Joss..you...you...magnificent bastard

[erilyn]

Sorry to mis-use Papa Luthor's title, but Joss Whedon has reclaimed his god-like status, at least for now. "Once More With Feeling" rocked, and not just in the musical sense.

However, I thought that it was an extra-long ep in the US, and we were going to get a slightly cut version, but I've read the TWoP recap and the lyrics, and as far as I can tell, we saw it all. Cool.



- They should have had ASH sing more.
- The Anya and Xander duet was the most I've enjoyed them in ages.
- I'm glad Alyson Hannigan didn't sing more than she did, as her voice seemed to be the weakest out of all of them.
- Amber Benson did great, both with the singing, and Tara finding out of what Willow has done to her.
- There were some great one-liners, like "Dawn's in trouble. Must be Tuesday."
- The reaction to Buffy revealing that they didn't save her from hell was ok, except that I said "sucked in bitch" when they showed Willow's heartbroken face. I have Willow issues.
- Buffy and Spike. Poor Spike, she's just going to use you to try and find some passion. Still not all the invested in them as a pairing, but am willing to watch and see how badly this will turn out. Plus, lots of James Masters is a good thing.
- The singing Mutant Enemy logo nearly killed me.

Comments

[luthien.livejournal.com]

I taped it, so I know for sure that it went for an hour and two minutes. Usually, Buffy runs for around 55 minutes from start to finish on Channel 7, so it looks to me as though we got the complete version.

I haven't enjoyed a Buffy episode this much in ages. I think I'll re-watch it some time today.

[tboy.livejournal.com]

Gah! Your icon! Gah!!! Drool. Need Methos fix, will head off to HL land later today I think. It's been *too* *long*!

re Buffy. Forgot to watch it. Will ask Luthien if I can go watch it at her place next I'm over *g*.

I'd read tonnes of neg comments about it, but that was on a Hercverse list, they were comparing it to the musical Xena ep (which I loved).

[hnix.livejournal.com]

The singing Mutant Enemy logo nearly killed me.

Oh, yeah. I was watching the credits and basking in the warm glow of an ep I liked so much, when suddenly - singing logo! Bwahaha. Glad I wasn't spoiled for that, at least.

And while I was distracted by her alarmingly hideous outfits while watching the show, listening to the mp3s made me realise that - hey! Amber Benson's a really good singer! Wow. ASH was amazing too, of course, but that wasn't a surprise.

I'm also with you on Xander and Anya's duet. Deifitely the most I've enjoyed them, either separately or together, in quite a while. (Huh. That sounds really filthy. And it's probably a little harsh - Xander, at least, has had a few good lines. But...meh.)

[askance.livejournal.com]

Agreed, ASH has a comparatively good voice and should have had more to do, as should Amber Benson - her singing voice is nothing like her character.

Buffy and Spike - with you on the -FINALLY- thing but I do hate the way Joss takes all episode to get me to the part I like best of the show, and then cuts it off dead :(

He's a tease.

I'd heard good things about James Marsters but while he was better than the rest of the cast (bar Amber Benson and ASH) I thought he was pretty average. The kiss at the end makes up for it, though