From: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org (stillpt-digest) To: stillpt-digest@smoe.org Subject: stillpt-digest V3 #165 Reply-To: stillpt@smoe.org Sender: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk stillpt-digest Monday, October 29 2001 Volume 03 : Number 165 Today's Subjects: ----------------- b/life serial [meredith ] Re: b/life serial [Todd Huff ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:15:50 -0500 From: meredith Subject: b/life serial Hi, I'm surprised there haven't been hardly any posts about this week's episode ... or did I somehow miss them? Spoiler space... I hope the Geek Triumvirate doesn't turn out to be this season's Big Bad ... but in the meantime I'm enjoying them. They remind me of people I know. I played D&D with them in junior high, and most of my male friends now were ubergeeks like them when they were in high school and college (heck, a couple of them still are). Their Sunnydale manifestations crack me up (I especially liked the Monty Python reference -- I'd been waiting for one :). It's been a while since SMG has been given an episode to carry all on her own -- I'd almost forgotten just how funny she can be. The _Groundhog Day_ scene in the Magic Box was great, and had me giggling for the rest of the episode. The only thing missing was her staking someone Just Because She Could -- I guess stomping on Giles' glasses was as close as she could come under the circumstances. (Still, it would've been hysterical, like Xena nailing Joxer with her chakram in that show's own homage to _Groundhog Day_, "Been There, Done That".) There were only a couple "huh" bits, like why on earth did Tara just walk away when Buffy was caught in her time warp? I'd imagine that to everyone else, Buffy was just standing there not responding to anything while the world was speeding up around her -- how could Tara just leave her like that? Yet underneath the silliness, there was some very serious subtext. Buffy is clearly not taking responsibility for her household issues. That check from Giles isn't going to solve all of her money problems forevermore -- she's going to have to find a steady job, and soon. She doesn't appear to realize this, though, telling Giles "You're always here to save me" and assuming he's back to stay. The look on his face at episode's end tells an entirely different story. ("Huh" moment #2 -- where does Giles get his money, anyway??) ======================================= Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth "an eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind" -- mahatma gandhi ======================================= Live At The House O'Muzak House Concert Series http://www.smoe.org/meth/muzak.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 15:29:56 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Huff Subject: Re: b/life serial Far too late in the week to worry about spoilers, imho. :) > > I hope the Geek Triumvirate doesn't turn out to be > this season's Big Bad > ... but in the meantime I'm enjoying them. They > remind me of people I > know. I played D&D with them in junior high, and > most of my male friends > now were ubergeeks like them when they were in high > school and college > (heck, a couple of them still are). Their Sunnydale > manifestations crack > me up (I especially liked the Monty Python reference > -- I'd been waiting > for one :). > I can't help giggling along when Jonathon tells them to stop touching his magic bone. Great comic relief, but I suspect they'll get used by something/someone truly evil before this season is over. > It's been a while since SMG has been given an > episode to carry all on her > own -- I'd almost forgotten just how funny she can > be. The _Groundhog Day_ > scene in the Magic Box was great, and had me > giggling for the rest of the > episode. The only thing missing was her staking > someone Just Because She > Could -- I guess stomping on Giles' glasses was as > close as she could come > under the circumstances. (Still, it would've been > hysterical, like Xena > nailing Joxer with her chakram in that show's own > homage to _Groundhog > Day_, "Been There, Done That".) Yet another reference! I liked how they pointed out that the idea had been done before in Star Trek and X-Files. > > There were only a couple "huh" bits, like why on > earth did Tara just walk > away when Buffy was caught in her time warp? I'd > imagine that to everyone > else, Buffy was just standing there not responding > to anything while the > world was speeding up around her -- how could Tara > just leave her like that? > That kind of stuck out with me too. I guess we're not supposed to think about it too much. Buffy lurking under the table for all that time would certainly have caused some comment from others as well. > Yet underneath the silliness, there was some very > serious subtext. Buffy > is clearly not taking responsibility for her > household issues. That check > from Giles isn't going to solve all of her money > problems forevermore -- > she's going to have to find a steady job, and soon. > She doesn't appear to > realize this, though, telling Giles "You're always > here to save me" and > assuming he's back to stay. The look on his face at > episode's end tells an > entirely different story. > > ("Huh" moment #2 -- where does Giles get his money, > anyway??) Didn't Buffy arrange for Giles to get a big chunk of backpay as a Watcher in "Checkpoint"? There's also no mention of him having siblings or of his parents still being alive, so he might have inherited some. This may well become my favorite comic episode, even better than "The Zeppo". Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of stillpt-digest V3 #165 *****************************