19 May 2004 19:10, by Anonymous
Well, there’s a lot of truth in that article. I think the previous post pretty much sums it up:
"thats not fair to spike or james i loved that he got all the that air time becasue hes hot and can act in fact i like him a lot more than giles or xander."
In other words, there was a lot of misconceived pandering to a specific fanbase who like to watch some actor with his shirt off, rather than concentrating on good storytelling.
First Evil? Good idea, but not well handled, and there was too much time spent on inconsequential characters. Not that 6 and 7 were bad television by any means - (...)