intensely upsetting and disturbing. I've never seen a TV show handle the death of a character so well.
I'm planning to watch it at least one more time before watching Joss's commentary, but for now my only complaint is that I didn't especially like the thing with the vampire at the end. I know it's Sunnydale, and I know it's Buffy, so there has to be a monster, but... no. Also, that vampire's body makeup was soooooo overdone, he looked like he'd been painted like a glow-in-the-dark skeleton. Anyway, even if it was a great set-up for the last moment between Buffy and Dawn, I didn't care for having that thrown in - I think it would have been more effective overall if, for once, we'd had no monster whatsoever. Just death.
Also, does anybody know if it's feasible for paramedics to just up and leave like that after declaring moment of death? Especially leaving a teenage girl, that just seemed weird on top of weird. From a dramatic POV, yeah, we needed that moment of Buffy alone with her mom's body before Giles shows up, but... as the granddaughter of an EMT, that rubbed me wrong. But not having any personal experience (thank the gods), I really can't say if it's just Joss being Joss, or if it's some degree of realistic.
I think I'm about a season behind in my little review/rant things, so I'll try to catch back up at some point soon. For now, must get ready for work.
maymargaret wasn't feeling well, and I had a headache, so we watched a ton and a half of Buffy. I was going to make one of my catching-up type review posts, but then we saw "The Body" last, and I kind of forgot pretty much everything else. That was a really, really, really good episode. As well as intensely upsetting and disturbing. I've never seen a TV show handle the death of a character so well.I'm planning to watch it at least one more time before watching Joss's commentary, but for now my only complaint is that I didn't especially like the thing with the vampire at the end. I know it's Sunnydale, and I know it's Buffy, so there has to be a monster, but... no. Also, that vampire's body makeup was soooooo overdone, he looked like he'd been painted like a glow-in-the-dark skeleton. Anyway, even if it was a great set-up for the last moment between Buffy and Dawn, I didn't care for having that thrown in - I think it would have been more effective overall if, for once, we'd had no monster whatsoever. Just death.
Also, does anybody know if it's feasible for paramedics to just up and leave like that after declaring moment of death? Especially leaving a teenage girl, that just seemed weird on top of weird. From a dramatic POV, yeah, we needed that moment of Buffy alone with her mom's body before Giles shows up, but... as the granddaughter of an EMT, that rubbed me wrong. But not having any personal experience (thank the gods), I really can't say if it's just Joss being Joss, or if it's some degree of realistic.
I think I'm about a season behind in my little review/rant things, so I'll try to catch back up at some point soon. For now, must get ready for work.
