Season six [of Buffy] remains the highlight. You won't find a more skilled extended exploration of existential turmoil on the big or small screen. And I'm not talking "woe is me" teenage angst, but a genuine search for what it means to be human. It's Bergman for the masses." Tim Porter, Paste Magazine
Hmmm...didn't see that. Was that part of the article which stated how S6 Tore the Show Down and Built Something Better?
I tend to agree. S6 is when I became obsessed with the series. I enjoyed it before then, but I wasn't quite a fan until S6. S6 blew me away. Because it took what they were attempting to do in a handful of episodes in S2-5 (Passion/Becoming, Hush/Restless/Who are You, Wish/Doppleganland/Earshot/Superstar, Fool for Love) and expanded on it. Like watching a hire wire act without a net.
And anyone who has seen Luis Bunel or some surrealistic films...saw the ambitious stuff they were attempting with a low-budget, and within a limited time frame. I mean if you consider for a moment that this was on UPN (which was the ugly step-sister to the WB), and that the writers were basically writing from the seat of their pants (no character bible, totally intuitive) -- it's amazingly well done. You can't compare it to stuff like Lost or BSG -- which had much bigger budgets and a lot more freedom and time. And in some respects, I actually think it was better than those shows. I certainly enjoyed it more and don't see myself rewatching or writing much about the other two.
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Tim Porter, Paste Magazine
Hmmm...didn't see that. Was that part of the article which stated how S6 Tore the Show Down and Built Something Better?
I tend to agree. S6 is when I became obsessed with the series. I enjoyed it before then, but I wasn't quite a fan until S6. S6 blew me away. Because it took what they were attempting to do in a handful of episodes in S2-5 (Passion/Becoming, Hush/Restless/Who are You, Wish/Doppleganland/Earshot/Superstar, Fool for Love) and expanded on it. Like watching a hire wire act without a net.
And anyone who has seen Luis Bunel or some surrealistic films...saw the ambitious stuff they were attempting with a low-budget, and within a limited time frame. I mean if you consider for a moment that this was on UPN (which was the ugly step-sister to the WB), and that the writers were basically writing from the seat of their pants (no character bible, totally intuitive) -- it's amazingly well done. You can't compare it to stuff like Lost or BSG -- which had much bigger budgets and a lot more freedom and time. And in some respects, I actually think it was better than those shows. I certainly enjoyed it more and don't see myself rewatching or writing much about the other two.