So... that Mark. I think I've worked it out. :)

[elisi]

(Karen Gillan in my icon is doing a Mark impression...)

First of all, then many thanks go to gabrielleabelle for suggesting that Mark is so... OTT in his Buffy reviews because he expects angst. Because suddenly he was easy to diagnose. Basically he suffers from pre-Traumatic Joss Syndrome.

His tagline is 'You're Not Prepared', but this actually misleading. I don't mean that he's spoiled, but he is prepared. Here are my approximations of his mindset for various things:

Buffy:
'OH NOES IT'S JOSS AND HE LOVES TO STAB PEOPLE IN THE BACK WHEN THEY FEEL HAPPY! EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE PERPETUAL HEARTBREAK, ANYONE COULD DIE AT ANYTIME! WILL IT BE THIS EPISODE THAT BREAKS ME FOR GOOD? OR THIS ONE? OR THIS ONE? OR...'

Lord of the Rings:
'OMG EVERYTHING IS EPIC AND EVERYTHING IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL FANTASY THAT COMES AFTER AND HOW SHALL I DEAL???'

Moffat Who:
'EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE CLEVER AND COMPLICATED OH NOES WHAT-IS-GOING-ON-I-CAN'T-WORK-IT-OUT-HELP!!!!'

Twilight:
'THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE RUBBISH AND TERRIBLE - AAAAAAAH! IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN I THOUGHT! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? AND IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE...'

Comments

[deird1]

It is hard to believe the emotion, because you sort of know he's not completely unspoiled. It's impossible. The DVD packaging and discs alone spoils you. (S6? Come on - we have DarkWillow on the cover!)

Except he's watching it on Netflix, so he's not seeing any of that...

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Unless he's streaming it, he should be. DarkWillow is on the DVD disc in S6.
Or are netflix DVD's different than the one's in the boxes? Also the set up sort of spoils you...on some of them.

Fringe, Trueblood and Dexter were equally bad in that respect. I know, I get tv shows by netflix.

[deird1]

Possibly I'm getting my ways-to-watch-things terminology confused?

Anyway - he's watching them online. With no dvd intros or anything. (As far as I recall.)

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Ah streaming.

[flyingichthyo.livejournal.com]

On Netflix, the streaming for Seasons 1-7 of Buffy has the Season 5 package cover as it's graphic, the one with Spike, then Buffy, the Dawn.