The Best of Buffy
First let me just say how much Evite annoys me. I keep begging Kevin to get Google on to making G-Vite or some such, but no such luck yet. Turns out there were a lot of folks intended to be invited that were left off. I hate that.
But on the flip side, I'm not sure we could've accomodated many more. It's a small house and we ran out of places for butts. But there we were, me and a pile of friends, crowded around the glow of the projector, basking in Buffy. It was great. I had folks vote, so the final list isn't what I would've picked as the best of Buffy, but it was the Best of Buffy by silent committee. All of the input was made, and then I made the command decision on it in the end. The final menu of items was 11 episodes long, culminating in a sing-along of Once More, With Feeling. We started at 1:30 and ended at just midnight. There was Wheetabix and cheese slices and skeezy cheese for the eating, plus a turkey and mashed potatoes and salad and well, heck, more food than any twenty people should eat in a day, but we did it nonetheless.
After it was all said and done, I asked if anyone wanted a bonus episode, and a half dozen die-hards voted for Chosen, the final Buffy episode. I enjoy some shows on tv nowadays, but I really miss having a weekly dose (or two!) from the Whedonverse. The one thing that became clear was that even after watching a dozen episodes, there were still so many we hadn't gotten to see that we could all stand to watch a dozen more (though not in one sitting).
And another thing - there definitely has to be another home-brew sing-along night. That was too much fun. Not sure what should come next, but I'm thinking that a Rocky Horror Picture Show Veterans Night might be fun. I've still got my Columbia bustier somewhere in the costume trunk...
But on the flip side, I'm not sure we could've accomodated many more. It's a small house and we ran out of places for butts. But there we were, me and a pile of friends, crowded around the glow of the projector, basking in Buffy. It was great. I had folks vote, so the final list isn't what I would've picked as the best of Buffy, but it was the Best of Buffy by silent committee. All of the input was made, and then I made the command decision on it in the end. The final menu of items was 11 episodes long, culminating in a sing-along of Once More, With Feeling. We started at 1:30 and ended at just midnight. There was Wheetabix and cheese slices and skeezy cheese for the eating, plus a turkey and mashed potatoes and salad and well, heck, more food than any twenty people should eat in a day, but we did it nonetheless.
After it was all said and done, I asked if anyone wanted a bonus episode, and a half dozen die-hards voted for Chosen, the final Buffy episode. I enjoy some shows on tv nowadays, but I really miss having a weekly dose (or two!) from the Whedonverse. The one thing that became clear was that even after watching a dozen episodes, there were still so many we hadn't gotten to see that we could all stand to watch a dozen more (though not in one sitting).
And another thing - there definitely has to be another home-brew sing-along night. That was too much fun. Not sure what should come next, but I'm thinking that a Rocky Horror Picture Show Veterans Night might be fun. I've still got my Columbia bustier somewhere in the costume trunk...
2 Comments:
Once more with feeling? How about once more with feeling the Lament That We Live Too Fucking Far Away.
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Flonkbob, at 7:10 AM
Sounded like fun. Let me know if you ever do a Firefly one. :)
As far as TV shows go, I'm liking Numbers (Ch.5) and the reruns of Stargate (CH.2 I think...),
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Chris S, at 8:32 AM
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