"Welcome to the Hellmouth" / "Bring on The Night"

[red_satin_doll]

"You're standing at the mouth of Hell. And it's about to open up." *

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"I'm beyond tired. I'm beyond scared.
I'm standing on the mouth of Hell and it's going to swallow me whole. And it'll choke on me." **

* Joss Whedon
** Marti Noxon & Douglas Petrie

Comments

[drizzlydaze.livejournal.com]

Ha, interesting preference of seasons. I've seen late season lovers aplenty, but not with the combination of disliking 3 and loving 1 and 4.

I watched the entire show within three weeks and it was like reading a novel, rather than watching in real time and having lots of time to digest stuff and think about stuff, etc.

Me too, actually. I did marathon the entire thing in three weeks, but I still felt some of the pacing issues the fandom did. Like S4--I stopped for a day or two after a few episodes of that, felt it was a bit slow. I love the Initiative and don't see the problem with Adam, but I didn't feel that overwhelming need to see more after those few eps. Same with S7. The plot holes annoyed me; it felt like I was always missing something because characters kept doing things that didn't make sense. And I thought there was way too little of the Scoobies in S7, too little character, and way too much of a plot that was uninteresting in execution (good idea, though. Killing the Potentials, psychological Big Bad). It's just... I see what you like about the season. I like those things about the season too. But when watching, the overall feeling I get is just... Well, the bad just seems to overwhelm the good when I watch. When I first watched.

Haha, nah, you did answer my question. In the end, the good and bad points of the season are generally agreed upon; it just depends on how you personally viewed their proportions and execution.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Hah, here's the thing - I see exactly what you're saying too and pretty much agree with all of it. Especially the "When I first watched." So admittedly I do rewatch mostly in bits and pieces - the stuff I like 'cause, hey, that's what Netflix and DVD's are there for, right? :) So I can see the pacing problems you describe, absolutely - I remembering thinking yeah, I get where people are coming from; when I got done with S7 I thought "I won't need to watch that again" but I find myself going back to it quite a bit...again, the stuff I like and am interested in.

Haha, nah, you did answer my question. In the end, the good and bad points of the season are generally agreed upon; it just depends on how you personally viewed their proportions and execution.

Did I? Cool beans. I think your summation is completely spot-on. And it works for any season: I rarely go back to S3 except for those 'standalones' (The Wish, Anne, Earshot) because the Bangel stuff that season drives me to tears (of boredom). But a lot of fandom considers it the best overall. YMMV