Comments on: On the blurb trail … https://www.jenniferestep.com/on-the-blurb-trail/ New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:47:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/on-the-blurb-trail/#comment-47 Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:47:08 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=38#comment-47 I was really looking forward to Season 7, especially since the last scene in Season 6 was Spike getting his soul back. I always thought that Spike was better than Angel for this reason — he tried to be a good guy and be good to Buffy even when he didn’t have a soul. Angel was just a psychotic asshole without his.

But I digress. Season 6 was a lot grittier and more grown-up than the other seasons … the Buffy-Spike relationship, Willow going off the deep end, the Xander and Anya conflict. That was all good. But in Season 7, they just sort of forgot about all those things. Buffy gets a job. The principal comes on board. A million people live in her not-so-big house. There was just so much they could have done with it … but they chose to focus on the newbie slayers whom I could have cared less about. One or two would have been alright, but they had like a dozen of them on there.

After all the chills and thrills of the earlier seasons, I found the last one to be a major letdown. I enjoyed some of the episodes, but it mostly felt like filler to me. Sort of like the last season of Xena. By that point, the producers were really playing up the Xena-Gaby relationship and had forgotten the campy fun of the earlier seasons.

I actually have a friend who’s even harsher about Buffy than I am. As far as he’s concerned, Buffy ended with Season 5 — and her dying. He absolutely hates Seasons 6 and 7, except for the musical episode. One of the best episodes ever.

How I Met Your Mother is definitely the best comedy on TV right now. I love Barney!

]]> By: Brian https://www.jenniferestep.com/on-the-blurb-trail/#comment-44 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:45:31 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=38#comment-44 t imagine not having season seven. Think about it -- Not having Spike become a champion, not seeing Faith’s return to Sunnydale, not seeing our dear little Willow start her recovery from losing Tara and dealing with her actions at the end of season six, and not seeing the Slayer finally face off against the biggest of the big bads that had its ground work layed from the beginning. Look – Just a few Andrew scenes makes the whole season invaluable. Most shows I care about have moments or even story lines I have a hard time dealing with, but I would never call them a complete waste.]]> You may not have disrespected Field of Dreams, but we are having a Robin and Ted fight over your comments about Season Seven of Buffy being a complete waste. Any chance to see the continuing story of characters I love is never a waste. I can’t imagine not having season seven. Think about it — Not having Spike become a champion, not seeing Faith’s return to Sunnydale, not seeing our dear little Willow start her recovery from losing Tara and dealing with her actions at the end of season six, and not seeing the Slayer finally face off against the biggest of the big bads that had its ground work layed from the beginning. Look – Just a few Andrew scenes makes the whole season invaluable.

Most shows I care about have moments or even story lines I have a hard time dealing with, but I would never call them a complete waste.

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/on-the-blurb-trail/#comment-35 Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:44:25 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=38#comment-35 Those are really funny! Of course, those guys know nothing at all about superpowered teens or angst. 😉

“Buffy” was one of my favorite shows … up through Season 6. The last season with all the new slayers was a complete waste and a terrible way to end things. At least, in my humble opinion.

]]> By: Brian https://www.jenniferestep.com/on-the-blurb-trail/#comment-32 Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:27:07 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=38#comment-32 The best blurbs I have ever seen appeared on the cover of issue #2 and #6 of the comic book Freshmen.

“If I ever were to read a comic book, it might be this one.” — Sarah Michelle Gellar

“Superpowered teens, angst, action, and comedy … I don’t get it.” — Joss Whedon

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