Ex doesn't walk out due to lack of patience. Ex walks out due to his certainty that he can judge the whole by what he sees in the first ten minutes. That frequently works, but it means he systematically misses movies that unfold unexpectedly.
For me the theory definitely goes for whole seasons. If I hadn't had a friend whose opinion I respected, I never would have made it to Passion, which was the first episode where I decided BtVS really was all that. I think it's exactly because Joss rewarded my patience before that I'm willing to let him have his spiel here.
Season 8 doesn't add up -- but it's thick. There's an image that I have always loved, and that's what happens in science where you supersaturate a liquid -- dump in particles in a way that keeps them suspended in water without clumping together the way they naturally would. When it's sufficiently supersaturated, you tap it, and a crystal will form instantaneously. That's how the last half hour of The Wild Bunch worked for me. That's my hope for season 8.
I'm looking forward to whatever debates we might have in January -- but right now, I think it's too early! So we'll see. Maybe I'll wish I'd walked out earlier. But I'd rather risk wasting my time on a bad comic, than risk missing out on that moment where Joss goes 'tap'.
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For me the theory definitely goes for whole seasons. If I hadn't had a friend whose opinion I respected, I never would have made it to Passion, which was the first episode where I decided BtVS really was all that. I think it's exactly because Joss rewarded my patience before that I'm willing to let him have his spiel here.
Season 8 doesn't add up -- but it's thick. There's an image that I have always loved, and that's what happens in science where you supersaturate a liquid -- dump in particles in a way that keeps them suspended in water without clumping together the way they naturally would. When it's sufficiently supersaturated, you tap it, and a crystal will form instantaneously. That's how the last half hour of The Wild Bunch worked for me. That's my hope for season 8.
I'm looking forward to whatever debates we might have in January -- but right now, I think it's too early! So we'll see. Maybe I'll wish I'd walked out earlier. But I'd rather risk wasting my time on a bad comic, than risk missing out on that moment where Joss goes 'tap'.