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I have to say goodbye to Buffy tonight, and goddamn it, I don't want to. But since I don't have a choice in the matter, all I have to say is please, please, please, please please Joss, make this episode a worthy close for the rest of the series.
The Plain Dealer ran a long article today, partly about the Buffy phenomenon, partly about Joss, and partly about the finale. The reviewer was most fixated on a Cleveland joke in the episode, which just ruined the ending for him. Bah. I live in Cleveland (well, in a suburb), and I like Cleveland. I've been living here sixteen years, not all at one time, and I just have one thing to say to all those scary Clevelanders who are just really rabid about Cleveland jokes: Get a life!!! Seriously, about two and a half paragraphs of the article were a rant about the Cleveland joke.
The PD also said that although there were gleams of Buffy goodness, the finale was too big and overreached. I don't agree with that assessment. Not entirely. In fact, I think that saying so shows that he did his research on the show, but didn't really get what it was all about. Not inside.
I'm hiding spoilers for those who want/need to avoid them.
( Bye, Bye, Buffy )
I'll miss Sunnydale and a host of characters that I've come to love. I'll miss some of the smartest, wittiest writing on television. I'll miss a show that blends genres and plays with genre conventions and expectations. I'll miss a show that took chances and did things other shows wouldn't try, like "Hush" or "Once More with Feeling."
I'm sad that the show is over, and if the final bow wasn't as graceful as I would have wanted, it wasn't as bad as I feared it would be.
The PD also said that although there were gleams of Buffy goodness, the finale was too big and overreached. I don't agree with that assessment. Not entirely. In fact, I think that saying so shows that he did his research on the show, but didn't really get what it was all about. Not inside.
I'm hiding spoilers for those who want/need to avoid them.
( Bye, Bye, Buffy )
I'll miss Sunnydale and a host of characters that I've come to love. I'll miss some of the smartest, wittiest writing on television. I'll miss a show that blends genres and plays with genre conventions and expectations. I'll miss a show that took chances and did things other shows wouldn't try, like "Hush" or "Once More with Feeling."
I'm sad that the show is over, and if the final bow wasn't as graceful as I would have wanted, it wasn't as bad as I feared it would be.
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