Cease, New York Buffy fans ! Cease and desist, I beseech thee !

;-)

Sounds like fun. Pity i'm a) 3000 miles away and b) as close to tone deaf as can be without actually being. I can tell there are different notes but reproducing them ? And in order ? Out of my league.

Saje | September 15, 14:09 CET

Hmmmm. My friends cannot come with and I have a 10 year old to take care of. Do I

A. ask my mother to take care of my son while I go by myself and get back at 3 am?

B. take my son with me and get back at 3 am

C. not go

Argggh

newcj | September 15, 15:34 CET

Just as well, Saje. I'm fairly certain counterfeiting is still illegal.

jaynelovesvera | September 15, 15:50 CET

newcj, depends. Can your son sing?

jaynelovesvera | September 15, 15:54 CET

Does he like Buffy?

Lioness | September 15, 15:59 CET

I'm such a dork... going both nights! :)

lisaspo | September 15, 16:00 CET

I'm fairly certain counterfeiting is still illegal.

Slightly OT but, given the C&D thread, I always wondered, if you counterfeit a note but not for profit (i.e. if it costs exactly £5 to produce a fake £5 note) would that constitute fair use ? Or if you forge a note very cheaply but draw a funny moustache on the Queen would that qualify as parody ?

newcj, if he likes Buffy then why not take the lad along ? Staying up past midnight + the whole big city thing would've been a great adventure when I was that age.

(course, times have changed and he may not consider anything below 'single handed one boy invasion of an entire alien planet' even remotely adventurous ;)

Saje | September 15, 16:14 CET

Actually, yes, he does like BtVS, very much. Although I tried not to watch when he was little, (and awake) when the day came that I became obsessed enamoured of the series rather than just respectful of it, I started cheating. I would watch when he was doing something else. He did not notice at first, and then he did. It was the first TV show that he caught me watching that he did not think was boring. I got away with him watching with me for awhile because he does not like scary stuff and would have me cover his eyes when the the scary parts were about to happen and, well, sex can be scary, right? ;-)

Anyway, yeah, he likes BtVS, loves NYC, has stayed up very late way more often than I should have let him, is really well behaved at concerts, theater etc. and has seen people harmlessly enjoying themselves in ways that are not common in suburban America. Sooooo, maybe I should just bring him, even though he usually refuses to sing in public.

Hey, that's it! I should bring him so he will see that refusing to sing in public is not a sign of maturity. After all, all he will have to do is look around him to see that... Hmmmm. Maybe not such a good example.

At least any Whedonesquers there will be able to pick me out. See, kids are good for something. ;-)

I'll have to think about this. Anybody know when the doors open? Is the 12:00 time when the preshow activities start or the actual screenings?

Saje: I always believed that everybody should be free to sing no matter what it sounds like. Let it rip! Just enjoy. To hell with the rest of the world.

newcj | September 15, 17:33 CET

No showtimes available? That was fast!

Nebula1400 | September 15, 18:34 CET

Yeah. I guess I don't have to worry about it now. ...and if it did sell out, there is a greater possibility that it will happen again. Right?

newcj | September 15, 18:49 CET

newcj: This quote reminded me of your son: "There are three things I don't do: tan, date - and sing in public!"

Anusien | September 15, 19:41 CET

Anusien, I had quite forgotten about that. (chuckle) I also had not really thought about how funny it is that so many of us in the family have been singers...

newcj | September 15, 20:03 CET

Damn, I knew I should have gone to New York this weekend!

kballgetlost | September 15, 22:36 CET

We need to write FOX and get a HD-DVD release of OMWF!

TaraLivesOn | September 15, 22:56 CET

I'd love to hear from someone who goes to this what it was like. Could this be the start of the next Rocky Horror?

kmb99 | September 15, 23:52 CET

Yes, those of you who go, please come back and tell us how it went and what the event consisted of.

newcj | September 16, 00:26 CET

Revel in my jealousy!

Pointy | September 16, 01:29 CET

The IFC Center website was certainly billing it as a "Rocky Horror"-style cult evening, so let's hope it becomes a fixture! I'm going tonight with a group, so I'll try to give a report when I get back.

prairieharpy | September 16, 02:54 CET

Firstly, good news! They announced last night that there will be more dates in NYC for November.

The event was a lot of fun. Buffy-oke involves not singing, but rather the fan re-enactment of scenes/lines; in this case, it was the scene where Buffy first encounters Angelus after his turn because, as the emcee explained, it was the most heartwrenching scene he could find that contained dialouge. Needless to say, seriousness was not the goal of most of the re-enactments, two of which utlized gender reversals to great comedic effect. There were a few line readings after that, and at the end of each go-round, the audience voted for the best re-enactor(s).

The musical came next, and there were goody bags with fan interaction props that could be purchased cheaply beforehand. Everyone was game for singing along, and there was a lot of getting up and dancing, shouting at the screen, and so on. The singalong worked particularly well, I think, in songs that involved multiple characters -- the audience usually spontaneously divided itself into roles, and there was a lot of back-and-forth. The props/callbacks were mostly clever, and, well, I'll just say that kazoos are always amusing...

After that, there was a trivia contest (some of the questions were actually tough!), and then an airing of the original pilot. We got out at about 2:30 am or so.

All in all, it was great fun, and I'm definitely game for hitting one of the shows in November...

RambleOn623 | September 16, 22:20 CET

Oh, and also: There was a photog from the New Yorker at the show, so if anyone reads the mag, keep an eye out.

RambleOn623 | September 16, 22:25 CET

Great report, RambleOn623. This phenomenon definitely needs to sweep the country, so that I can go. And of course also sweep the world, so that everybody else can go.

dreamlogic | September 17, 04:18 CET

Thanks Rambleon623. Why do I have the uncomfortable feeling that the shows in November will be around Thanksgiving, when I am out of town? I miss some great stuff that way.

newcj | September 17, 04:28 CET

Awesome, RambleOn623!

Pointy | September 17, 04:29 CET

We had a Buffy sing-along in Vancouver last October. We saw Hush first, then there was a trivia quiz, for which gorramit and WryBread tied for the win. (Yay, Whedonesquers!) Then there was a Buffy-oake (that's what they called it then and it was the same scene), then OMWF. The goody bags had vampire teeth, bubbles and lighters (which we found out we weren't allowed to use in the theatre :0)and a few bags had underwear to throw during Marti Noxon's song! It was a lovely night - and just before Hallowe'en.

[ edited by samatwitch on 2006-09-17 04:20 ]

samatwitch | September 17, 06:15 CET

Glad to provide the report, guys. ;-) newcj, I think -- don't quote me on this, though -- the emcee said the November singalongs would be the 10th and 11th. samatwitch, the emcee actually mentioned trying to use real flames and getting in trouble for it; this time, he had red streamers we could throw back and forth. The bags this time had vampire teeth buzzers, kazoos, little popping noisemakers and finger puppet monsters.

By the way, caught this article on the shows in a family member's newspaper earlier today.

RambleOn623 | September 17, 08:01 CET