The time of your life, part 2
"I will take you outside and fuck you in the street!!" - Ed Begley Jr.
"That is spicy. I don't think that's for cats." - Adam
I love that photo a lot.
Sarafina and myself went to the Pineapple Express movie last night, and ate fish burritos, and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. I would say there are at least six things in that film that are outstanding, four things that are just really pretty, and the rest is overall very well done. Additionally, I read the second neo-Fray arc issue in Buffy, and was so goddamned thrilled that I almost didn't know what to do with myself. Actually, I probably embarrassed myself in public spaces with my near-constant glee. The densely-woven futurespeak is new (I suppose we can presume that in the previous self-contained storyline, we were seeing "translated" futurespeak, as we would see translated Chinese in an issue of Iron Fist) but very well done. And as for the spoiler... well yeah. I fell for the Dru fake-out rather nicely and was aptly rewarded at the end, but the bones of the thing now are just gorgeous to look at. Something happened in this issue that never happened before - the modern-day Buffyline just gained a fuck of a lot of context, a place in the world. It's not limited to Sunnydale any more, it's not even limited to the naughties any more; with the past and present accounted for and the future now added in, the Buffyverse feels dense. I like.
This crazy son'bitch built the Batman Beginsmobile. There was a phantom DeLorean that lived somewhere between my ex-girlfriend's house and my parents' place, back in the day... you'd be driving along at night and it would just appear behind you, and you (meaning I) would freak right out. Imagine how you (meaning I) would feel if the motherfucking Batmobile started tailing you instead. Holy cow.
Finally, for everyone who (like me) is still having trouble sliding the oily oyster that is "Quantum of Solace" down their gullet, there's a Joe Cornish fake theme song floating around YouTube that's quite enjoyable. They had me at "great big man-tits."
Comments
Yeah, that Buffy issue was awesome and really flips the whole Buffyverse on it's head with time travel. I mean I figured the Fray crossover would be a self contained story arc, with Buffy visiting the future, going on an adventure with Fray and ending with Buffy figuring out how to get back into her time. However, with other characters in the future, all bets are off. The character Twilight, could be future Xander or future versions of some other character in the present.
Plus I didn't realize until this issue how the trip to the future would affect Buffy. Because Buffy basically just found out that she loses the battle against Twilight and her slayers are wiped out. Also for Buffy to change the timeline and win against Twilight means that Fray's timeline of her being the only slayer is gone. The character may still exist in the future, but her story is completely different if she's from a group of slayers.
Posted by: Matthew Fabb | August 7, 2008 8:35 PM
Another question is: if Harth has the dreams of the lives of all the Slayers, does that mean he has direct knowledge of what Buffy will do over the course of the coming issues?
Posted by: tederick | August 7, 2008 8:41 PM