June 11 2008
Yahoo calls BtVS "essential viewing".
This list contains some pretty good shows, though I quibble with their rec that if you like Buffy, you should check out "Charmed".
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impalergeneral | June 11, 15:09 CET
I always get giddy when I see outside fandom praise (little be it or a lot) for our verse. Silly, really. It isn't like I made these shows, but, they're part of me all the same. Tis nice, this giddiness.
Mirage | June 11, 15:16 CET
shesmyeverything | June 11, 15:41 CET
zeitgeist | June 11, 15:47 CET
dougschoemer | June 11, 15:54 CET
Nolan | June 11, 16:15 CET
Results may vary. Charmed not to be taken internally.
Craig Oxbrow | June 11, 16:16 CET
Alias and Veronica Mars are great shows, eventhough Alias might seem a bit of a small outfit fest like Charmed at times...
dnlmglhs | June 11, 16:23 CET
Znachki | June 11, 17:07 CET
I hate Charmed. It's the anti-Buffy. Everything that was good about Buffy was turned inside out and stripped of any redeeming qualities that it may possibly have had. And then it ran longer than any of Joss' shows. This is but one of the many reasons that I have little faith in humanity.
(By the way, I would without a moment's hesitation pick Smallville over Charmed, but that is still one baaaaad show.)
[ edited by UnpluggedCrazy on 2008-06-11 23:35 ]
UnpluggedCrazy | June 11, 17:35 CET
korkster | June 11, 18:30 CET
Scaniano | June 11, 18:34 CET
I didn't initially watch Charmed for the same reason I didn't watch Buffy. "pfft, there is only Xena!" I'm glad I grew out of that.
But I think Xena has more similar elements to Buffy than Charmed does. Xena has the dark + campy + hand-to-hand combat + character arcs. On Charmed, only Phoebe is skilled in martial arts and she doesn't used it very often. It's not campy and it's less serialized.
Veronica Mars though? I get that a lot of Buffy fans seem to like it, but I don't see that show as particularly "Buffy" apart from the age. Then again, I don't think Reaper is either even though all the buzz around it mentions "It's like Buffy". I think Chuck is more Buffy-like.
I guess it's all relative to the individual viewer.
GrrrlRomeo | June 11, 18:40 CET
I was never too upset by Angel's cancellation because the show had a good run and it came to a nice close (I thought), but when you put it that way, that's pretty obnoxious by the late WB. What were they thinking?
If you like The Wire you may also like Cop Rock.
Let's be careful out there, alright?
dollrific | June 11, 18:43 CET
Charmed's not campy, but Buffy is? WTF?
Invisible Green | June 11, 19:05 CET
Watched Smallville for James Marster's guestage the whole season the first time, only his episodes the second.
Very uneven show. Some good stuff, some bad. They have great things to work with, the ideas are good, but the writing is dull, lots of intense close-ups, very little action or dialogue.
Good looking show though, not just the people but everything looks good.
I was one of those people who loved the Reaper pilot, thought it was gonna be great, thought the lead was a young Xander, but then it all just fell apart. Only got through 2 and a half episodes.
Never cared for Veronica Mars, got halfway through the pilot, didn't laugh once, decided it wasn't for me.
Xane | June 11, 19:57 CET
Xane, I wouldn't say Veronica Mars is a "laughing" type of show, definitely more drama, but if I remember correctly, there is some witty dialogue to get you through. I think what fans love most about that show is the relationship between Veronica and her father, Keith Mars. GREAT chemistry.
korkster | June 11, 20:17 CET
Well, Charmed never did a musical episode.
GrrrlRomeo | June 11, 20:34 CET
Hahaa!! :) That must be it.
zeitgeist | June 11, 20:40 CET
jcs | June 11, 23:19 CET
Well, I guess they didn't want their viewers' ears bleeding any more than they already were. ;)
Hey, at least they didn't say something like, if you liked BtVS, then you'll like Dawson's Creek for the following reasons:
1) it was on the same channel
2) the two shows premiered within a year of each other
3) they both started in the characters' sophomore year of high school, and
4) if you haven't realized how awesome BtVS is, we already know your head is in fact made of cabbage.
...Then again, there was always Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Alex Mack...
BandofBuggered | June 12, 02:12 CET
SmileTime | June 12, 02:46 CET
Xena had a musical episode (or was it two?) and I've always believed it (and Hercules) were eerily paralleled with Buffy/Angel in their characters. I used to watch Charmed before I started pleading that they kill off my favorite character (Cole) –for good this time- and finally, with great relief, I stopped watching. Smallville had potential, had an amazing actor (Michael Rosenbaum left, yay!! He could so do better, and for the sake of his talent, I wish he will. *nudges him towards Joss*), then it quickly lost its way with way too many plot holes, inconsistencies and oh-so-un-original dialogue & convenient plots (or how so few hardcore SV fans try to spin it: tribute to storylines from shows/movies. I remember someone once made a long list of said ‘tributes’).
But, hey, to each their own. I rather stick to my whedonverse, stray from time to time (sometimes to something good, others not so), but at the end of the day, I know who I go home to :D
Mirage | June 12, 03:39 CET
DaddyCatALSO | June 12, 11:47 CET
Sunfire | June 12, 11:54 CET
DreamDancer | June 12, 13:21 CET
Charmed, on the other hand, was an unmitigated bucket of poo. It was a soap with no redeeming wit, metaphorical significance, or interesting quirkiness to redeem it. In my humble opinion, of course, no offense if there's anyone out there who enjoyed it.
I stopped with the Smallville after season two though I may revisit it. I suppose Michael Rosenbaum (clearly the standout at the time, though Mack had her moments) is probably available for a Dollhouse appearance if it gets fully picked up...just a thought.
giles (yes, it is my real name) | June 12, 14:49 CET
leiasky | June 12, 18:41 CET
I don't know why people don't think the show was funny.
GrrrlRomeo | June 12, 19:19 CET
leiasky | June 13, 00:41 CET,
I seriously hope that was a "nobody gets my humor" moment. ;)
But I'd way rather watch the first three seasons of Charmed (Pre-Rose McGowan, when it actually could be rather charming and feminist and had Julian MacMahon for about two seasons, in the bargain)than another episode of Smallville, ever, even for James Marsters.
Shey | June 13, 06:02 CET
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