BECOMING pt1 Thoughts and reviews

[Saturn 5]

Becoming pt1

The Good;
The glimpses of Liam and Drusilla in their human forms are just too tragic for words, especially Dru. Good scenes with Whistler and of course Kendra back. Angelus' suicide telegram for Buffy (would they allow that post 9/11?). Snyder's chair shortage gag

The Bad;
David's accent. Where is it supposed to be from exactly? Are they after his lucky charms?

Best line;
Spike; "It's a big rock. Can't wait to tell my friends, they don't have a rock this big"

Wheldon Cliches;
Character death; yep, byebye Kendra, making it one recurring character dead every 8 eps or so. A shame to lose her but I think most would agree that Faith is better as both a character and a Slayer
Shot;
Tied up;
Knocked out; yep, Xander, Willow and Giles
Women good/men bad;

Questions and observations;
We get to see pre-Slayer Buffy in LA and a different version of Merrick. In this version Buffy does indeed miss the heart first time out as she later tells Dawn. The 'Do you know what time it is?' line is very clever, the same words as Joyce says in the movie but with a completely different meaning. Presumably Angel as a tramp is following the diner incident in the 70s we later see in season 4 of Angel. Willow once again play's the bashful virgin for comic effect. Whistler's 'puppets' speech is interesting when you consider Jasmine manipulating the Fang Gang over the course of Angel. Willow attempts her first spell.
10/10 no contest

[gumgnome]

Yes, this is a remarkable episode.

Darla looks outrageously hot in Galway when she turns Liam.

I find Whistler generally annoying and symptomatic of the frustration that Buffy feels when she meets him: how come the good demons are always useless whiners and the bad demons are the ones who kick ass?

I love the Buffy/Angelus scene near the end.
BUFFY: This is a beautiful moment we're having. Can we please fight?
ANGELUS: I didn't come here to fight.
BUFFY: No?
ANGELUS: Gosh, I was hoping we could get back together. What do you think? Do we have a shot? (gets a look from Buffy) Alright. We'll fight.
Note: Has anyone ever noticed DB's arms when he says "We'll fight." He jumps into the fray with a jaunty little hop. No? Just me then.

Whenever I see Merrick, I imagine the alternate universe where they could have hired Donald Sutherland to do it...

I had never noticed the "Do you know what time it is?" line before. Very good spot. *karmas*

[Saturn 5]

Yeah, the Galway scenes are excellent, even with DB's dodgy accent. Such tragedy, poor Liam just catches the eye of the wrong girl in the tavern one night, just like William will.

Yeah, they made no attempt whatsoever to try and get a lookalike for Donald Sutherland but then JW fell out with him big time during the movie?

[gumgnome]

Really - do you know why?

[Saturn 5]

Can only go by Keith Toppings book Slayer who says that Joss hated him