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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ranger REG" data-source="post: 938365" data-attributes="member: 533">Here's my random thought on Buffy series finale, which I have to say, should have at least been a two-hour event.BTW, why is this a late review? I tend to tape my favorite shows. That way if I'm interrupted for some reason (emergency or otherwise), I can always go back to where I left off so I won't miss a single scene.First off, Angel's appearance is not so grand. Just a cameo. I expected more, at least an alliance between Angel's group (sans Connor and Cordelia) and Buffy's. Or at the very least, expect some more bantering between two ensouled vampires, Spike and Angel.As for the First, I expected her to step up her discord among the group, which would be a perfect opportunity to bring back some of the notable characters, like Buffy's and Dawn's mother, the former Mayor, former high school principal, Jonathon, Drusilla, Riley, etc.As for the climactic battle that ended up with Spike using the amulet to destroy the ubervamps and himself in the process, thus bringing a destruction to the entire city of Sunnydale that left a crater ... feh. For some reasons, I expected Buffy to make the supreme sacrifice, even after having given all the Slayer's powers to all the women of the world through the use of the Scythe. She would have played her Slayer role up until the very end (she dies, her spirit can then defeat the First, who can't be touched in the real world). But that was not meant to be.So after all that, what do I consider some of the shining moments?A simple D&D session involving Andrew (DM), Giles (plays a dwarf PC), and Xander (can't remember his PC), with the help of a high school girl (her PC is a sorceress). Sadly, she died in the climactic battle.There is one thing you have to give TV series creator Joss Whedon, he won't do a traditional story ending. He likes to leave the audience pondering, "What's next?"If I have to give a rating, I'd probably give it a 7 out of 10 stakes. It was decent, but still could have been a better ending for such a cult phenomenon.</blockquote>

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