I have just watched the first ever episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on an extraordinarily low quality Indonesian streaming site. I'm probably hooked already. It's not Shakespeare, but I like it. Everybody is smart and sassy. EVERYBODY is ridiculously good looking - even Thomas the Vampire sounds like Sean Connery. I also like the fact that the fantasy is silly and slightly self-knowing - it's a nice change from the plodding earnestness of Tolkien.
I watched it a few times when I was 14 or 15, but only for a few minutes at a time, for adolescent drooling over Sarah Michelle Gellar (something I'm not above now, admittedly). I certainly wasn't concentrating on dialogue or characterisation. I usually had my finger hovering over the remote, in case anybody came in and read my rather transparent motives for watching it.
Bed now (I'm supposed to be getting my sleeping patterns under control in time for exams, and it's 1am already!), but I look forward to episode 2 tomorrow.
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Goodness me, you've only just properly discovered Buffy?
ReplyDeleteMy, you're in for a treat. Dialogue, plots, etc - all very high-quality for what could have been something incredibly stupid. You'll find it packing a surprising emotional punch. Does deteriorate towards the end with some badly-judged bits, but those are a long way off for you... :D It may seem less original these days, but that's because of how influential it was - like going back and looking at the Matrix now everybody uses bullet time.