Saturday, October 31, 2009

ANTM co-ops Hapa identity to be racist

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2009/10/30/2009-10-30_tyra_banks_puts_contestants_on_americas_next_top_model_in_blackface.html

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Urgh!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

The Best 25 Buffy Episodes with Their Seasons

Because I've always wanted to do this:
25. Choices - Season 3
24. Fear Itself - Season 4
23. Intervention - Season 5
22. Storyteller - Season 7
21. Potential - Season 7
20. This Year's Girl - Season 4
19. Who Are You? - Season 4
18. Grave - Season 6
17. Innocence - Season 2
16. Becoming Part 2 - Season 2
15. Welcome to the Hellmouth - Season 1
14. Older and Far Away - Season 6
13. New Moon Rising - Season 4
12. Halloween - Season 2
11. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Season 2
10. Amends - Season 3
9. Restless - Season 4
8. The Wish - Season 3
7. Doppelgangland - Season 3
6. Family - Season 5
5. The Body - Season 5
4. Hush - Season 4
3. Once More With Feeling - Season 6
2. The Gift - Season 5
1. Tabula Rasa - Season 6

Honestly those are my favorites. But if I was to go on cinematic quality and groundbreaking film, I'd rearrange the top 10 to be:
10. Intervention - Season 5
9. Doppelgangland - Season 3
8. Becoming Part 2 - Season 2
7. Storyteller - Season 7
6. The Wish - Season 3
5. The Gift - Season 5
4. Restless - Season 4
3. The Body - Season 5
2. Once More with Feeling - Season 6
1. Hush - Season 4

And in my opinion the best seasons in regards to overall theme, character development and plot arch were (from best to worst):
-Season Three
-Season Five
-Season Six
-Season Two
-Season One
-Season Seven (actually kind of in a tie with season four for worst season)
-Season Four (despite having some of the best standalone episodes: this was the straightest season of Buffy despite Tara's appearance)

Seasons three, six and five were also the queerest seasons in terms of characters (esp. Buffy's love interest), freedom to discuss queerness and themes.