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Post by Skeptic on Jul 19, 2009 20:50:06 GMT -5
We got the gay Willow? Holy hell, that's... oh man... Seriously, Nicholas, I have no idea where to start with your post, so I'm not even gonna try. So I'll just *facepalm* and move along quietly.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 19, 2009 20:46:38 GMT -5
I think you can listen to it on their website but I'm not sure. That was the original problem; no button to press play and listen (that I could find).
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 19, 2009 13:20:44 GMT -5
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 19, 2009 13:05:20 GMT -5
Surely there is more than one high school in Sunnydale anyway? We hear about Kent Preparatory School in "Reptile Boy" so I'm guessing there are several. How big is Sunnydale meant to be, population-wise? I don't know about America, but I live in an English town of approx. 180,000 with at least a dozen secondary schools (that's what we call high school), so surely there would have been several others even before Sunnydale High was destroyed? Sunnydale is supposed to be very near Santa Barbara, CA, which has a population of about 400,000. Whenever they've looked at maps on the show, they show a map of Santa Barbara. So, I've just always assumed Sunny-D was a "bedroom community" of Santa Barbara, meaning that a lot of people live in Sunnydale and commute to Santa Barbara for work. Bedroom communities usually become that because they are just a few minutes' drive to the main city, and are generally smaller, and quieter. People tend to also choose them because they have good schools and safe neighborhoods for the kids. I don't know that I'd call Sunnydale safe, though, but it seems safe enough during the day... I always just assumed Sunnydale was something like that - and that the population was probably somewhere under 50,000. The town I live in right now is 70,000, and it feels a little big for what I imagine Sunnydale would be. ETA: When Sunnydale High went poof, I'm sure that students were just bussed out to other districts in the surrounding area. I'm not sure how they do it in the UK, but here, where you live (among other things) determines where you go to school, and if one isn't available, you contact the local school board to see where your child needs to be registered at. But I'm guessing that because several hundred kids were suddenly left without a high school that summer, that the school board actively reassigned students before the next school year.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 23:14:33 GMT -5
Yes, I'm sure there will be multiple-bombshells falling. I'm ready! I've written down all my little ideas about what I think will happen and who Twilight isn't (because I am no closer today to having an idea, than I was months ago). We'll see if I had any of them right or even ballpark-ish.
Maybe what I actually need to do is put all the cast through the years on a big piece of paper then cross off all the "isn't"s, all the females, all the highly unlikelies, circle the ones that I'm not sure about, and see who's left out of that group. Right now I feel like I'm just fishing for names out of a hat.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 20:50:27 GMT -5
Thanks, redapple! Only now I'm even sadder because I revile the idea of installing the bloatware that is iTunes just to listen to a podcast. Oh well...
I'm listening to the Watchercast, which I love. I'd listened to a few of them late last year and really enjoyed their take on the eps. And still totally digging their theme song.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 20:15:29 GMT -5
I really want to listen to the Delta Park one but it doesn't show me a button or anything to play/download it. Is it working for anyone else?
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 19:58:27 GMT -5
This man speaks the truth. I have no idea what it is about the character, but I've been obsessed with her ever since that first scene at the church. It's because she's Scottish. I remember my friend and I invented an elaborate backstory for Leah, something about her picking fights outside nightclubs on Sauchiehall Street. She's a total ned. Count me in on the serious Leah fixation. Everytime I see her in a panel, I have to bust out the song "Ah! Leah!"... www.youtube.com/watch?v=i19DrZUr7u0
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 19:53:35 GMT -5
I back up Wyndams REC suggestion. Its brilliant, I refuse to watch Quarantine however. lol. Back to topic...so excited about cabin in the woods! The news on amy acker being cast as well adds further excitement! I do love my horror films so hopefully this will live up to my expectations. No doubt it will, goddard/whedon...nuff said. Adding my vote for REC. It kicked so much backside. Did you hear they're making a sequel? I'm ready to see Cabin now, though. I watched Last House On the Left (the remake) and thought it was good but just didn't quite engage me (the vicarious satisfaction level from the girl's dad was pretty high, though). I know Joss and Drew are going to deliver on that, though. A memorable horror movie is one that not only makes my heart race, but also makes my head spin (which is why I loooove movies like Haute Tension, The Ring, The Shining, and Silent Hill), and I think (hope!) Cabin will succeed at both insanely well.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 19:36:36 GMT -5
Wow, Charlize is #53??
Angelina is #14, and Megan Fox is #2? I wouldn't kick Megan out of bed for leaving crumbs, but my gosh.
"I'm actually frightened of [Angelina Jolie]. I haven't had the opportunity to meet her and I try to avoid that because I'm afraid. Angelina's a powerful person and I bet she would eat me alive. I guess that is why I'm afraid of her." - Megan Fox, FHM, June 2007
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 19:26:24 GMT -5
does that mean that someone will betray buffy in this issue??? since the cover of nick fury yadayadayada say something like that?! humn.... Whoa, nice catch! Completely and totally missed that. Karma for you! I bet it's safe to say that since one cover is an homage of the other, and that we know a betrayal is coming up, that we can expect it to happen fairly soon. I hate the thought, though. I say the word "betrayal", and I instantly flash back to that panel in #10, of Buffy laying on the floor in the stone room, all beat up, crying... sigh. I am really gonna hate this.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 19:19:22 GMT -5
I'm gonna say that Willow and Oz have a heart to heart, and they both apologize for how they both acted the last time they saw each other. Then he introduces her to his Dichen-Lachman-shaped girlfriend, and Willow says that she's with a Slayer, at which point Oz will pause, then admit that he thinks she and Buffy are good together. And then he'll change the subject and Willow will be all like and then in the next panel, Twilight will show up and we'll never get that resolved! lol I keed, I keed. Well, mostly.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 19:05:55 GMT -5
Twilight won't be The Immortal, he will be a character we can recognize as soon as the mask comes off. Most definitely on the face-recognition. And it won't be a face we've seen only once or twice (like Hank's). God knows the fandom has a hard enough time figuring out who's who in a regular panel, amongst characters seen all the time. It would be bedlam if it were a character that appeared once and wasn't immediately recognizable in comic book format (and by immediately recognizable, I mean missing an arm, or has a tattoo across his face, or something other that's obvious, that would be remembered from the TV show). So... it's a face we know. That much I'm sure of.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 18:58:20 GMT -5
I'm fanwanking that the UC Sunnydale campus allowed the high school students to use part of their campus until their new high school was built. So that's where Dawn was.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 18:50:51 GMT -5
he Scythe was forged in secrecy by a group of women — the Guardians — for the Slayer to kill the last Old Ones that walked the earth. The Scythe was an ancient weapon designed for the Slayer, with a wooden stake on the handle. It embodied the mystical essence of the Slayer. Slayers who wield were capable of sensing its innate power. buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Scythe
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 18:48:02 GMT -5
Well, considering that none would exist if The First never existed... my money's squarely on The First. It's not corporeal, and has no standing armies, which to me says two things: it can be anything it wants, anytime it wants to; it doesn't need a standing force, since it created evil, it can further create armies when necessary. It could be simply by controlling one man, say, a general in the Army, who controls thousands of men and women (yes, it's crossed my mind more than once that General Voll and Twilight might actually be machinations of The First). Remember, Buffy didn't 'win' over The First. It can't be conquered, and it can't go away. Evil is as forever as good is. The only way you could stop one is to change the balance between good and evil - and although that sounds clever, Nature thrives on balance, and when that's out of whack, nothing good can come of it. Btw, just a suggestion, but you may wish to use quotes " " around text you're borrowing, or at least note the source. Even though your text is from Wiki, and Wiki's open source/creative commons, it's still polite to give a nod or a link or something. It helps you to not look bad, while also giving people something to look at if they want to read more.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 18:27:25 GMT -5
Of course, if none of this is real and Buffy's actually in the mental hospital in L.A., then why would she make her dad into a dead-beat dad in her fantasy world, and have her mom die? That also doesn't make sense. I mean, I could come up with some long-winded, far-reaching theories, but none of them really make me go 'oh yeah!'
I often wonder where Hank is and if he's still boffing the same secretary, or if he's moved on to a new one by now. Did he even hear about the news that Sunnydale had gone poof? Did he even try and contact his daughters? He's an asshole. He didn't start out that way, though. He should be proud of his daughter, especially now, with everything that's she's tried to do to change the world for the greater good. But I'm guessing he's still on a skiing trip with his secretary.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 17:14:43 GMT -5
We actually see Dawn's school in S5, from when Buffy went to go get her and tell her that their mom had died. So... what about Season 6? That's gonna be 10th grade, then, so did they say where she was going? I seem to recall Buffy giving Dawn a thrashing for skipping school or flunking out of class or somesuch, so she had to be going somewhere. Man, I need to really rewatch the last 3 seasons. I feel like I'm forgetting everything. Btw, where I went to high school (I'm in the US, btw), junior high was grades 7-9 and high school was 10-12. (I was going to go to Central High School... yes, the one famous from the 1950's) However, after I was done with 9th grade, my mom put me in a private high school, and theirs started at grade 9. Only I was already done with 9th, so I entered on grade 10.
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 16:54:42 GMT -5
In Becoming part 2, how does Spike choke Dru til she passes out, if vamps don't breathe? In What's My Line part 1 (I think it was part 1), Buffy's sitting in Giles' office sharpening a knife and talking to Kendra. She then puts down the knife and starts sharpening the stake with the knife sharpener (LOL) but in the next shot, she's using the knife to sharpen the stake, which one would assume was the original reason she was sharpening the knife. That make sense?
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Post by Skeptic on Jul 18, 2009 16:39:29 GMT -5
The fact that in her dream Tara say's "I still blame you for my death" is, I think, very telling of the fact that Buffy does hold herself responsible for Tara's untimely demise. I guess that goes with the territory of being heroine and leader, feeling like everyone's life rests in your hands. I hope that in time Buffy will be able to forgive herself and let go of some of the guilt. I always wondered if Buffy blamed herself for what happened with Tara and I guess now I have my answer. The sad thing is, we know that Willow kinda blames Buffy too. What I noticed also is that, with where Tara is standing, you're not sure if she's saying this to Willow, or directly to Buffy, or to them both, or to Warren, or to DarkWillow, or all 4, or what. Where she's standing is soooo intentional. You know Joss probably had a little thrill at the idea. The key thing to remember, though, is that this is Buffy's dream, so Buffy's head put Tara there, and thus it is Buffy that doesn't know who Tara blames for her death. But if you ask me, the very fact that she stuck Tara in there and made her say that, says that she at least is asking herself if she's at fault.
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