I watch too much Buffy....
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Why isn't there another new slayer? I mean, the first time Buffy died, we got Kendra. And when Kendra died, we got Faith. But then Buffy died again. Didn't that activate another new slayer? We know her resurrection helped destabilize the slayer line, so why did we still have only two slayers running around, instead of three?
(edit)After typing that, I realized I have problems with some other shows, so let's turn this into a general inconsistencies rant, okay?
1. I don't, unlike some people, mind Captain Picard speaking with a British accent... it's certainly better than trying to make Patrick Stewart speak with a French accent! Heck, I don't even mind the fact that his French, when required to speak it, isn't all that good. But why on earth does he seemingly know no French authors or playwrights? Why is it always Shakespeare and Dickens? Why not Moliere and Voltaire? Or La Fontaine? Or, well, anyone? It's a further outgrowth of my complaint that Terran Culture is just American culture with no money and cool spaceships. *sighs deeply*
2. Why, oh why, has Daniel Jackson stopped translating everything? Universal translators are, frankly, impossible, but in shows and books where they exist, I accept that... I'll allow some suspension of disbelief. But when you have a character whose job it is to translate, why on earth does everyone start speaking English? It's annoying. Just make up some sort of translating device, maybe one which works semi-realisticly by making you learn languages faster instead of really translating, and I'll be happy.
3. What happened to Judy from Family matters? They used to have two daughters, and then, all of a sudden, they just had one. No reason either, she just disappeared from all but the credits. Similarly, what happened to the older son in Happy Days? Huh? Huh?
4. Back to Star Trek. One word. Klingons. And don't give me that "we don't talk about it" crap, I want a real reason, one that fits into the story. Yes, I know they didn't have the budget for the makeup in TOS, I still want a real storyline reason!
(edit)After typing that, I realized I have problems with some other shows, so let's turn this into a general inconsistencies rant, okay?
1. I don't, unlike some people, mind Captain Picard speaking with a British accent... it's certainly better than trying to make Patrick Stewart speak with a French accent! Heck, I don't even mind the fact that his French, when required to speak it, isn't all that good. But why on earth does he seemingly know no French authors or playwrights? Why is it always Shakespeare and Dickens? Why not Moliere and Voltaire? Or La Fontaine? Or, well, anyone? It's a further outgrowth of my complaint that Terran Culture is just American culture with no money and cool spaceships. *sighs deeply*
2. Why, oh why, has Daniel Jackson stopped translating everything? Universal translators are, frankly, impossible, but in shows and books where they exist, I accept that... I'll allow some suspension of disbelief. But when you have a character whose job it is to translate, why on earth does everyone start speaking English? It's annoying. Just make up some sort of translating device, maybe one which works semi-realisticly by making you learn languages faster instead of really translating, and I'll be happy.
3. What happened to Judy from Family matters? They used to have two daughters, and then, all of a sudden, they just had one. No reason either, she just disappeared from all but the credits. Similarly, what happened to the older son in Happy Days? Huh? Huh?
4. Back to Star Trek. One word. Klingons. And don't give me that "we don't talk about it" crap, I want a real reason, one that fits into the story. Yes, I know they didn't have the budget for the makeup in TOS, I still want a real storyline reason!
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Re: I also watch too much Buffy
Date: 2003-12-30 08:11 pm (UTC)One of the things that really annoyed me was in Season 3 the episode called Helpless. The Slayer is drained of her power and then trapped with a vampire. Now, at the time Faith was the official Slayer so why did Buffy have to go through the ritual?? Also, Jeff Kober the vampire from that episode turns up as Rack in series 6 which really pissed me off - I have this thing where I remember faces!!
There's a great site where they pick out the inconsistencies in various shows while reviewing them at the same time. You can find the Buffy show here and if you click on display all episodes you'll get a review (and a snark) of every episode shown. Good fun.
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show.cgi?show=12
Re: I also watch too much Buffy
Date: 2003-12-30 08:48 pm (UTC)