That was Hanna-Barbera's version of women's lib circa 1970 I guess - the same group that made the Scooby-Doo cartoons, so there's a "six degrees of separation" joke in their somewhere. I used to watch it as a little girl all the time. (I recall liking the theme song when I was two years old.)
Buffy can't claim to be an atheist since she's actually punched at least one god square in the face, but when asked if she has information on God's existence, she just shrugs.
And this is what happens when the show's creator is an atheist who also sucks at world-building. I recall fans having a strong reaction to her comment to Holden in CWDP over at the AV Club thread on the episode, ie "How can she say there's no God? She's been in Heaven!" but it didn't bother me as much I suppose because I assumed at the time that Holden was asking about a "Judeo-Christian" concept of God the Father, who created the world and watches over us to punish, reward, or just amuse Himself but who cares about the existence of the least little sparrow, etc; and Buffy's concept of "god" (ie hellgod) is simply a super-duper-powerful being who may come from one of the thousands of uncounted dimensions; not "God the Father".
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Date: 2013-06-10 03:19 pm (UTC)I vote for "metae".
Are you familiar with the animated version of "Josie and the Pussycats"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEdWvYA0icg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_and_the_Pussycats_(TV_series)
That was Hanna-Barbera's version of women's lib circa 1970 I guess - the same group that made the Scooby-Doo cartoons, so there's a "six degrees of separation" joke in their somewhere. I used to watch it as a little girl all the time. (I recall liking the theme song when I was two years old.)
Buffy can't claim to be an atheist since she's actually punched at least one god square in the face, but when asked if she has information on God's existence, she just shrugs.
And this is what happens when the show's creator is an atheist who also sucks at world-building. I recall fans having a strong reaction to her comment to Holden in CWDP over at the AV Club thread on the episode, ie "How can she say there's no God? She's been in Heaven!" but it didn't bother me as much I suppose because I assumed at the time that Holden was asking about a "Judeo-Christian" concept of God the Father, who created the world and watches over us to punish, reward, or just amuse Himself but who cares about the existence of the least little sparrow, etc; and Buffy's concept of "god" (ie hellgod) is simply a super-duper-powerful being who may come from one of the thousands of uncounted dimensions; not "God the Father".