safetydance
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Buffy shallow series
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You'd probably have better luck with that one if you asked it on a "Charmed" board (do they still exist?). They never see the same show I watch when they watch Buffy. Myself I see nothing shallow about BTVS.
OK wait a minute. I see you posted this in the Season 1 forum. Are you thinking maybe Season 1 has less depth than future seasons? Yeah OK, I can maybe go along with that one.
OK wait a minute. I see you posted this in the Season 1 forum. Are you thinking maybe Season 1 has less depth than future seasons? Yeah OK, I can maybe go along with that one.
safetydance
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it is true that S1 is getting to know buffy, but you posted this thread in S1 of Angel.
MLLamble
Townie
True, Season one lacks storyline depth. Also, the character of Buffy in season one was pretty shallow, very "I can't save the world, I wanna have fun!".
TabulaRasa
Buffy Girl
Yes it is sad to say there is still atleast one charmed board charmed-boards.com so you could go there and ask but people will probably answer meannnly.
I don't think it was too shallow. I mean at 16 most of us don't want to do anything else but have fun too. Although that was not me. I wasn't the type to go out much. I would have liked saving the world, lol.
I don't think it was too shallow. I mean at 16 most of us don't want to do anything else but have fun too. Although that was not me. I wasn't the type to go out much. I would have liked saving the world, lol.
Tueuse de Vampires
hey, I'm registered on that Board, lol
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Sad to say? That is slightly rude to those of us who enjoyed the show. I know you may not like Charmed...but trust me it is still alive and well with a board that boast about the same amount of members as this one. Me being one. Yeah Charmed wasn't Buffy, but it was great escape for me from this horrid horrid world we live in. It saved my life when I had a horrid accident that almost ended it. It gave me something to look forward to every week. It may be sad to you, but it was great fun for a lot of fans. It was nice to go to a world where good always wins and fantastical things happen. I am not being bitchy. However, Charmed is still alive and well in many of the fans hearts......
If your a fan its called Theprophecy.net. 🙂 charmed-boards.com isn't good at all.
If your a fan its called Theprophecy.net. 🙂 charmed-boards.com isn't good at all.
Series one kinda had to be shallow didn't it? I mean while Buffy had gone through some heavy stuff i.e. being called, parents divorce, arson, getting kicked out of school, she still had her innocence and was naive enough to think she could be a normal girl. I think it was only after she drowned and especially after Angel lost his soul that Buffy realised that 'this' was her life, and the shallowness kinda seeped away.
Jules
Well said!!
Joyce Summers
Mom of a Chocoholic
Yeah, I think Buffy was so much bubblier and 'shallow' I guess in season one because she hadn't faced all the dark, hearbreaking things she would see in later seasons. I mean, like you guys said she was sixteen, a time when you do just wanna have fun, you're not really caring too much about the big picture. But, I think Prophecy Girl is where Buffy does lose her childlike innocence (if not her bubbliness) as she realizes she has to do the right thing even if it means sacrificing her own life when she sees what the vampires did to Willow and how shocked and broken she was.
I think it's fun though seeing Buffy like this, you know more concerned about cheerleading than Slaying. Coz when you watch like season 5 onwards and you're feeling very deep and you know slightly down, haha, you can flick back to season one and get that feel good boost which I think the season puts across.
And as for Charmed references, I was briefly a charmed fan but i'm a purist in that area i.e i only like season one and personally I believe Buffy to be far superior. However, if you want a good board, I'd say Charmed-Net not Prophecy, as it is pretty cool and it's filled with as much Buffy fans as Charmed fans which you know makes for good boardiness (okay board pimpage over..)
I think it's fun though seeing Buffy like this, you know more concerned about cheerleading than Slaying. Coz when you watch like season 5 onwards and you're feeling very deep and you know slightly down, haha, you can flick back to season one and get that feel good boost which I think the season puts across.
And as for Charmed references, I was briefly a charmed fan but i'm a purist in that area i.e i only like season one and personally I believe Buffy to be far superior. However, if you want a good board, I'd say Charmed-Net not Prophecy, as it is pretty cool and it's filled with as much Buffy fans as Charmed fans which you know makes for good boardiness (okay board pimpage over..)
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That's because she was a teenage girl, she didn't want to risk dieing on a daily bases, and have little sleep each night, would you. lol :cheering:
Exactly! and personally I wouldn't give up Buffy singing 'Macho Man' in a cheerleader uniform for anyone!:cheering:
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Joyce Summers
Mom of a Chocoholic
Yeah, I always wanted that to happen. That is any of the Scoobies sing at Caritas. It would have been really cool to hear what Lorne saw. Then again maybe since the Scoobies are *constantly* led by prophecies and destinies and majiks maybe they realized it would give away too many storylines! haha
That would have been brilliant!! the absolute last thing you would have expected!
hyperballadbrad
Floppy. Hoppy. Bunnies!
Shallow?
People who don't think or want to use their brains would call it shallow
Or are you referring to just Season 1? Or the 'series'? Bit confused.
Anyway... season1 is all about character/Buffyverse building
People who don't think or want to use their brains would call it shallow
Or are you referring to just Season 1? Or the 'series'? Bit confused.
Anyway... season1 is all about character/Buffyverse building
palabravampiress
Bidet of Evil
Sure, Season 1 is more shallow than later seasons, but that's because we're still adding layers. It takes time to build characters that are "deep." Of course the characters are more shallow when we meet them than they are after we watch them develop for awhile. That's true of almost all shows.
Chasing Cordy
Potential
Without comparing BtVS to any other show, it can easily be seen as shallow.
It's almost like it has great writing and the writers hope that the cleverness of their writing will overshadow the fact that there is not really any series-long storyline.
I would say BtVS is like a fancy-looking machine with all the bells and whistles but does not offer much.
Comparing it to Charmed however is a bit unfair since Charmed had some pretty crappy writing but the storyline is there through the entire series. Charmed is like a computer tower...you can have a real dull look to it on the surface but the real workings of it take place inside--and if you don't want to go deep, you'll come away not impressed.
Back to Buffy's show:
The writing is great but apart from season five there is no real storyline.
It's the writing...and that's it.
So if people do find Buffy shallow, it's probably due to that.
It's almost like it has great writing and the writers hope that the cleverness of their writing will overshadow the fact that there is not really any series-long storyline.
I would say BtVS is like a fancy-looking machine with all the bells and whistles but does not offer much.
Comparing it to Charmed however is a bit unfair since Charmed had some pretty crappy writing but the storyline is there through the entire series. Charmed is like a computer tower...you can have a real dull look to it on the surface but the real workings of it take place inside--and if you don't want to go deep, you'll come away not impressed.
Back to Buffy's show:
The writing is great but apart from season five there is no real storyline.
It's the writing...and that's it.
So if people do find Buffy shallow, it's probably due to that.