You're not annoying/pressuring me. I am just a bit annoyed with myself for letting 4 months go by without so much as writing a single word on my reviews. LOL
Heh don't be! I admire your preservation considering how much you hated S8. When I hate something it puts me right off writing, which is why after The Great Escapist despite plans to do so I could not motivate myself to write about Clip Show and Sacrifice. So you deserve a clap on the back I say :D
Honestly, I have no clue. Maybe Singer prefers to be in the background. He was never official co-showrunner with Eric Kripke or Sera Gamble either, even though we know that his opinion did have a lot of weight with them as well. I would actually have expected Ben Edlund to step up as showrunner, but maybe he didn't want it either?
Sorry I got caught up a bit rambling about possible speculations, I have such a bad habit of rambling at times *blushes*. You know one of the biggest problems I have with the show is that in recent years it feels like they're constantly treading over old ground as you rightly said S9 spoilers make it sound like a rehash of S4 and S6. Maybe the reason for bringing back Carver was the old guard (Singer, Edlund etc) knew they were out of fresh ideas and hoped he'd bring something to the table. But of course so many speculations about what went on, but sadly most likely we'll never know :(
By the way, I know you're having your S5 marathon at the moment. I'm not sure if you're reading through the old episode threads on Buffyforums, but if you do, I'd like you to ignore my reviews there and instead read them here on LJ. I often expand my reviews and work on better structuring/grammar/spelling in the weeks after I posted on BF. Especially my Dark Side of the Moon review got a major overhaul after I posted it on BF. LOL
I've actually been reading both the Buffyforums discussion thread and your reviews here on LJ (feels like a stalker haha). I love seeing other peoples opinions on episode shortly after rewatching and the BF members and your friends comments are the only sources I know of from that time :)
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Heh don't be! I admire your preservation considering how much you hated S8. When I hate something it puts me right off writing, which is why after The Great Escapist despite plans to do so I could not motivate myself to write about Clip Show and Sacrifice. So you deserve a clap on the back I say :D
Honestly, I have no clue. Maybe Singer prefers to be in the background. He was never official co-showrunner with Eric Kripke or Sera Gamble either, even though we know that his opinion did have a lot of weight with them as well. I would actually have expected Ben Edlund to step up as showrunner, but maybe he didn't want it either?
Sorry I got caught up a bit rambling about possible speculations, I have such a bad habit of rambling at times *blushes*. You know one of the biggest problems I have with the show is that in recent years it feels like they're constantly treading over old ground as you rightly said S9 spoilers make it sound like a rehash of S4 and S6. Maybe the reason for bringing back Carver was the old guard (Singer, Edlund etc) knew they were out of fresh ideas and hoped he'd bring something to the table. But of course so many speculations about what went on, but sadly most likely we'll never know :(
By the way, I know you're having your S5 marathon at the moment. I'm not sure if you're reading through the old episode threads on Buffyforums, but if you do, I'd like you to ignore my reviews there and instead read them here on LJ. I often expand my reviews and work on better structuring/grammar/spelling in the weeks after I posted on BF. Especially my Dark Side of the Moon review got a major overhaul after I posted it on BF. LOL
I've actually been reading both the Buffyforums discussion thread and your reviews here on LJ (feels like a stalker haha). I love seeing other peoples opinions on episode shortly after rewatching and the BF members and your friends comments are the only sources I know of from that time :)