16:00 ; Thursday, 14 July 2011
CHRONOLOGICALLY: #2

I started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer before my exams and figured I'd completely stop watching/ reading/ enjoying myself until after my exams - which is now. So, I've finished watching Buffy and it really does embody this brilliant notion of feminism without being anti-feminine, something nicely conveyed in this incredible article.

Other than the horrific 1990 outfits sported, I really loved seeing young cameos of some of my favourite actors, i.e. Felicia Day and Nathan Fillion (they're both in another Joss Whedon production called Dr Horrible which I adore). It's funny to see Fillion's character, Caleb, as an ardent preacher/religious man - since his classic in Firefly was also religious at the start...



The greatest episodes were probably those written by Joss Whedon ("The Body", "Hush", "Once More, With Feeling" and "Restless") although there were certain ones that I personally loved - "Storyteller" and "Halloween" and "Normal Again". If you were born before 1993, chances are you'll know the jist of the show already, but as a kid it really influenced the way I saw television shows. This, along with Charmed, really gave me the sense that women could do fine by themselves and with everyone else. And, unlike a lot of other programmes, the ending was really something - emotional, funny, sassy and meaningful. Just like the whole of Buffy really. It's one of those things where, you watch a show since the beginning, you become attached to the characters, feel like you're part of the show - and when it ends, it really ends, you know? But that's just something a great show does.

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