Re: A Second Look: BTVS S7D5

On Apr 30, 3:11 am, vague disclaimer <l64o-1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> In article <NIednTsUqtF-z4jVnZ2dnUVZ_vyin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  "One Bit Shy" <O...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I struggle to explain exactly why it hits me so wrong.  But it doesn't
feel
> > real to me at all.  The way the conversation keeps jumping ahead of
itself
> > leaving thoughts behind and unconsidered.  The notable lack of natural
> > counter thoughts that I would expect from these people.
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> Heh. That's kinda what made this convincing for me. Have you ever seen
> the shooting script version? Very logical and progressively built - and
> quite unreal.

That's an interesting read.  It is progressively built compared to the
trimmed one we ended up with.  For example, just the fact that Dawn
says basically "*if* you can't follow Faith's orders, *then* you can't
stay here" puts a totally different spin on the ending (one I think I
prefer).  But I'd have to see it filmed to know whether the actors
would be able to keep certain paragraphs from turning into toothpaste
(and making it seem like a conversation rather than some kind of
formalized debate where everyone gets two uninterrupted minutes at a
time).

-AOQ