*** Buffy 4.21 Primeval *** (only slightly enhanced)
P@rick
*** Buffy 4.21 Primeval ***
Big final battle, lots of casualties, lots of bodyparts. All
uninteresting.
Adam was planning on making an army, or rather a new race of ugly
looking bastards. And let me guess... conquer the world with them?
Exterminate all humans and demons, and then sow 'em back together again?
Fine. And then what, live happily ever after? Looks like a dead end to
me. A very boring dead end. Kinda like this season's arc.
See, I always told you that Walsh is Riley's mother. Okay, so not in a
genetic sense. And the only thing she did was implant him with a chip.
Which is as easily removed as a splinter, while it's tied directly into
Riley's central nervous system through his thoracic nerve. Sounds worse
than it is apparently. "Oh so, it's chips all around, is it? Someone
must've bought the party-pack." The only function it had was making
him obey like a puppy. Not an entirely useless feature. Can I have the
remote for it please?
What a way for Lindsay Crouse to make a guest re-appearance. Joss truly
is an evil genius, dressing her up like that. So was Walsh planning on
making an army of Frankensteins for herself or was the government in on
that project. It's not very clear how far the 'Adam-project' stretched.
Walsh couldn't have built a special lab an hide it from everyone all by
herself. But I think she was working with a hidden agenda. We will never
find out.
Okay, let me make this clear: I am glad the Scoobies realised that they
have been drifting apart and that they miss each other. That's great,
that's good. But I hate the moment Buffy and Willow chose to make up to
each other: as they are descending in an elevator shaft. Like "Oh yeah
Willow? I've been meaning to tell you that I love you and miss you" "Oh
yeah, sure Buff. Me too. Oh look, we're already there."
Maybe I missed something here. But it felt like the writers had to
squeeze that in somewhere, and figured that this was the best of the
worst possible moments. The meeting on campus was just meant to make
them all realise that they had been played by Spike. It was not the
place nor the moment to ponder over the question why it was so easy for
him to play them. There were more urgent matters at hand, like figuring
out why Spike wanted to drive them apart and what Adam had in store for
them.
Buffy, Willow and Giles have valuable gifts, and Xander comes up with a
great plan, combining their forces and channeling them through Buffy. At
least, that's what it looked like they were doing. Anyway, the result
was magnificent. I don't care that it is actually an easy way to have
Buffy defeat Adam for lack of a better idea. Adam was an uninteresting
enemy anyway, so why not use some overkill while killing him?
I liked how the Scoobies used their newfound group spirit to destroy the
creature that symbolises everything that was wrong with this season [1].
In that respect this episode is a true a season finale.
Buffy looked great with those orange eyes. I want to have lenses like
that! And the Matrixian special effects were very cool as well. Luckily
Buffy waved away that ridiculous chaingun coming out of Adam's arm. Not
that the gun itself was ridiculous, it was lethal mostly. That is if
Adam had a slightly better aim. But that whole thing coming out of
Adam's arm was pretty far fetched (and that's putting it mildly).
Willow and Tara coming by Giles' house to pick up the laptop and disks
was a very touching scene. Tara smiling cutely at Giles, making him feel
even more uncomfortable. And those tears in Willow's eyes on her way
out.... I was hoping that Giles would call them back to tell the girls
how happy he is for them. I guess his hangover, among other things,
prevented him from doing just that.
And Spike. Our opportunistic vampire is still alive. The Scoobies left
yet another chance unused to dust him. But at least they've got his
number now. Now that there's no Adam or Initiative left to remove his
chip, and the chances of the Scoobies doing it are very slim, what is
Spike going to do? I opt for a long journey around the world in search
for a solution. Maybe all the way to Tibet. And not coming back before
he's able to bite again. Preferably with a fresh track record of carnage
to prove his newfound competence and evilness.
I must say, despite the things that were rushed, uninteresting or
outright ridiculous, I really liked this episode. Maybe that has a lot
to do with my relief that the Initiative and Adam arcs are over and done
with. But this episode had action, speed, humor and most importantly it
had the Scoobies working together again, closer than ever. And as much
as that point was hammered into our brains, and as cheesy the making up
during abseiling was, it's good to have them back together again. This
episode was stitched together like Adam and Forrest, but the result was
way better looking than them.
Bye, Patrick
--
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damned!"
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[1] I know, Riley is still alive. But we still have one episode left
this season, don't we ;o)
JOY:-)
>
> "Burn it down, gentlemen. Burn it down, and salt the Earth."
>
> *** Buffy 4.21 Primeval ***
> And Spike. Our opportunistic vampire is still alive. The Scoobies left
> yet another chance unused to dust him. But at least they've got his
> number now. Now that there's no Adam or Initiative left to remove his
> chip, and the chances of the Scoobies doing it are very slim, what is
> Spike going to do? I opt for a long journey around the world in search
> for a solution. Maybe all the way to Tibet. And not coming back before
> he's able to bite again. Preferably with a fresh track record of carnage
> to prove his newfound competence and evilness.
First, let me say that I liked this episode. Even the Forrest-zombie!
Wouldn't Spike be rid of his chip problem by simply sticking his
finger in a socket? According to the loving hubby, a simple power
surge (as little as 50 V) would be most effective in shorting out the
chip, and it is unlikely to kill a vampire - right? So Spike creates
his own makeshift electric chair, and it's back to carefree human
carnage!
Not that I think they'll actually *use* this option. That would be too
easy. But still.
JOY:-)
Mattia Valente
>
> "P@rick" wrote:
> >
> > "Burn it down, gentlemen. Burn it down, and salt the Earth."
> >
> > *** Buffy 4.21 Primeval ***
> <snip>
> > And Spike. Our opportunistic vampire is still alive. The Scoobies left
> > yet another chance unused to dust him. But at least they've got his
> > number now. Now that there's no Adam or Initiative left to remove his
> > chip, and the chances of the Scoobies doing it are very slim, what is
> > Spike going to do? I opt for a long journey around the world in search
> > for a solution. Maybe all the way to Tibet. And not coming back before
> > he's able to bite again. Preferably with a fresh track record of carnage
> > to prove his newfound competence and evilness.
>
> First, let me say that I liked this episode. Even the Forrest-zombie!
ARGH!!!!!!!!
/me runs away screaming..
OK, I'm back. It wasn't terrible all around. But it wasn't very good.
> Wouldn't Spike be rid of his chip problem by simply sticking his
> finger in a socket?
Probably not.
> According to the loving hubby, a simple power
> surge (as little as 50 V) would be most effective in shorting out the
> chip, and it is unlikely to kill a vampire - right?
Quite likely. Spike's been zapped a few times with 20,000 volt taser
blasts (or more) so that doesn't kill him. This is, of course, a special
little chip with a very bizarre functioning mechanism. I'm guessing he
a) doesn't know this and b) the chip is designed to counter this kind of
possibility. Shielded or something. Beats me.
> So Spike creates
> his own makeshift electric chair, and it's back to carefree human
> carnage!
I wish...well, except for the fact that Buffy would ahve to kill him
(which would be normal and logical.)
> Not that I think they'll actually *use* this option. That would be too
> easy. But still.
Details schmetails...
Mattia
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P@rick
> Wouldn't Spike be rid of his chip problem by simply sticking his
> finger in a socket? According to the loving hubby, a simple power
> surge (as little as 50 V) would be most effective in shorting out the
> chip, and it is unlikely to kill a vampire - right? So Spike creates
> his own makeshift electric chair, and it's back to carefree human
> carnage!
Ssssst! Now don't go giving them writers crazy ideas like that. Of
course that would never work. How could Spike ever fit his finger in
that tiny socket hole?
And with living on a Hellmouth and all, the little surge would probably
lead to overclocking the chip. So that Spike would cringe in pain if he
merely thought about hurting a human.
Bye, Patrick
good call