Buffy 14 April 03

[Hand of Evil]

Off topic but I thought was funny...TNN is changing its name to Spike. I kid you not!

Is Nathan Fillion that tall in real life, he seemed so much bigger than everyone else in the combat. Maybe it was an effect but it made him appear more the villian.

As a person who has had issues with my eyes...Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Damn, that hurt! Xander has always been the one to see to the heart of things and he has never been scarred.

 

[Richards]

I just about lost it when Andrew made Xander explain to the newbie-Scoobies that Matthew Broderick didn't kill the real Godzilla, merely a big monster with the same name. I am emphatically of the same opinion -- I don't care what the name of that Matthew Broderick movie was, that wasn't Godzilla!

And the "Faith vs. the Vulcan" combat scene was hilarious!

Johnathan

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Hmm... I'm not sure what Caleb's deal is, but I think Wes and the pistols he has so much fun with would have been really useful. Didn't anyone think that guns probably work just fine against not-quite-humans like Bringers?

Thank you.

I thought I was the only one who thought that.

When Buffy and the Slayerettes rolled up in Caleb lair, I turned to mey buddy and said "no way would I walk in there. THey'd be coming outside to me".


To which he remarked "YEah and I'da stood back at range and turned that place into the last scene from THE WILD BUNCH."

 

[WizarDru]

And after everything, Caleb never reveals what of Buffy's he has. I don't think he just said that to get her to come to him... I think he really has "something" of hers, but I don't think it's one of her possesions.

WizarDru's wacky theory #457: He has her power. Let's do some math. Caleb is the mastermind behind destroying the Watchers organization. Presumably he robbed them right before the destruction, not Giles. He hates women, and has waiting for a chance to meet (and presumably destroy) the Slayer. Buffy needs power for the coming big battle (if the 'flash card monsters' are unleashed), and is woefully lacking in Slayer lore and information. The first slayer has always been presented as monstrously powerful (and feral). What if Caleb slew one of the previous members of the line pre-Buffy, and took her power for her own?

Mind you, this leaves a major hole in the question of why the Watchers (well, Giles at least) never mentioned that the Slayer is woefully weaker than before...but there are lots of ways this could be resolved. Or, perhaps Caleb somehow managed to get some of the slayer's power during one of Buffy's deaths. Have we ever established why Buffy came back 'wrong'? I don't recall what, if any, resolution occured with that. Could this be tied up in that?

 

[IceBear]

I would have set the place on fire

BTW - I also loved Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza place - the guy that was in Van Wilder (never saw it, only the trailers) was so funny.

IceBear

 

[Jeremy]

"So you're the strongest, the fastest, th..." *WHAM* "What else have you got?"

I'm sorry. But that made him my favorite villain right there. Total surprise. Well, that and the ruthless brutality use of his strength. Instead of just hitting people around (which he did too) he had the advantage and pressed it taking the opportunity to do some long lasting damage that will seriously damage morale and capabilities.

If you've only got 4 episodes left, might as well play it like there's no tomorrow. Time to pull out all the stops and play it hard.

 

[WizarDru]

Yeah, but like most BBEG's he's made the classic mistake...he let the slayer live. Any time that the slayer has enough time and motivation, she finds a way to kill....ANYTHING. Gift of death, indeed.

Personally, the thing I find most interesting about Caleb is that he's very much Buffy's diametrically opposed opposite. Not just dark versus light, but mysogynist versus empowered woman. All women are dirty to Caleb. In a cute little play on words, one could argue that Buffy gets Faith, while Caleb has none.

Heh. Caleb isn't a just a bringer...he just plain 'Brought'.

 

[IceBear]

I've read the spoilers for the upcoming episodes (I'm just too impatient) and there is a method to his madness.

IceBear

 

[DanMcS]

But, I also wanted someone darker, not just a mildly crazy type.

Mildly crazy? The man's a serial killer. Has been for a long time, apparently, much longer than he's been working with the Bringers and the First. He's E V I L, man! And excellent at it. He's already blown right by the Mayor in my estimation, and is verging on Angelus-like levels of Big Bad-ness.

 

[myrdden]

Personally, the thing I find most interesting about Caleb is that he's very much Buffy's diametrically opposed opposite. Not just dark versus light, but mysogynist versus empowered woman.

This is exactly what I was thinking. Caleb is some sort of an 'anti-Slayer' - a champion of evil so to speak.

Myrdden