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Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Angel': S01E11 - Somnambulist

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:11:48 +0000

Just gonna leave this up here...[youtube EI7mzibvUeY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI7mzibvUeY youtube]

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S02E20 - Go Fish

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:06:20 +0000

So yeah, I was over the moon when Mark revealed that he was going to be reviewing Buffy, so when the reviews finally started to arrive I commited myself to becoming much more active and posting with greater frequency. That...didn't really pan out. I tried it for a couple of days, and found myself spending HOURS idly scanning through the comments section, and it completely drained my productivity. So, although I was having fun, I resolved to remove myself from commenting, at least until my coursework deadlines lightened a little. But if anything, my deadlines are even stricter at this point, and even at the risk of becoming overworked, I'm back. Because...Well, I suppose it's because I have very little self-restraint :) On that note though, this isn't exactly the greatest episode for me to have renewed my ...watchingness for, although in its defense, it DOES serve to answer one of the most pressing questions raised by the most recent season of Doctor Who. "Do fish have fingers?" They do in Sunnydale.

Mark Watches : Hello everyone! Some important news for you.

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:37:29 +0000

Mark...I flailed. I have never ever felt the urge to flail around in real life before, right up until this very moment. Congratulations, man :) So very happy for you. And having finnaly gotten a kindle, I figure It's time to binge-read everything you've released so far, coursework deadlines be damned :D

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E09 - The Puppet Show

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:57:23 +0000

"I don’t like them, I don’t find them funny, and if one ever moved on its own, I would remove myself from Earth because I could not live another second on a planet where that was possible." So basically <img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/126/314/3cd8a33a.png?1306264975">

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E08 - I Robot, You Jane

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:23:52 +0000

Hmm, aside from the actually pretty positive Xander moments, I choose to believe that this episode exists in its own little existence, inhabited only by the bizarre and outrageous. Such as this thing <img src="http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/8/7/2/106872.gif?v=1"> (Sorry, ust looking for an excuse to share this abomination.)

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E07 - Angel

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:11:32 +0000

^ "A whole tub of hairgel." Learn to spell, Jack :/

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E07 - Angel

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:09:35 +0000

Stephanie Meyer, what the fuck have you wrought? I mean, "Twilight" maybe a horrifically written, racist, mysogenistic nightmare, but hey! At least the whole "vampire/human highschool romance" thing is original, right? LOL NO. So yeah, not gonna lie, my first impression of Angel pretty much boiled down to "Jesus, look at this fucking proto-Edward". Oh, he hangs out in the shadows? Broods and offers unnecessarily cryptic advice? Looks to go through and ehole tub of hairgel every evening? Yeah, VAMPIRE VAMPIRE VAMPIRE. But, beyond the outward similarities and the bare bones of the situation, the similarities (thankfully) fade away. And whilst I'd love to run through all the ways in which this show is already doing things SO much better than those fucking books, I'll instead attempt to sum things up in three points. 1. Upon learning that Angel is a vampire, Buffy DOES NOT FUCK AROUND. She reacts with understandable revulsion and, when she thinks he might have endangered someone close to her, she puts aside all personal feelings- not an easy thing for a teenager in any situation - and readies herself to kill him. 2. Angel is both blessed, and cursed, with a soul. It clearly defines and seperates him from the other vampires we've seen so far. He isn't kept alive or let off the hook because he's attractive, rich, sparkly, etc. His existence is defined by his regrets. He fights against his instincts and his very nature- and unlike the goddamn Cullens- he doesn't see this as being enough to let him live free of responsibility or punishment. Not only does he fight against himself, he fights against his his whole species. 3. VAMPIRES. WITH. HANDGUNS. VAMPIRES WITH FUCKING HANDGUNS! I love this show.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E03 - Witch

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:20:41 +0000

It's not even entertaining in a "so bad it's good" kind of way. It's more like "so bad it's terrible", but the terrible sort of loops back around into awesome and ohI'vegonecrosseyed

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E03 - Witch

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:02:44 +0000

Not weird at all :) Although I can't really imagine dave being interested in the Worst Witch, except for *ironic* purposes.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E03 - Witch

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:51:27 +0000

So then, Witches. Even after years of Harry Potter obsession, I'm still automatically reminded of "The worst witch" <img src="http://images.wikia.com/worstwitchw/images/1/13/WW_title.jpg"> It was some super-obscure program they showed on ITV when I about 5 or 6, and I loved it to death. Even before I knew Harry potter was a thing, I'd be pretending to fly around on broomsticks and learn magic. And most importantly, even though I was super conscious that I was a boy watching what what ostensibly a "girl's show", I just didn't give a fuck! I wanted to be best friends with Mildred and the other girls, hang out and make potions and giggle and stuff. If I could have gotten my hands on a witch costume at that age, you bet your collective asses I would've worn the hell out of it :) Come to think of it, "The Worst Witch" was probably the first form of anything that I was a fan of, outside of machinery (My grampa would take me on walks to see the machines at the pit- ie "mine" that he used to work at and it was WONDERFUL). And all anyone else ever seems to remember of it is the horrific tv movie involving Tim Curry(!!!) singing the worst lyrics in the history of history. [youtube PUhuPn8_d0Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUhuPn8_d0Q youtube] God, just look at that cape. The whole thing is a 50/50 blend of SWAG and nightmarish. Nightflairish! ...Sorry, I'll put the portmanteaus away for now.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E02 - The Harvest

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:00:32 +0000

YES! FLAWLESS! I call Fuzzy Wuzzy (It's a colour. I checked.)

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E02 - The Harvest

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:57:50 +0000

Truth be told, the first time I watched this opening two-parter, I didn't really care for it all that much. Until Giles' final line. It was around two hours of me going "Eh... it's okay, but it's not exactly up to Firefly standard." Then, after all the dark-tunnel-chases and blood sacrifice nonsense, the happy, upbeat music kicked in and I was sort of expecting the "everything's back to normal JUST LIKE MAGIC" stuff, and I was mostly okay with it, even if it kinda made it seem like everyone had been on a field trip to Lake Laogai (apologies for the sort-of injoke new Mark Watches fans). I was all set to watch the rest of the series, but couldn't help feeling a little let down. Then Anthony Stewart Head's total deadpan delivery made me laugh like hell, and I found myself re-assesing everything I had set myself up to think. I watched both episodes again, and found, to my surprise, that I thought they were excellent. Weird, huh? On an unrelated note, how do you guys feel about refering to Mark Watches fans as "Watchers" from now on? Seems appropriate :)

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E02 - The Harvest

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:56:29 +0000

I'm not really sure what would make it spoiler-y, but I've checked and edited the comment for repost just in case. 100% lack of spoilers below :)

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:04:23 +0000

I'm glad that nobody here seems averse to puns, they would've been rePULSEd by these comments! ...somebody stop me.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:16:40 +0000

Fangtastic

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:15:06 +0000

This show definitely has a lot for you to sink your teeth into

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:05:19 +0000

A cliffhanger in the pilot. Seems like we're already raising the STAKES

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer': S01E01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:04:17 +0000

A little over two years ago, on my sixteenth birthday, I discovered Joss Whedon's writing for the first time. Up until then, it hadn't been the greatest day. I'd had a pounding headache, and my vision decided to say "fuck you!" to working properly, so I was close to inexplicably blind from around 3pm to 7. Luckily, I managed to shake it off, and the very first thing I did after waking up- yes, prior to getting even slightly dressed, was open up my most-looked-forward-to present. Firefly. I was hooked within moments, I'm pretty sure I watched the whole series within a couple of days, and I've rewatched countless times since then. Being something of a few years late to the party, I bemoaned its premature cancellation privately and moved on. Then around half a year later I found a boxset of Buffy in some store or other, and knowing close to nothing about the show I was quick to dismiss it. Until I recognised Whedon's named on the back of the case and practically flew across to the checkout, mentally screaming "TAKE MY MONEY JUST LET ME WATCH IT NOW". It took me a while to get into, sure. It wasn't as immediately satisfying as firefly, and the whole "highschool" thing weirded me out and brought back "saved by the bell" memories I'd attempted to repress. But I fell in love with it all the same and, as such, completely forgot to buy the second season. I work in mysterious and contradictory ways. Flash-forward two or three months. It was summer, and my dad had recently left us for my (at the time) best friend's mother. I was in a pretty bad place, and I'm ashamed to admit that I found seasons two and three on Itunes, and used his credit card details to download them mostly out of spite. But that's not the important part- what is important is that it began a period of intense T.V watching that I doubt I'll ever equal. I was watching 7 or 8 episodes at a time, night after night. I barely stopped until I finished the whole show, then promptly re-watched it all over with my little sister. It was a much-needed distraction. So, cutting to the point of all that rambling, what I'm trying to get at is that I've never been as entranced by any other series as I was by Buffy. I'll be one of the first to admit that it's far from perfect, but then very few things are. And when it's at its best, it's about as close as anything I've ever seen. Much as I loved finally being able to post along with BSG, I wasn't exactly the most active member of the Mark Does Stuff community. But if anything can change that, it's Buffy. I look forward to finding things to comment on :) Hope you all enjoy the ride as much as I expect to. <img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lubw1sSP4t1qki68to1_500.gif"> ^The flickering colours represent my excitement. The cat represents I DON'T EVEN KNOW

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': S04E14 - Blood on the Scales

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:04:25 +0000

“No. Not now. Not ever. Do you hear me? I will use every cannon, every bomb, every bullet, every weapon I have down to my own teeth to end you. I swear it. I’m coming for all of you!” - Laura Roslin for president of EVERYTHING EVER

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': S04E10 - Revelations

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:04:57 +0000

Homestuck is always a proper reaction :)