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First off, apologies if this is repeating anything already said, but I've skipped most of the thread up to Runs' post about the videos as I'm trying to avoid any S6 plot details that I haven't already spoiled for myself.
Some of this ties in with a point made in a previous Buffy thread. Someone said that, on the strength of her performances throughout Buffy, Gellar doesn't seem to be a particularly impressive actor. I've got to say that I'm not convinced simply because, IMO, Buffy herself is a deeply uninteresting character. You'd think that any character who's died twice, been to heaven and hell, fallen for a vampire, etc., couldn't possibly be boring, but somehow Buffy is. Try and describe the character's personality and, other than coming up with some basic 'do-gooder, hero' stereotype, it's damned near impossible. Without the arse-kicking super powers she'd be nothing.
The show (sigh, IMO again) has always worked best when it plays to the strengths of the supporting cast. They're interesting enough that you give a shit about what happens to them. Which is very likely why I think the majority of S4 stank; with the exception of a couple of Willow-based eps (the Oz/Tara ones) the secondary characters were given absolutely nothing to do, the plots focussing entirely on Ms Summers. I suspect that it's more to do with the script writers not being able to get a handle on the character (the only occasions now where I find myself caring about the main character's predicament tend to be the Whedon-scripted ones), but Buffy without Buffy could very easily work well. |
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