Lovers Walk.

[elisi]

Just by the way, for anyone disappointed with Mark's review of Lovers Walk, here's a link to Arbitrar of Quality's review. (Same deal: Unspoiled first time viewer, a ton of rot-13 in the comments etc. for those who weren't around at the time. But, uh, AOQ's take on things was... different to Mark's. *g*)

Comments

[debris4spike]

I liked his comment about the title - will admit that was something I hadn't thought about.

I am going to re-watch all of BtVS again ... ages since I have done that. See all the episodes, not just the one or two faves.

[elisi]

The title is wonderfully clever. I remember someone else commenting about it... somewhere. Years ago. :)

And yeah, I could do with re-watching it too. <3

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Hey Deb... you're over on FB, right? (I'm pretty sure I have you friended there.) There's a group of us starting a rewatch this week 2012 Buffy Re-watch

[debris4spike]

Oh no - that means I will have to spend more time on FaceBook!!! Thanks for that link - I will go and link myself, and keep up.

See you there!

[cmattg.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I trust the arbitration of someone who thinks "Band Candy" was the weakest episode of the season so far.

[elisi]

That's what made his reviews so much fun to follow - you never knew what his reaction would be. He had the WEIRDEST opinions on some things...

[jeymien.livejournal.com]

I sort of saw Mark's reaction coming. He's made it very clear his favorite character is Cordelia, and everything she goes through in this episode is devastating. All we have to do now is wait for his reaction to The Wish..

[elisi]

I sort of saw Mark's reaction coming. He's made it very clear his favorite character is Cordelia, and everything she goes through in this episode is devastating.
Yeah, I've been thinking that he's going to have a hell of a time with AtS S4...

All we have to do now is wait for his reaction to The Wish..
She dead. Of Willow. Should be fun. >:) (I find the reviews to be hugely entertaining. I actually posted a response to Lovers Walk, which was gifs of people laughing their heads off. I can't help it, his pain amuses me.)

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, I simply do not understand that. He says he was brutally bullied in high school and yet his favorite character starts off as a huge bully something she doesn't reform herself of until s2(?) of AtS.

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

His bully probably didn't look like Cordy. :P

I think he's more spoiled than he lets on.

[masakochan.livejournal.com]

Well, there was the thing with him doing a chapter by chapter review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. On a podcast- he talked about how he became a nervous wreck about being spoiled over the final few chapters, and he finally caved to finishing the book quickly- but then waited to post the reviews.

[joking.livejournal.com]

Mark lost me the moment he posted his review saying he enjoyed "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered." I have always loathed that episode, for so many reasons.

[elisi]

Really? Not that I can't see the problems, but the early seasons, as a whole, is just wrapped in this giant blanket of nostalgia for me... I just want to pinch their cheeks and go 'Gosh, you're so YOUNG!' ;)

[joking.livejournal.com]

It's just that, in a series that I have so much feminist love for, this episode uses sexist tropes I despise. My bar is lower for most media, but for Buffy I expect some intelligence when it comes to depicting women.

[elisi]

Well, compared to the comics it's positively BURSTING with feminism. *g* (I know that doesn't excuse it. But it's funny, so I like it. /shallow)

[eilowyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks. BBB is one of those great Xander episodes where Buffy actually thanks him for not raping her.

[elisi]

Let's all get together and buy him a medal! :D

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

Given the number of times that sort of thing is played with in the series, I kind of think it's unlikely Joss would have seen it that way. Of course, it *is* called out in Dead Things, but that's the only time.

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

All the review posts almost makes me want to rewatch again. I don't know if I can, though. Thinking about BTVS and AtS just makes me sad now...

[elisi]

Oh do watch! I find that whenever I do, the comics vanish in a puff of smoke.

[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

I get a weird vibe that Mark is FEELING more because he's expecting angst, you know? Like, I know a friend's mom who started crying when she saw a shot of a baby doll at the beginning of the Titanic just because she'd heard that it was a sad movie. So you get yourself in the mood and ANYTHING will trigger it.

Cause...Lovers Walk is pretty low on the devastation scale for the show. And he's had some weirdly disproportional reactions before. Joss is know for teh angsting, so I think there's some skewiness in perception going on.

Loved the Arbitrar of Quality review. Thanks for linking! :)

[elisi]

I get a weird vibe that Mark is FEELING more because he's expecting angst, you know? Like, I know a friend's mom who started crying when she saw a shot of a baby doll at the beginning of the Titanic just because she'd heard that it was a sad movie. So you get yourself in the mood and ANYTHING will trigger it.
You might be right. He knows what Joss is like, so I guess he's constantly curled up in a worried ball, expecting people to die and HORRIBLE things to happen... And he's kinda excitable ANYWAY. I mean, he's got the same sort of attitude for LotR which is just weirding me out, as Tolkien is as far from Joss as you can get...

ETA: He has pre-Traumatic Joss Syndrome?

Loved the Arbitrar of Quality review. Thanks for linking! :)
AOQ is delightful. And had the most surprising opinions - but always interesting. :)

[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

ETA: He has pre-Traumatic Joss Syndrome?

Haha! Indeed. :)

[elisi]

I am very grateful to you for this insight.

[promethia_tenk]

ETA: He has pre-Traumatic Joss Syndrome?

*dies* =D

[elisi]

Suddenly it all makes sense. :)

ETA: Oooh, it makes sense of everything else too. With Moffat, he goes 'EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE CLEVER AND COMPLICATED OH NOES WHAT IS GOING ON I CAN'T WORK IT OUT!!!!' and with LotR he's going 'OMG EVERYTHING IS EPIC AND EVERYTHING IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL FANTASY THAT COMES AFTER HOW SHALL I DEAL???'

His tagline is 'You're not prepared' - but he is. And that's the problem. :)

[promethia_tenk]

Ha! You know, I think you might be on to something there . . .

[elisi]

He's unspoiled, but that's something completely different... Oh, I feel clever now. :)

[slackerspice.livejournal.com]

I couldn't say that I was disappointed - I was too busy laughing my ass off. All I could think was "Dude, if you're this upset now..."

[elisi]

Ah, you and me both... But I know that others are getting frustrated with him. I, however, am getting the popcorn out! :D (It's Amends today. Should be a blast.)

[slackerspice.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking that by the time he reaches The Gift, he'll have been reduced to an incoherent, screaming wreck.

[elisi]

IKR? Really, he should have saved the all-capslocks posts. He's gonna need them...

[slackerspice.livejournal.com]

I can see it now - a review totally comprised of a looong stream of BUFFY NO I HATE YOU JOSS DIE DAMN YOU DIE.

[elisi]

And we can all pat him on the head, and say 'Just wait until you get to S6...'

[slackerspice.livejournal.com]

At that point, he'll be catatonic. Or at least going "Puppies? Puppies now?"

[elisi]

And we shall laugh at his pain. Because that is the Joss thing to do. :)