Buffy finale

[Flinx]

According to Joss Whedon--from several different interviews--it no longer matters (in terms of replacement slayers) if Buffy dies. She died, and was replaced. It can only happen once.

Kendra replaced Buffy. Faith replaced Kendra. The fact that Buffy is still alive (or alive again) is a fluke. No new slayer will appear until Faith dies, no matter what happens to Buffy.

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the info.

 

[Ranger REG]

I have to disagree, her quitting her magic gave a little bit of effort, and the development and her adamancy against using it. Remember in the episode that Dawn got them all locked in the house, there was all sorts of peer pressure for her to do it, and she wouldn't and Tara stood up for her. All of this effort made the finale even better, because it hit her so hard, and she went wild. I think her not using it for a while made it better in the end.

Maybe. I think in the end she should come to the conclusion that magic is a part of her as eating is part of our biological function. I think from now on, she uses her magic RESPONSIBLY.

Rumor has it the reason the show's production crew did that to Willow (treat magic as drug) to gain some government fund (or was it a private organization?) to anyone in Hollywood that would promote an anti-drug campaign.

As I said, I hate to see Willow being reduced to Xander status, even though she is computer-savvy and smart.

 

[Wolfspider]

Rumor has it the reason the show's production crew did that to Willow (treat magic as drug) to gain some government fund (or was it a private organization?) to anyone in Hollywood that would promote an anti-drug campaign.

Actually, BTVS tried this approach in the episode "Beer Bad" a couple years back, but it was rejected by the government and thus the show received none of this funding:

"At least one show, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' was rejected after it showed itself to be immune to the drug office's worldview. 'Drugs were an issue, but it wasn't on-strategy. It was otherworldly nonsense, very abstract and not like real-life kids taking drugs. Viewers wouldn't make the link to our message,' says someone in the drug-policy office camp who read and helped reject it."

(from the Salon.com article "Prime Time Propaganda")

I assume that Willow's magical addiction would be viewed as being similar "otherworldly nonesense."

 

[RatPunk]

Yep

Buffy = Awesome
Finale = Two Thumbs Up
Summer w/out Buffy = Sucks.

I gotta go with Ashtal on this one...

 

[Henry]

As for Giles' spontaneous laughter, I think it made perfect sense. Think back (or re-watch if you were so inclined to tape this one) to what Buffy tells Giles. She sounded like a child, the way she told him how, since he had left, it had all gotten so screwed up, and how Willow went cold turkey, and Dawn's been stealing, and she worked at the double meat palace, and how she slept with Spike, etc. etc. She was coming apart with all these bad things, and he was beside himself with laughter over how what she was describing was no different from the squabbles that we all go through.

It's kind of like how your college-age teenager goes off into the real world, and you come over to visit, and your child tells you how much people hate them, and how much it costs to fix the refridgerator, and how surprised they are that the GOVERNMENT CHARGES YOU for owning a CAR, and how much utility bills cost, and how much the baby cries at night, etc. etc. It touches a reaction deep inside you about how far they've come, how far they have to go, and how much of your little baby they still are, no matter what. It just struck him a ludicrous and adorable at the same time. Parents do that kind of thing - their kids make them laugh all the time; some just don't show it as much.

 

[Chairman_Kaga]

Giles laughter summed up what many people have been complaining about this season. The "villain" being life. With everything that Buffy and the others have seen and done in their lives, they were very nearly destroyed by the same trivial everyday details that the rest of the world takes with a grain of salt.

That's why he was laughing...the irony of it all.

That one act did a perfect job of both showing Buffy how ridiculous it all is and letting the viewer see that Joss was well aware of all the complaints. It's really very amusing if you stop to think that this superhero that's saved the world as we know it lord knows how many times, got put on her keester by an annoying kid sister, insecure friends, an abusive boyfriend, and a bad job...

sounds like my family...

 

[Crothian]

Re: Yep

I gotta go with Ashtal on this one...

Ya, but Buffy Season two come out on DVD in a week and a half. So, we in the US have that to look forward to.