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Post by Tyler Austin "tiewashere" on Sept 22, 2008 18:46:39 GMT -5
To those of you that watched "The Gift" the night it was shown...what was your reaction to it ON THE NIGHT IT WAS SHOWN?
You can also do your reactions to:
"Becoming: Part 2" if you wish.
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Post by Joe on Sept 27, 2008 7:24:47 GMT -5
I wish I did. This is a good topic. I'm interested to hear what people have to say.
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Post by Tyler Austin "tiewashere" on Sept 27, 2008 10:31:07 GMT -5
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Post by BennyTheKey on Sept 27, 2008 10:58:04 GMT -5
lol aww
erm I watched it the night it was shown in the UK, and was likee WOW, and I was sad that buffy was like over..
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Post by Melissa on Sept 27, 2008 13:08:36 GMT -5
I watched it the night it aired. I'm pretty sure I was shocked and crying. Crying crying crying. I still can't watch that episode without crying.
I also watched Becoming Pt. 2 when it aired as well. This is another Buffy episode that makes my eyes bleed tears.
For me the saddest part is when Buffy sees everyone the day after and watches them from afar, then leaves on the bus. That gets me every time.
I remember I had to go on a school trip the next day (I was 13 and in 8th grade) and I was all like "how can I go? Buffy sent Angel to Hell! Wah!"
Good times.
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Post by Tyler Austin "tiewashere" on Sept 28, 2008 22:50:35 GMT -5
I watched it the night it aired. I'm pretty sure I was shocked and crying. Crying crying crying. I still can't watch that episode without crying. I also watched Becoming Pt. 2 when it aired as well. This is another Buffy episode that makes my eyes bleed tears. For me the saddest part is when Buffy sees everyone the day after and watches them from afar, then leaves on the bus. That gets me every time. I remember I had to go on a school trip the next day (I was 13 and in 8th grade) and I was all like "how can I go? Buffy sent Angel to Hell! Wah!" Good times. Aw! I was in 3rd or 4th grade and I cried soooooo much. I remember  |
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Post by buffyverseforever on Oct 3, 2008 16:38:35 GMT -5
I was relieved that I knew Buffy was coming back-otherwise I'd have been a wreck.....
Best wishes,
Scott
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Post by rufio on Oct 10, 2008 7:08:37 GMT -5
I saw it the night it aired. I thought it was a really awesome, powerful episode. But we knew buffy would be back. My friend actually jokingly predicted that next year we'd see buffy's arm burst through the ground coming from the grave and she happened to be right!
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Post by CookieDough on Oct 14, 2008 20:45:24 GMT -5
We watched it as usual, house dark and the TV totally in charge of our universe. LOL, we dared the phone to ring during Buffy  Anyway, to answer your question, I had already checked online and knew Buffy would return, but it was still really hard to watch...I mean Buffy should never go down right? At least she had done it on her own terms. That was what I was thinking as it ended. If I had not known the show would be back, I would have undoubtedly entered a deep dark depression, only to be cured by a Joss-made Buffy full feature film |
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Post by watcher on Oct 18, 2008 12:15:07 GMT -5
I watched it but I wasn't a fan at the time...it was literally the first episode I watched. My sister was a huge fan of the show and I watched the episode not knowing what the hell was going on or why some dude named Ben wore a dress. My sister bawled at the end, but I was confused since I had no idea what was going on. I started watching season 6 as it aired and I was hooked from there.
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Post by buffysmglover on Oct 18, 2008 15:14:59 GMT -5
I watched it but I wasn't a fan at the time...it was literally the first episode I watched. My sister was a huge fan of the show and I watched the episode not knowing what the hell was going on or why some dude named Ben wore a dress. My sister bawled at the end, but I was confused since I had no idea what was going on. I started watching season 6 as it aired and I was hooked from there. Oh wow, seeing Ben in a dress would have been quite confusing. |
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Post by slayerfest on Oct 18, 2008 22:57:58 GMT -5
I thought it was a fantastic eppy. I sorta knew something like that or similar to that was going to happen. I didn't cry or anything though. Guess cause that's just not me. The only thing from the whole series that got to me was in "The Body" where Anya saids something along the line like "She's never going to have eggs or fruit punch again." My eyes teared up a bit, thats it...lol.
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Post by rmw on Oct 27, 2008 0:45:02 GMT -5
I never got a chance to watch the show until long after it was over...so, nope, never happened.
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Post by BennyTheKey on Oct 28, 2008 15:11:23 GMT -5
LOL, ermm my first post on this thread I was talking about a different episode...yeah I got them mixed up !!
so when I said "and I was sad that buffy was like over.. " ignore it
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Post by burkle on Oct 28, 2008 15:40:27 GMT -5
i remember watching The Gift when it originally aired, and then at the end my mouth dropping open in shock, i think. i cried a little during buffy's speech before she jumped and i cried a bit afterwards too. i had to stop tho, i remember my mom coming in and asking what was wrong LOL.
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Post by CowboyGuy on Oct 29, 2008 4:48:37 GMT -5
When The Gift first aired we didn't have the internet. So my 10th grade self was very sad and depressed to find that Buffy died. I thought the show was over until I read in TVGuide that it would be back on UPN. I remember my absolute amazement and bliss, when reading it! I also remember a Buffy-Renaissance styled painting in there too with a Ghost Buffy looking down on her dead body, with a hellish background. It was a really cool image that I wish I could see again!
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Post by Whedon Fan on Oct 29, 2008 8:05:35 GMT -5
I honestly can't remember what my reaction was to Becoming. I t was my favourite episode when I was younger and always wanted to watch I thought the sword fight between Buffy and Angel was epic! I never had them on video (lol at video and not dvd) but when I went over to my cousins I'd always watch that one. I do remember watching The Gift though. I was amazed, there was not one bad thing abouyt that episode. The whole season ahd been leading up to this and I was not disapointed. I didn't know that there was a seaosn 6 when I watched it so I was shocked when Buffy died. Although I like that ending. It sort of made the show (Buffy seaosns 1-5) about a girl who was out of her control Chosen fight and tried to live a normal life but in the end gave her own life to save the world she was born to protect. ...But then they brought the show back and I was happy again. I do actually like season six. It has a lot of good episodes (not great) but the one thing I will never forgive the show for is not lettign Xander and Anya be together. WHY?! It serverd no purpose keepoing them apart except Anya became sort of a Vengeance Demon...again. And if they wbnated to do that they could have found another way to do it rather than not letting them get married. Anyhoo then came season seven and it is my second or third I can nver make my mind up favourite season. Now we have seaosn 8! Woo. Wow this went on a lot longer than I intended what was the orignial question again? Oh yeah what did I think when I first watched the Gift......   |
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