December 13 2009
Buffy The Vampire Slayer makes No.19 on Hitfix's TV's Best of the Decade list.
"When it came to "Buffy," after refreshing my memory of the 77 episodes in contention, I decided that I could justify the show's position based on only two episodes, if nothing else. And fans probably already can guess which two."
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@theonetruebix | December 13, 23:12 CET
This typo cracked me up though:
Hee. Ahem.
skittledog | December 14, 00:29 CET
@theonetruebix | December 14, 00:33 CET
But, although I'm not the biggest fan of seasons five, six, and seven overall, I think a best of the decade list would still have to include the show, for episodes like the two this writer picked (The Body is one of the best episodes of television ever produced), not to mention Who Are You?, Restless, Fool For Love, The Gift, Selfless, Conversations With Dead People, Storyteller, and Chosen, as well as solid second tier but still very good eps like Triangle, Checkpoint, Afterlife, Life Serial, Seeing Red, Lessons, First Date, and Lies My Parents Told Me.
It's tough not to judge Buffy against itself, but even if those last three and half seasons weren't the show's best, they were still some of the best television produced this decade.
[ edited by bonzob on 2009-12-14 10:43 ]
bonzob | December 14, 01:42 CET
Willow's abuse of music
Hee. Ahem.
Heh. Now imagining Dark Willow's Rak scene as a 10 minute rant about how much she hates semi-quavers and that Every Good Boy DOESN'T Deserve Football ;).
I'd put it higher I think, even for this decade (2 and 3 are my favourite seasons - not necessarily in that order, depends on the wind direction - but my favourite single episodes almost all come later). Also 'Firefly'. Apart from that, i'm saving myself for the 127 other "Best of the Decade" lists that will no doubt crop up in the next couple of weeks. It's a marathon people, not a sprint.
Saje | December 14, 01:49 CET
Willow's abuse of music sounds like something Alyson Hannigan was so afraid of she didn't want to have to sing.
[ edited by WilliamTheB on 2009-12-14 11:11 ]
WilliamTheB | December 14, 02:10 CET
Also, I can forgive him missing Angel and Dollhouse, but no Firefly is inexcusable.
Vandelay | December 14, 03:54 CET
Pointy | December 14, 04:39 CET
Moscow Watcher | December 14, 04:41 CET
If we're going to get best-of-lists saying the same thing posted every day till the New Year then no ^-^.
Simon | December 14, 04:46 CET
WilliamTheB
Or something she did in the end of "Under Your Spell".
Brasilian Chaos Man | December 14, 04:54 CET
Maybe the writer got confused thinking of Alyson's adventures in American Pie's band camp.
I'm with you Moscow. I acknowledge that The Body was moving and well done, but I never ever re-watch it.
Xane | December 14, 07:12 CET
For my money, OMWF is the finest hour (or so) of TV ever, period, paragraph, page, chapter, book.
The writer almost gets it right. It wasn't just that the songs were great (they were) and perfectly written to each actor's musical proficiency, it was that the whole notion of a musical, which is, when you really think about it, completely absurd, was rendered not only not absurd, but utterly necessary for the entire season's arc and all the character development that ensued post-episode.
I'm still and probably forever in awe of it.
Chris inVirginia | December 14, 07:38 CET
zee | December 14, 09:17 CET