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The Movie is Much Better than the Show!!!

posted 11 years ago by MrCharmingMan
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Am I the only one who prefers the movie over the show?

I also prefer Kristy Swanson over Sarah Michelle Gellar any day.

First off the movie was a comedy and it poked fun out of all the stuck up valley girl types and even the vampires were goofy and comical despite being a legitimate threat. I think this works much better. There were suspenseful moments and thriller moments as well just enough to keep the audience entertained in a comedy.

Finally Swanson is way hotter and more athletic and believable as a vampire slayer than Sarah ever was.

Swanson seems much taller about the same height as most of the vampires and she had a good body frame to appear as if she really could master martial arts, gymnastics, and over all vampire slaying.

The show on the other hand tried to be all serious and dramatic and scary which to me as a man could never take seriously. The vampires just didn't seem menacing enough or scary enough for me on the show, where again in the movie they were a bit goofy and did not take themselves all that seriously.

Sarah just was too physically small and not really convincing as a bad ass or even athletic chick like Swanson pulled off in the movie.

Whenever they showed Sarah acting all tough it just irritated me on how fake her whole performance was and she tried so hard to be this wannabe bad ass that never was realistic.

I'm not sure if Swanson ever had the offer to do the show or not, but if she did they should have definitely kept her for the show and kept it closer to the movie.

[–] PreachCaleb 10 years ago

Swanson seems much taller about the same height as most of the vampires and she had a good body frame to appear as if she really could master martial arts, gymnastics, and over all vampire slaying.

Which completely undermines the whole point of Buffy. She's supposed to look like the helpless, innocent blonde girl who gets killed. She's not supposed to look like she could fight and kick a vampire's ass.

which to me as a man could never take seriously

What does your penis have to do with this?

Sarah just was too physically small

She's supposed to be. That's the point of Buffy. That's even why she's named Buffy. It's an unassuming valley girl name.

Kristy was never considered for the role of Buffy for the show. The series is set in high school, sophomore year to be precise. Kristy was too old to play a senior by this point.

The reason the show was made was to get away from the movie, so keeping it closer to the movie would defeat that purpose.

You're not the only one who prefers the movie to the show, but I do believe you are in the minority.

Does IMDB hate apostrophes?

[–] Noufa (400) 3 years ago

She's supposed to be. That's the point of Buffy. That's even why she's named Buffy. It's an unassuming valley girl name.

This is why the TV show didn't work for me. I remember watching during its original run & thinking the valley girl stereotype was terribly dated. Like the hippie character on that awful show Dharma & Greg. We're supposed to initially look down our noses at her & root for her evolution. Couldn't bring myself to care when it seemed the writers didn't.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 3 years ago

Buffy (and Muffy) are fucking debutante, prep-school girl names, not fucking Valley Girl names. Where the hell did you go to school?

[–] PrincessConsuelaBananahammock 10 years ago

The movie was crap compared to the show.

[–] shepdog17 10 years ago

Agreed .... The movie was better. Swanson made a much better Buffy than did Gellar. Actually, the whole cast rocked better in the movie than the show. But, I don't agree that the movie was any more a comedy than the show.

[–] Rocketeer_Raccoon 10 years ago

I definitely liked the movie more than the show, I agree with you that Kristy Swanson is the better Buffy, she's way hotter, is far more believable in this story and is far more fun spirited which I think makes her a lot more interesting. Sarah Michelle Gellar on the other hand, I've never liked her, to me she always seems really grumpy and too serious about everything, even her acting sucks in my opinion.

So yeah, your not alone, I was never really that keen on the show. The show always seemed cheap and really dull, while the movie is a lot more fun, I don't really care if people say the movie was a bit silly and wasn't serious enough because with the show they made it far too serious and this just makes it really boring so I'd rather watch the more fun movie over something that would bore me to death.

I think the movie is really underrated, it's definitely better than what most people make it out to be.

[–] robble-1 10 years ago

Agreed. Granted I was a teen when the movie came out. But I've always loved the vibe of the movie. I tried but just couldn't get into the show--it just took itself waaaay too seriously, and that made me want to snicker in all the most inappropriate places. I didn't like most of the characters either--everybody was just too self-aware.

I'm cool, you're cool, we're cool, thank you, good night!-My Science Project

[–] Brandestoc 9 years ago

It's better in the sense that it doesn't take itself too seriously.
In a way it parodies itself.

[–] dabukaba 9 years ago

I agree the movie was better. I used to watch it way back in 1993-94 (it was new on video and back then it took much longer for a movie to go from the big screen to video release). The movie was obviously funny but aside from that the horror parts were, in my opinion, scarier than the ones in the show. For example when Buffy grabs her teddy bear and lies down to sleep but she's laying down on the vampire -- creepy! Also when the parade float features start moving by themselves. Or when the friend wakes up "Rise and shine" "I must be dreaming" seeing the vampire floating up to the ceiling. Also the special effects and makeup were better in the movie, as I found the ones in the show to be unconvincing. Also watching this movie now I can't help but feel nostalgic for the time it's from and the days I used to watch it, which still had heavy '80s culture present like is reflected in this movie. I know the show was late-'90s but that was so much more similar to now than the early-'90s which were still so different so now it's a fun blast from the past. Finally, people say the show was more serious and dramatic and the movie was all light and fun but I think the movie incorporates that because it's a coming-of-age movie when Buffy finds life isn't all fun and games and that her friends are superficial in thinking so. Yet she doesn't lose what she had either -- "You're not like other girls." "Yes I am."

[–] robble-1 9 years ago

^^^THIS!!!!😀

I'm cool, you're cool, we're cool, thank you, good night!-My Science Project

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 3 years ago

Let’s also not forget: movie has Rutger Hauer as the Big Bad and Paul Reubens actually being funny for the 1 and only time in his life. The TV show can’t TOUCH that.

I mean: Rutger fucking Hauer! Roy fucking Batty! The Blood of fucking Heroes! The guy who made Nighthawks watchable! Can’t TOUCH that. *drops mike*

[–] Luciferss 9 years ago

Preferred the movie, the only thing about Buffy the show was angel.buffy sister annoyed me to no end.

[–] pioneergrrrl (2412) 6 years ago

Buffy in the series is supposed to have aged specifically from having accepted her calling. She knows the world is not as it seems. So she's not going to be happy go lucky and naive any more.

And unfortunately they still need her to look young. So Swanson would not be the part. Yes hollywood has standards for women. They went with Gellar and presumably some stunt doubles too.

The sister and that specific sister was a very bad idea. Gellar herself was aging in the latter seasons. And this was a misguided attempt to refocus the series on high school. Trachtenberg was just annoying and one dimensional. Unlike Noely Thornton on BH 90210 (Erica) she just whined and acted helpless. Did not fit the series vibe at all. Would have been very happy if she vanished along with Glory.

[–] PaladinNJ (21781) 5 years ago

The original screenplay (It might still be on line) was closer to the show. They couldn't sell it. Then someone came up with the idea to spoof it and turned it into a comedy. The end result was this movie. When the time came to make the show, Joss Whedon was able to return to his original concept.

[–] Franky88 (288) 5 years ago

I like both,but usually movies are better than tv shows.