MPDTT Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 7 hours ago, Cousin Jim Bob said: Entourage must have aged terribly. 90% of the characters in it are total twats and the whole story is like a teenage boys fantasy. Amazing show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members unfitfinlay Posted September 4, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 4, 2021 Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I remember Xander being a loveable nerd. He was the funny underdog and I wanted to see him get the beautiful girl that he so desperately wanted. Watching it back nowadays, he's actually a complete turd. He sexually harasses Buffy constantly, tries to sabotage her other relationships - to the point of trying to get Angel killed - and gets in a major strop when he asks her out and she says no. Like he full on acts like she's betraying their friendship by not being attracted to him. The whiny, entitled, incel cunt. He was a prick to Willow as well. She blatantly fancies him but he ignores her (and whines to her about Buffy) UNTIL she gets a boyfriend. THEN he's suddenly into her and tries to destroy her relationship too. Even in the last seasons, when he's an adult, he gets upset when he finds out that the 14 year old Dawn doesn't have a crush on him anymore. It's still a watchable show but that stuff is really jarring, especially given the recent allegations about Joss Whedon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted September 4, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 4, 2021 11 hours ago, MPDTT said: Amazing show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 9 hours ago, unfitfinlay said: Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I remember Xander being a loveable nerd. He was the funny underdog and I wanted to see him get the beautiful girl that he so desperately wanted. Watching it back nowadays, he's actually a complete turd. He sexually harasses Buffy constantly, tries to sabotage her other relationships - to the point of trying to get Angel killed - and gets in a major strop when he asks her out and she says no. Like he full on acts like she's betraying their friendship by not being attracted to him. The whiny, entitled, incel cunt. He was a prick to Willow as well. She blatantly fancies him but he ignores her (and whines to her about Buffy) UNTIL she gets a boyfriend. THEN he's suddenly into her and tries to destroy her relationship too. Even in the last seasons, when he's an adult, he gets upset when he finds out that the 14 year old Dawn doesn't have a crush on him anymore. It's still a watchable show but that stuff is really jarring, especially given the recent allegations about Joss Whedon. There’s that and there’s also the episode where a demon lives in the internet and is controlling students using an instant chat service to kill people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 It didn't end up so well for him. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/nicholas-brendon-arrested-buffy-drugs-b1908661.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 5, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) On 9/2/2021 at 6:44 PM, scratchdj said: My wife was obsessed with Queer as Folk when it first aired and made me watch it when we started seeing each at the end of the last century(!). She put the first couple of episodes on the other day and it was painful to watch. How so? That's a shame, because I only realised recently how good the cast was so I was going to watch it at some point. Given the narrative of the show, it's something I'd expect not to have aged. I'd second Buffy. I was never a fan in the first place, but it's aged a lot. My wife binge watched Ghost Whisperer recently and I can't decide whether that has aged terribly (despite only being 15 years old) or whether it's just plain shit. Jennifer Love-Hewitt's awful acting doesn't help. Edited September 5, 2021 by PunkStep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted September 5, 2021 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) Nicholas Brendon was touring the U.K. not so long ago doing a Q&A and a singalong of the musical episode of Buffy (in which he barely appears). As an awkward teenager I was a big Xander fan but couldn’t summon the willpower to head to South Shields for that Evening With… Edited September 5, 2021 by HarmonicGenerator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 He's had a rough last 20 years, and I see he was arrested again only last month. I've rewatched Buffy over the last year with my eldest and its interesting to note her reaction to Xander, who she thinks is an utter loser. The early series were met with regular cries of "UGH! Give it up Xander" and she just couldn't understand why he persisted with Buffy when she clearly was never interested. I'll be honest though, if I went to school with her, I might have been the same. He's still a decent-ish character, and him with Cordelia and then Anya provide some great comedy to and froing, but yeah the creepiness does prevail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said: Nicholas Brendon was touring the U.K. not so long ago doing a Q&A and a singalong of the musical episode of Buffy (in which he barely appears). As an awkward teenager I was a big Xander fan but couldn’t summon the willpower to head to South Shields for that Evening With… His Q&A is about his struggles, addictions and mental health issues. The nights are designed for people who are struggling to make friends and increase their support network. The singalong is more a fun activity for people to bond over. He does bowling nights for fans as well for the same purpose. He seems like a decent if troubled guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Forgot to mention that one of the funniest things has been the eldests reaction to Xanders clothing. He genuinely has some of the worst fashion sense ever, and this isn't "90s style that has aged badly" it's just horrendous shirts and jumpers. I thought he looked cool as shit when I was a teen. The scene where he walks through as a "hyena" to Far, he still looks like a complete badass though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 5, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, scratchdj said: I guess it just makes you realise that some of the content probably wouldn’t make it to air now as channels would be too fearful of doing so. Really? I'd have thought given the intended message of combating homophobia it'd still fit in today, even more so. Its A Sin was widely acclaimed last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 5, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 5, 2021 Ah OK, fair enough. I won't check the spoilered part in that case and eventually get round to watching it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted September 5, 2021 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: His Q&A is about his struggles, addictions and mental health issues. The nights are designed for people who are struggling to make friends and increase their support network. The singalong is more a fun activity for people to bond over. He does bowling nights for fans as well for the same purpose. He seems like a decent if troubled guy. Oh, that’s great! I had no idea. I saw the ads for it and it very much came across on those as a “clinging on to fame” type deal. Glad I was wrong on that - thanks for the correction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted September 5, 2021 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 5, 2021 Game On. Was massively into it when it came out because ladz, but having rewatched it a few months ago I realised it’s absolutely awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 5, 2021 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 hours ago, PunkStep said: My wife binge watched Ghost Whisperer recently and I can't decide whether that has aged terribly (despite only being 15 years old) or whether it's just plain shit. Jennifer Love-Hewitt's awful acting doesn't help. It's a fucking terrible show and always was, Jennifer love Hewitt is indeed an awful actor but is crazy hot which is the only reason I'm able to make this informed post about the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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