FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! EPISODE 14 We have another rare instance of the show picking up right where the previous episode left off (somewhat), as Buffy is telling the Scoobies all about what she went through with Professor Walsh. Spike thinks Riley is in on the whole thing and can’t be trusted. Speak of the soldier, Riley shows up at Giles’ place in the … Continue reading It’s Adam Shame: A BTVS Retrospective, S4 E14-15
EPISODE 11 Episode 11 kicks off with Superman and Martian Manhunter partnering together to take out The Terror Twins. Well, we actually just get the aftermath of their defeat of The Terror Twins because THAT’S NOT REALLY OUR PLOT… Because we cut to the captured Terror Twins being held by the Justice League and not sent to prison yet. Superboy comes in dressed like the … Continue reading Tuppanceware Party: A Young Justice Retrospective, S1 E11-12
FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! EPISODE 12 We open up in Buffy’s dorm, with her and Riley making out in bed, and I swear to god the music overlay is some kind of instrumental cover of “Circle Of Life” from The Lion King, and I HATE IT. Go watch this scene, it’s just for a second or two, but it’s there. Willow bounds in … Continue reading Everything Is Penises: A BTVS Retrospective, S4 E12-13
FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! Okay, after Episode 10 skipped the queue, we are taking the time machine back to Episode 9. Come back with me as we open up with Willow looking at pictures of Oz and being mopey. It’s so refreshing to see ANOTHER character moping besides Buffy. Wait, no. That’s not it. What’s the opposite of “refreshing”? Elsewhere on campus, Buffy and … Continue reading Munching Away At Rug Field, a BTVS Retrospective: S4, E9 and 11
FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! Oh my god with the Psychology class stuff. I know I joke, but can’t this season give us a single other class of hers? Well apparently not, as we start off in Psych Class, with Buffy and her renewed straight hair* being called to the front of the class by Professor Walsh. Walsh asks Buffy to lie down on … Continue reading Nine, Ten, Never Speak Again: A BTVS Retrospective, S4 E10
EPISODE 9 This episode, Young Justice has already been defeated as we kick things off with Megan waking up in the sands of Bialya. She is clearly confused and speaking Martian in her head until she realizes she is on Earth. She sees Superboy–though she does not recognize him, just his S-shield–and tries to talk to him, but he rips off his shirt, attacks her, … Continue reading Lex Peace, More War: A Young Justice Retrospective, S1 E9-10
FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! We kick off episode seven in the UC Sunnydale cafeteria with Riley and his friends, one of whom looks slightly like–and sounds EXACTLY like–Shelton Benjamin. So that’s his name from me. They have a vanilla white guy friend, too. They spy Buffy from afar having comic misadventures trying to get frozen yogurt and a drink. Shelton thinks she is … Continue reading Ask Your Doctor If Viagra Is Right For You: A BTVS Retrospective, S4 E7-8
Episode 7 We kick things off in late July and in New Orleans, where the streets are filled with cliche Mardi Gras music despite it being, you know, LATE JULY. We meet an old man who turns out to be Kent Nelson, but we don’t know that yet! He visits a psychic named Madam Xanadu, but she is just a showperson psychic who Kent laughs … Continue reading Party On, Garth: A Young Justice Retrospective, S1 E7-8
FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! Episode five of season four is called “BEER BAD”, and I have one-million-percent seen this on lists of “The Worst Episode Of Good Shows”. And after how much I have dug [most of] the first four episodes of this season, that is legitimately disappointing. Let’s see how bad it can be. Because there have been plenty of really bad episodes … Continue reading Veruc Assault: A BTVS Retrospective, S4 E5-6
EPISODE 5 We kick off with a typical day in Metropolis: a bridge is collapsing! Look, I know Gotham is supposed to be a terrifying, crime-ridden place to live, but Metropolis is Disasterville, man. These people should all move to Iowa. Anyway, Superman shows up to save the day! But also… so does Superboy. They both do their part in rescuing people while Superman repairs … Continue reading Monkey Business: A Young Justice Retrospective, S1 E5-6
FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! We start off in The Bronze, with Willow and Buffy watching Oz’ band play. The two of them start discussing the Parker character that Buffy met previously while trying to avoid Cathy. They use Network TV Language to insinuate that Buffy sure would like to take him to bed. Also what I just did is also Network TV Language. … Continue reading Parker Abrams Can’t Lose: A BTVS Retrospective, S4 E3-4
Hey, we are back, still doing the first watch through of Young Justice! Let’s get into it. EPISODE 3 We open up with what appears to be some generic ass thieves robbing shipping containers. The former Speedy, who is… just Roy now, I guess?… shows up to defeat them. One of the thugs turns out to be a metahuman, and we see Young Justice is … Continue reading A Pick-Up Artist’s Guide To Teen Dating: A Young Justice Retrospective, S1 E3-4
FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! I can’t believe I’ve done three whole seasons of this show so far. Let’s see where season four takes us… We start the season off with Buffy and Willow sitting in a graveyard and selecting classes for their first semester at UC SunnyDale (wait, they are attending the University of California? And it has a SunnyDale campus? Okay). Behind them, … Continue reading The Last Of Buff: A BTVS Retrospective, S4 E1-2
FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! Two-part season finale time, everyone! Buckle in because I hear this show gets SUBSTANTIALLY worse next season! We lead off with the newly re-friended Xander and Cordelia (actually, given their history, this is the very first time they’ve ever been actually, purely friends), with Xander lamenting he is likely about to die. Buffy and Willow join up with him to … Continue reading One Heck Of A Finale! A BTVS Retrospective, S3 E21-22
Well, my Buffy The Vampire Slayer retrospective as a first time watcher seems to be going along pretty well. Why not start another show? My intention was originally to wait until I was done with Buffy before starting anything else, but then I realized two things: First, content is still king, and I am quickly about to hit my wall on pre-written material. And secondly, … Continue reading Stealing Jokes From 1999: A Young Justice Retrospective, S1 E1-2
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