Re: A Second Look: BTVS S6D6

On Feb 21, 8:36 pm, Arbitrar Of Quality <tsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 21, 12:36 am, "One Bit Shy" <O...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Arbitrar Of Quality" <tsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Season Six, Episode 20: "Two To Go"
> > > What was that about crackling dialogue?  William called TTG "an
> > > absolute wonderland of quotability, perhaps second only to
> > > Doppelgangland in that respect" last time around.
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> > Yeah, but it bogs down in the endless confrontation at Rack's moving
onto
> > the Buffy/Willow fight back at the Magic Box.  Not that I object to
the
> > sentiments.  Willow's ridicule of Dawn is priceless.  And there
definitely
> > is a thrill in seeing Willow and Buffy face off.  But the volume of
words
> > really get in the way of this section and make for my most
disappointing
> > scene in this trilogy - the Buffy/Willow fight.  It ought to be a
classic -
> > one of the highpoints of the series.  The construct of power against
power
> > with deep emotional connections brings to mind the Buffy/Angel
confrontation
> > in Becoming and the Buffy/Faith fight in Graduation Day.  And it feels
that
> > way for a moment.
>
> > Doesn't live up to it though.  The fight choreography teases at
excellence
> > for a bit, but never gets there.  Quickly enough it peters out with a
> > pathetic conclusion of a slight shove by Willow somehow knocking Buffy
out
> > briefly as Willow discovers Anya.  Meanwhile the talking is
interminable -
> > coming on the heels of a talkfest at Racks.  I know that the
fight/talk
> > combination is a staple of these shows, but this one kind of thuds for
me.
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> I'm with you with the part where the confrontation feels like a high
> point, and not with you in feeling like it ultimately doesn't live up
> to that.  I think the thing for me is that just I'm so much more
> invested in the standoff than in anything else.

Personally, I was way too distracted by Willow's stupidity to get
invested in anything. Seriously, Dark Willow has to be one of the
stupidest villains ever. How many times did she try the *exact same
spell* to kill Jonathon and Andrew after she saw it wasn't working?
And the way she did eventually decide to kill them was stupid as hell,
too. It would have been much easier for her to simply blast the
ceiling and let the resulting collapse kill them. Or telekinetically
pick up a bunch of weapons from the training room and use them to
skewer Jonathon and Andrew (like she tried to do to Glory back in
season 5 - it was a stupid tactic then, but it would have worked just
fine here).

Apparently absorbing too much dark magic kills brain cells. Let that
be a lesson to you, kids!