http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 14 May 2003 19:53:09 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/05/14/102010.php#comment-9516 Best thing about the taser: the way it cut off what could've been a prolonged soppy voice-over monologue. Used to be that Whedon and co. used this sudden disruption tactic to deflate baddies when they started to wax overly villainous (Maggie Walsh vowing revenge, for instance) - now it's been used to tamp down sentimentality, too. 9516@blogcritics.org Wed, 14 May 2003 19:53:09 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/05/14/102010.php#comment-9509 I am of a whole bunch of minds about this episode and the season in general. I spent a large part of it going "WFT?" Okay, so Dawn got the tazer from Connor since he no longer needs it, but where did smirky Angel come from, is the nancy boy hair gel giving him brain damage? And if you axe a villain, you CUT OFF HIS HEAD! kay, deep breaths. calm now. Andrew and Anya, yes, funny, but yuck at the same time. And Xander, poor Xander. At the start of the season, he was the only responsible adult on the show, now he is a crippled loser. Shame really. And Giles, what's up with him? Is he evil or what? I just don't know and am trying to stay spoiler free, but it is sssoooooooo tempting. 9509@blogcritics.org Wed, 14 May 2003 17:31:08 EDT