Buffy

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Because I apparently reached a critical mass of recs for Buffy the Vampire Slayer I watched the first three episodes this week. I've been told very often that it gets better after the first season, so I'll probably try it at least until then. In the meantime, a few impressions: The only one I'm currently interested in is Buffy, and a bit her relationship with her mom. Buffy seems pretty awesome, coping with this vampire shit while she just wants to be a normal teenager.
I sort of see the potential with Giles, maybe. Angel so far seems only like a dick, but to be fair he had maybe five minutes. Willow is very bland, does she get more interesting? I don't like Xander. Cordelia could be interesting.
I only saw three episodes so far, so I can't really judge yet, but it seems like the show relies a bit much on its witty lines and humor, which are admittedly sometimes very good but sometimes also a bit much.
I already want crossovers, for example with Lost Girl (4x1 was cool!).

Comments

[guingel.livejournal.com]

It's no guarantee that you'll magically fall in love with it, but I'd definitely skip ahead to seasons 2 and 3 rather than slogging all the way through season 1. They really are pretty different, and quite a bit better - although you still just might not connect with the characters, in which case... oh well! I started watching seasons 3 and season 7 simultaneously because they were what was airing on TV (in repeats, on two different networks) when I got interested and it was fine - I occasionally had to flesh out my knowledge with the internet, but I'd started reading fanfic before I watched the show so that was the case anyway. ;)

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I might do that if season 1 becomes too boring, but usually I like to watch shows in order. (SGA and Teen Wolf were exceptions.) I could get caught up online, but I probably would get spoiled at the same time, and I'm trying to avoid that - even though I already know a lot simply through fannish osmosis ;)