From: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org (stillpt-digest) To: stillpt-digest@smoe.org Subject: stillpt-digest V3 #1 Reply-To: stillpt@smoe.org Sender: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk stillpt-digest Tuesday, January 2 2001 Volume 03 : Number 001 Today's Subjects: ----------------- b/aicn top shows of 2000 [meredith ] Re: b/aicn top shows of 2000 ["David S. Bratman" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 22:18:53 -0500 From: meredith Subject: b/aicn top shows of 2000 Hi! From Ain't It Cool News, the top television shows of 2000: 1. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Long the funniest show on TV, Buffy grows more fearless in its storytelling with each succeeding season. It gets the edge over West Wing this year for two reasons: 1) The show has recently manifested a wonderful and bizarre obsession with continuity, demonstrating that its creators are taking pains to mess with us; and 2) It has vampires! BEST OF 2000: * New Moon Rising (May 2). Oz returns, and everyone learns that Willow and Tara are more than friends (including Willow and Tara). * Restless (May 23). The Scoobs battle the first slayer and their own fears in a hilarious and foreshadow-packed dream episode. * Buffy vs. Dracula (Sept. 26). Many are seduced by the worlds most famous vampire, and Xander announces an end to his butt-monkey career. * The Replacement (Oct. 10). Xander meets his not-so-evil twin, and shares his passion for squished coinage. * No Place Like Home. (Oct. 24) The mystery of Dawn is solved, and we meet Glory, my favorite Buffy villain who isnt Spike or Dru. * Family. (Nov. 7) The mystery of Tara is revealed, and, touchingly, she learns that her support in Sunnydale is by no means limited to Willow. * Fool For Love (Nov. 24). Buffy finds a stake in her own abdomen, and asks Spike to detail the circumstances of two prior slayer deaths. (I post this b/c I'm sure Don will have some responses to the choices of top episodes... :) +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:00:33 -0500 (EST) From: "David S. Bratman" Subject: Re: b/aicn top shows of 2000 On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Ain't It Cool News wrote: > Long the funniest show on TV, Buffy grows more fearless in its > storytelling with > each succeeding season. It gets the edge over West Wing this year for two > reasons: 1) The show has recently manifested a wonderful and bizarre obsession > with continuity, demonstrating that its creators are taking pains to mess > with us; and 2) It has vampires! Makes one almost long to see what _West Wing_ would be like with vampires. I suppose Kim Newman could script that. > * Restless (May 23). The Scoobs battle the first slayer and their own > fears in a hilarious and foreshadow-packed dream episode. "Hilarious" is not the first word I'd think of to describe this episode, though it certainly has its funny bits ("Sometimes I think of two women casting a spell ...", "Put your back into it!"), but a highlight for sure. > * Buffy vs. Dracula (Sept. 26). Many are seduced by the worlds most > famous vampire, and Xander announces an end to his butt-monkey career. This one, on the other hand ... > * No Place Like Home. (Oct. 24) The mystery of Dawn is solved, and we > meet Glory, my favorite Buffy villain who isnt Spike or Dru. Better than the Mayor? Maybe, but only if we get to see a lot more of her. She certainly has potential. I've been amusing myself with writing up a list of favorite this-and-thats, together with credits to the people who introduced me to them, for eventual posting on my web site, and here's what I've written for BtVS: "_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_. Light horror. An odd mixture, hard to get used to, but more effective than not. (Credit: Berni Phillips and Don Keller, who were both very patient with my initial lack of interest.)" If this sounds unenthusiastic, remember this is a list of favorites. Constant burbling is not required. I only have two other tv series on my list, _Monty Python_ and _The Prisoner_, both of which I've been scarfing up DVDs of. _Buffy_ too, whenever you're ready, Joss ... ------------------------------ End of stillpt-digest V3 #1 ***************************