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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Mar. 11th, 2012 02:13 amAbout fifteen years and seven hours ago, my mom asked, "Are you going to watch that new show tonight? The paper really liked it and it sounds right up your alley."
With a shrug, I was like, "Well, maybe, I guess I don't have any homework."
Just like any fourteen year old would do...
I mean it was WB which had awesome children's programming but tended to suck in the prime-time realm...
However, I was quite hooked just by the beginning prologue of a mythological reason behind some real life tragedies like Salem. As a middle schooler, I was struggling with the realization...that I liked history. It just wasn't done. You were only supposed to like electives like PE or art.
Then, we meet up with a boy and girl at a deserted school.
How trite is that, right? He'll turn out to be evil or a vampire and kill her...
WOAH! SHE'S A VAMPIRE! She just ATE him!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer quickly became my most favorite show on the television. I read the books, I discussed possible vampire contraception issues in class, I drew pictures of what were sort of like Chibis, I wrote fanfiction and I scoured the internet for spoilers.
It's a love affair that has had its ups and downs but endured nonetheless.
Now, I know, not everyone watched Buffy, not everyone cares BUT Buffy the television series changed fandom, television and film forever.
Without Buffy, there would be:
No Dawson's Creek
No Felicity
No Roswell
No Angel
No Firefly
No Alias
No Rose Tyler
No Torchwood
No Tru Calling
No Lost
No Dollhouse
No DR. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
No Warehouse 13
No Fringe
No Grimm
A Very Different Doctor Who
A Very Different How I Met Your Mother
A Very Different Bones
A Very Different Castle
A Very Different Avengers
So I'm incredibly grateful to Joss Whedon and his cast and crew for paving the way for all of this.
With a shrug, I was like, "Well, maybe, I guess I don't have any homework."
Just like any fourteen year old would do...
I mean it was WB which had awesome children's programming but tended to suck in the prime-time realm...
However, I was quite hooked just by the beginning prologue of a mythological reason behind some real life tragedies like Salem. As a middle schooler, I was struggling with the realization...that I liked history. It just wasn't done. You were only supposed to like electives like PE or art.
Then, we meet up with a boy and girl at a deserted school.
How trite is that, right? He'll turn out to be evil or a vampire and kill her...
WOAH! SHE'S A VAMPIRE! She just ATE him!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer quickly became my most favorite show on the television. I read the books, I discussed possible vampire contraception issues in class, I drew pictures of what were sort of like Chibis, I wrote fanfiction and I scoured the internet for spoilers.
It's a love affair that has had its ups and downs but endured nonetheless.
Now, I know, not everyone watched Buffy, not everyone cares BUT Buffy the television series changed fandom, television and film forever.
Without Buffy, there would be:
No Dawson's Creek
No Felicity
No Roswell
No Angel
No Firefly
No Alias
No Rose Tyler
No Torchwood
No Tru Calling
No Lost
No Dollhouse
No DR. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
No Warehouse 13
No Fringe
No Grimm
A Very Different Doctor Who
A Very Different How I Met Your Mother
A Very Different Bones
A Very Different Castle
A Very Different Avengers
So I'm incredibly grateful to Joss Whedon and his cast and crew for paving the way for all of this.
