Unpopular Opinions About Buffy/Angel

[UlaGan]

Well, that's makes her (Mersedes McNab) really good actress - with portraying such nasty girls. 🙂

 

[JCC]

Buffy is one of the most immature character of the entire series. Faith looks like Schopenhauer in comparison.

James Marsters was the worst singer in OMWF.

Angel is the better show.

Spuffy > Bangel

I love season four of BtVS.

I love season seven of BtVS.

Xander is always an enormous arsehole in all of the group "discussions" about Buffy's decisions regarding Angel and running away etc. etc., discussions being a loose term indeed.

The best moment in Buffyverse history is either "You're a wee little puppet man!" or Gunn getting all gangsta after singing Three Little Maids From School.

 

[sosa lola]

More unpopular opinions:

I love Riley and Kennedy.

I'm not interested in Tara and Andrew. Tara was too much of a saint, Andrew was just... there.

Faith only became interesting in season eight No Future For You.

I prefer Buffy more than Angel and Firefly.

I think Giles is sexier than Angel and Spike. Moreover, I think Xander is better looking than both vamps, too.

I lost interest in Cordelia post-Season 2 Angel. Loved tactless Cordelia more.

I think Xander had a point when he said that soulless Spike shouldn't be trusted, but hated his behavior with Buffy in Entropy and Seeing Red.

 

[Lyri]

lol, most of the opinions i have on the shows are unpopular!!

I love Connor. Like, seriously, he's my favorite character from either show.

Season 6 is my favorite season.

'Normal Again' is my favorite episode.

I love Season 4. so many great epsiodes came from that season.

i hated Season 5. apart from 'The Replacement', 'Family', 'Fool For Love', and 'The Gift' the whole seasons bores me.

i hated all of the Potentials excpet Molly, and she was killed!!

i hated the fact that Riley came back. he broke up Spike and Buffy.

i hate the fact that the writers made a Slayer have a kid. it seemed stupid to me, as a Slayer, pre-Buffy, was supposed to lead a solitary life. and not only did Nikki have a child, but she had a boy, which closed off way too many doors that could have led to a Slayer's daughter being a Potential.

 

[Elithustra]

I totally can't stand Angel. I mean, what the hell happened with Fred?! I honestly don't even know and I prefer to keep it that way.

I always thought that the Dawn storyline was a complete waste of time. The Trio a close second.

Angel was far too pouty, moody and sulky. Why would anyone want to date him?!

 

[Blondie Bear]

I can't stand watching Buffy kiss Angel or Parker. It's something about the way Sarah's mouth moves between kisses, where the corners of her mouth pull back and we can see her teeth. It just drives me nuts. Not sure why.

 

[SpikedBuffy]

Unpopular opinions? Good thread.

Lets see...

1. I absolutely love season six of Buffy.
2. I absolutely love season seven of Buffy. (especially all of Buffy's speeches)
3. I do and always will dislike the character of Faith. She has never appealed to me at all, and she never will.
4. I hate the episode "I will Remember You" I never watch it when I'm going through the seasons.
5. I liked Cordelia better when she was on Buffy.
6. I really liked Riley.
7. I love the episode "Beer Bad" Foamy!
8. "Checkpoint" is my all time favorite Buffy episode. I could watch it over and over.

 

[alexa]

I love Connor, always have. < I'd say that's an unpopular opinion
I love season 4 of Buffy - just not the arc.
I love Beer Bad (the last scene is the best last scene of Buffy ever! well for laughs), also love Doublemeat Palace
I love Checkpoint as well SpikedBuffy but thought everyone did? How could they not 😱
I like Riley also, but didn't always.
I don't like Cordelia's character when she goes all 'Saint Cordy' > Love her at every other stage though.

When people say they don't like when Bangel's cry.. do they mean Buffy and Angel, or the fans Bangels? What's up with that? People cry at scenes... that's such an odd comment 😛 Anyway I love lots more but not sure if it's unpopular.

 

[Elithustra]

I don't remember who Conner is!

I couldn't ever tolerate Riley, not even a little, tiny bit. He irked me. The entire Initiative thing irked me beyond repair. I mean, little men running around in little army uniforms, encouraging gun violence?! Not at all to my tastes.

 

[palabravampiress]

Unpopular opinions?

Well, as sosa lola said earlier, I think Giles is sexier than the vamp boys. Of course, that's no secret around this board! lol. Really, I think Giles is the sexiest man in the entire Buffyverse. Don't get me wrong; the other guys on Buffy are each nice bits of eye candy in their own unique ways, but Giles is the most attractive.

I like James Marsters' acting, but not his singing. Of course, that could be due to the oddly placed flat note they made him sing in Rest in Peace just so it would harmonize with Buffy's refrain later in the coda.

I like Dawn. Like, a lot.

I love, love, loved Lindsey.

I liked Riley. I liked him as a character and I liked him with Buffy. I was sorry when that relationship ended. I understand why it ended. I don't resent or bemoan it. But I did enjoy it while it lasted.

I hate every single season finale, even Restless and The Chosen. Restless was a neat episode; I just didn't think it was finale material. The finale episodes always seemed hurried and anti-climactic to me with their bad CGI effects.

Even though I really liked the Oz/Willow pairing, I found Oz utterly forgettable after he left. I never missed him at all.

I love, love, loved Gunn and Fred. Wes and Fred were only so-so for me.

Not a huge Faith fan.

I don't like Angel. I liked him better when he was on his own show but, by and large, I found him to be self-centered, chauvinistic, and dismissive of those around him, just to name a few. There were moments during which I really liked him, but the scales of my regard usually tipped in the opposite direction. Also, even though I love, love, loved Angelus, I think his Angel/Angelus distinction is a load of whooey.

I found the romantic relationships between supporting characters to be far more interesting than any of Buffy's relationships or Angel's relationships. Wes and Lilah, Xander and Anya, and Spike and Drusilla fascinated me.

I thought Angel should have re-sired human, dying Darla like she requested. He owed her.

 

[definition of insane]

Hmmm let's see....

After awhile....Buffy with anyone gets on my neves. The whole "poor me, my guys are always wrong" really irks me.
Not that big a fan of Faith. Kendra was more fun.
Would have prefered Oz to Tara.
I wouldn't have minded that much if Angel hadn't had come back from hell.
Riley was okay when he started but his darkness could have been handled better.
I don't really think the relationship between Tara and Willow was that good for Tara.

 

[sosa lola]

I found the romantic relationships between supporting characters to be far more interesting than any of Buffy's relationships or Angel's relationships. Wes and Lilah, Xander and Anya, and Spike and Drusilla fascinated me.

I agree.

Also, I think Buffy, Xander and Willow helped improve Spike, Anya and Tara better than S/A/T helped improve B/X/W.

 

[Elithustra]

Riley. Makes me sick. Bleech.

Sorry, just re-watch 'Family' and he's all 'I'm not important to you, wah, wah, wah!'

Mmm, Tillow, tho!

 

[doppelgänger2]

Interesting thread! Here are mine....

- The Puppet Show is the best s1 episode
- I hated spike in season 2 and Drusilla... oh boy.
- By the end of season 3, I wanted Faith to kill Willow just to shut her up
- Living Conditions is the best season 4 episode (after Hush) and Kathy is my homegirl
- After Willow went all magic crazy in season 6, I wished Tara had just dumped her and moved on
- I hate season 7 Buffy
- I hate Spike, except in season 5
- Spuffy makes me wanna cover my eyes and scream
- I loved Andrew from the start
- I. Loved. Kennedy. From. The. Very. First. Time. I. Saw. Her.
- But I wish she had never hooked up with Willow, that made her less cool
- Really don't like when Tara sings in OMWF
- I sorta wished that Glory would win over Buffy
- And that Tara wouldn't become normal
- Worse misstake ever: Wood
- Angel (the series) is boring. I lose interest after like ten minutes

 

[WatcherByBirthright]

- Buffy is vastly superior to Angel.
- Season Six is one of the most consistently well-written seasons overall.
- I only began really enjoying Spike's character from Season Four onwards.
- Adam was a decent Big Bad.
- The Wish was always an above-average ep for me, though ironically Doppelgangland is probably my favourite!
- Oz didn't need to ever come back, he got a decent and worthy send-off.
- Was probably nearly as gutted about Potential Amanda's death in Chosen as I was about Anya!
- That final scene between Buffy and Spike in Chosen does nothing for me. After a two season build-up, with the whole Buffy\Spike thing running it's course and coming to a definite end (particularly it being implied they slept together) dramatically speaking, wasn't it worth a mutal 'I love you' to the viewers? I think Joss was trying to go for an ESB moment like between Han and Leia, re: "I love you." "I know." - but I still can't wrap my head around the point of it.

 

[GATEGOD]

* I feel Anya's death was pointless.
* I feel Anya was a much more worthwhile character than people give her credit for.
* I hated Tara :silly:

 

[Evilyn]

*I loved Anya, but I preferred the love hate relationship with Cordy and Xander.

*I prefer Willow/Oz over Willow/Tara

*I didn't like Jenny/Giles. I always thought Joyce/Giles should have come to fruition.

*Cangel makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit, as does Angel/Darla.

*I never like Darla, ever. I can understand the need for her character, I just didn't like her. I don't think she should have been brought back. But then, I guess we wouldn't have Connor.

*I like Connor.

*I think Xander is cooler than Spike, and though the idea of Bander is still foreign to me, I think I'd prefer it over Spuffy.

*I appreciate Spuffy, and even halfway like it, tho I'm so on the Bangel ship 4-Life!

*I liked Riley's character, just didn't like him with Buffy.

*Robin Wood=not needed.

*I liked Jonathon

*I liked Warren

*I think Andrew has his funny moments, but I don't really like him

*I love Angelus, love him.

*Liked Season 2 Spike better than any of the other seasons.

*I strongly dislike Season 7.


There's my quick list. This is a good thread by the way.

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[disco biscuit]

I actually really liked Season 1, but then again, I've only seen it once.
I adore Drusilla. She would have made such a good bad guy.
I hated all of the potentials aside from the Asian one that nobody could understand. They needed more of her!
I hate Spuffy. Bangel will always be my favorite!
They shoulda kept Kendra. And what the hell happened to Mr. Pointy, anyway?
Willow was better as "Fuzzy Willow". I didn't like Magic Willow nearly as much.
I wish they had all stayed in high school! I know it wouldn't be possible, but oh well.
I didn't like Faith at all at first. I mean, she grew on me, but at first I wanted her to be killed off.
Spike was way better in the first few seasons. He got annoying as soon as he fell in love with Buffy, and in Season 7, just...no.
Angel's Irish accent is so awful, it gives me the LOLs.
I wish Oz had stayed. I mean, I loved Willow and Tara together (but Kennedy...GRRRR), but Oz would have made a good addition.
I loooove Andrew.
I cried when Johnathan died!
I hated Xander and Cordelia.
I didn't mind Riley. I mean, I didn't LIKE him, but I didn't absolutely hate him, either.
Glory would have been awesome if it weren't for her acting. Ughhhh.
I loved Principal Flooti! I cried so hard when he was eaten...and I cried even harder when they ate the pig! I know, that's so ridiculous, but I DON'T CARE.
I thought Angel was hotter when he was Angelus. Just sayin'.
Spike was hotter than Angel, but Bangel was way better than Spuffy.
Xander was amazing at first, but in the last few seasons, he was just dull. I wish that they had gotten rid of Confident Xander and kept Insecure Xander. The Snoopy Dance > All!
Buffy was so annoying and vain in the last seasons.
I think Giles is kinda hot. xD
I liked Dawn from the very beginning.
Remember that one guy that Dawn talked to in art class in The Body? I was disappointed when he didn't come back!
Same with the guy from the one with Cassie dying...I forget what it was called.
I have more, but I'm too lazy to write them all out. (;

 

[Kean]

From season 4 on, I pretty much hate Willow.

I don't care that Tara was killed.

I HATE evil Cordy.

I wasn't too bothred about Fred dying.

I think S7 is pretty alright.

I can't stand season 4 of ANGEL.

I don't like 'Restless'.

 

[crabby patty]

Okay so....

I cant stand Buffys mum!
I liked Riley the best out of Buffys boyfriends
I hated Williow in seasons 1-3 but loved her soon as she hit college.
I am not really keen on the potentials and the whole sharing the slayer power
I love spike as a character but think he is ugly
Not keen on the whole Angel & Cordy thing and even though I wish she didnt die was glad the relationship didnt progress further.
I loved Wesley & Lyla and Wesley & Fred.
My fave epsidoes are Out of Sight,Out of mind and The Zeppo (loving Xander & Faith)
My least fave is Buffy Vs Dracula