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Date Posted: 08:58:11 05/26/09 Tue
Author: Grim ,_,_)
Author Host/IP: neilsonco.com / 66.253.31.226
Subject: Sorry it took so long to get back
In reply to: Kuzibah 's message, "Rewatching buffy" on 15:41:29 05/19/09 Tue

80% of a perfect episode.

I don't think some of the comic elements really worked here. They seemed labored and forced.

"SPOIKE!" She said, "Spoike!" I swear she said, "Spoike!"

Spike's slow-mo power walk through bedlam is one of the high points of the series. Spike is once again a bad ass and scary as a result. Why did they take that away?

The final confrontation with 70's Slayer (Nikki, right?) was brilliantly filmed and integrated with Buffy's lesson. An almost shocking scene and the realization that Spike is absolutely correct (if a bit full of himself). The Slayers died because Spike got lucky. Period. I often tell people that I would rather be lucky than good. Spike says the same thing, but in a different way.

Finally, Spike's 20 seconds alone, in front of the camera: he begins to pick up the money, realizes what he has become, remembers what he was and for the briefest of moments becomes that Force again. Beautifully acted, filmed and directed.

Next, Spoike returns to being a clown...

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