Bitty Buffy!

[elisi]

Isn't YouTube a fabulous thing?

Unaired Buffy Pilot


Lots of different actors - different Flutie, chubby 'Willow' (who looks like she's 16 going on 40. I know a lot of people don't like AH, but Willow wouldn't have been the same without her... can you imagine this girl turning dark?), no Jesse, no Angel. Lots of extras (like all the various groups that Xander points out).

Completely different library (and I love the way Buffy flips down the tall stairs), Giles is a delight and there's a lot more back-story to Buffy, but less about vampires. The storyline is a lot simpler - no Luke, no Master, no Harvest. Quite a few cool scenes with Buffy, and she seems to be lost in thought a lot, and yet to relish her powers more. Not quite as closed off as she comes across in WttH.

Was there more? Can't remember and I also have to run. Will do my best to catch up with comments asap.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm, I'm not a Willow fan as you might have guessed*g*, but ...
Well I wanted to say I preferred this girl, but watching the pilot, I fairly had to say I didn't. It's not her looks, I personally would have preferred a chubbier Willow. But her acting felt a bit stilted to me.
(then again, so did that of most of the other actors. Can I say thank you in regards to Nicholas Brendon's improvement once the series actually started shooting...)

Of course, it's only one ep with her, and I'm sure that had she had the character for longer, like the others she might have gotten better, who knows.

((and hey, us chubby girls can go dark, really...
You do not want to be in the way, when the last piece of cake is standing in the middle of the table*eg*))

Either way, I'm really glad they added Angel. I really don't think the show would have been half as good without at least one non-villain vampire in the main cast. It's a thing*eg*, I needed at least one supernatural character to root for.

[liliaeth]

That by the way was me, have no idea how I got logged out

[elisi]

Y'know I guessed! :) And before I forget, I loved the point you made on the NG about TB being the last time Buffy is a child. Please repeat in when AOQ posts him 'Forever' review.

Now about your points...

But her acting felt a bit stilted to me.
Yes, I agree with that. I think Buffy and Giles were probably the only ones that came across really well.

and hey, us chubby girls can go dark, really...
Hee! I've no doubt about that. I think it was definitely the whole character that was off... she didn't come across as a brilliant student either. At least Tara was comfortably curvaceous!

Either way, I'm really glad they added Angel.
Oh me too! Even though his acting (esp in WttH/The Harvest) is so wooden you could wittle stakes out of it. But yeah, Angel added mystery! :)