Bloopers for Ep 6-10
Music Used:
America’s Funniest Bloopers by Nalts
Smacked 70s Style by Juan Sanchez
Captain Mal Renoylds by Possible Oscar
Original Music by Austin Wintory
Buffy Between the Lines Theme – Beatnik Turtle
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A Review of Episode 5 – She’s More Than That
The Scooby Gang has always been a family of sorts. And an exceptionally strong family at that, because they’ve had each other. But now that Buffy is gone, we’re starting to see holes where she used to hold them all together. In episode 5, “She’s More Than That” we begin to see that as hard as they try to pretend that everything is alright, our rag-tag group of heroes are not coping as well as they would like others to believe.
Xander, hurt that Buffy chose Spike to protect Dawn above himself, has been throwing himself into his work. Meanwhile, Willow continues down her path toward magick addiction. And Giles and Spike both continue their separate mourning, convinced that Buffy’s death lies on their shoulders.
The gang drifts further apart, hiding their feelings from one another, while struggling to con Child Protective Services in order to keep Dawn safe. All the while the vampire Javert reveals his own plan to turn Sunnydale into the Atlantis of the 21st Century. Can the Scoobs do it? Can they pull themselves together before it’s too late and Sunnydale becomes the world’s largest waterpark?
It’s no surprise that nearly every episode of the original Buffy had an underlying theme. And a theme that we’ve seen time and time again within the Buffyverse, is that of family. This family not always be functional, and they’re certainly not normal. But they are a family. Even if they’re missing a member. They’re certainly lost without Buffy, but they also have the capability to be that family without her. I think this episode manages to capture that particularly well within one of its final scenes, when the group visits Spike in his crypt with housewarming presents. So let’s hope that the gang can keep it together, because if Buffy has taught me anything, it’s that you’ve got to stick by one another. Because when the chips are down, and an evil vampire is trying to sink your state, you’re going to want someone fighting by your side.
Quote of the Episode award goes to:
Dawn: He’s just moody because we caught him watching Dawson’s Creek.
Giles: Has Dawson reconciled with that Joey girl?
Spike: Well I’d know if the lot of you would button it. And any blind fool can see she’s going to end up with that Pacey bloke.
I didn’t realize people were vidding us!
Here’s a video of our promo from fravelnator:
And the first 8 minutes of episode 1, with pictures, by MyCaliCat:
Join Kevin Bachelder (Firefly Talk, The Signal, the Scapecast) as he talks with Tasha (Dawn), Emma (Writer), Cliss (Tara), Scott (Zach), and Kim (BuffyBot) about episode 10 of Buffy Between the Lines.
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Buffy Between the Lines had a very nice write up in the tech blog, “Download Squad”. Here’s a clip from the article:
If you named your dog Spike, dream of vacationing in Sunnydale, and never quite got over what happened to Jenny Calendar, then you’ll love the gem of a podcast we’ve uncovered for you. Buffy Between the Lines is original fan fic written and produced by a group of volunteers who probably know more about Xander, Willow, and Buffy than Joss Whedon himself. To read the rest please click here and leave a nice comment!
A Review of Episode 4 – CTRL + ALT + DEL
In the latest episode of Buffy Between the Lines, we are given a unique perspective on the Sunnydale survivors through a series of scenes narrated by The BuffyBot. We’ve all seen and laughed along with BuffyBot’s simplistic world views, but what happens when everyone around her is dealing with their very complex grief?
The answer, of course, is “CTRL + ALT + DEL” The episode was extremely well done, beginning to take a subtle look at how the characters begin to adjust to life A.B. (After Buffy.) The Bot’s simple words capture their grieving perfectly. She may be just a robot, but BuffyBot sees more than any of them realize.
Meanwhile trouble is a’brewin just out of sight. By this of course, I mean the antics of the vampire Javert, who was busy recruiting new accomplices. The first of which was D’Hoffryn, patron saint of the scorned! (Who now has a handy automated voicemail system.) I was also delighted to see the return of hellgod-minion extraordinaire, Jinx, who arrived with all of his complementary adjectives entact.
As always, the script was very well written, staying true to the characters that we all love. And the actors seem to be growing evermore comfortable within their roles as well, but this time around, I would like to pay special tribute to the team behind the show’s wonderful music. From the theme song to the end credits, the music is a big part of what makes this show so extraordinary. The original music composed for the show is excellent, paying homage to the original series, without copying it. I especially enjoyed the song that played during Buffy Bot’s final monologue. It helped to make her simple words all the more poignant and meaningful.
Quote of the Episode award goes to:
Buffy Bot: Buffy was…scared, but very brave. I want to be Buffy now. Be brave, and help people. They think I don’t understand, but it’s not that. I don’t always comprehend, but I do understand. I’m supposed to make people happy, that is my programming. And that is what I’m planning on doing. It’s what the other me would have wanted.
by Emma Rawlin
Dawn’s birthday goes awry as she struggles with losing Buffy and trying to understand who she is. And things aren’t going well at Xander’s current construction site and he calls on the last person you’d think to help figure it out.
Intro by Brad Bowyer from the Geek Spin and Podculture
Promo: Scott Sigler’s Infected by J.C. Hutchins and Seth Harwood
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by Emma Rawlin
Dawn’s birthday goes awry as she struggles with losing Buffy and trying to understand who she is. And things aren’t going well at Xander’s current construction site and he calls on the last person you’d think to help figure it out.
The full script is available as a PDF.
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Over at the last geek bus home there’s a great review of Buffy Between the Lines and podcasts! We’re very honored to be mentioned by worldofhiglet, whose become a big fan.
Here’s just some of the nice things that were said:
As I’m blogging now I’m listening to Buffy: Between the Lines episode 1, Season 1. So if it doesn’t all scan properly blame them. I’ve listened to it before, a while ago and it really is good. It takes a little while to adjust to the new voices but the story, characterisations and production is great. I wanted to start at the beginning again – ha! – I just got to the bit with the bunnies – I can so see that! Anyway, as I was saying, it’s a new ‘verse of entertainment and one that I’ll be looking into a bit more. You know, with all that spare time I have…
If you’re a geek or a Whedon fan, do yourself a favor and subscribe to the blog, you’ll enjoy it.
