The Initiative: Buffy The Vampire Slayer 4x07 Reaction - Dakara

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  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer 4x07 Reaction - Dakara
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  • @JustJames83
    @JustJames83 Год назад +57

    The Harmony and Xander fight is the most vicious fight I’ve ever seen in BTVS 😮 hats off to the actors for pulling it off so brilliantly

    • @thestoicsoliloquies4041
      @thestoicsoliloquies4041 Год назад +6

      They may have even done the fight themselves instead of using stunt doubles.

    • @Henrik_Holst
      @Henrik_Holst Год назад +5

      @@thestoicsoliloquies4041 the choreography was too advanced for the stunt doubles to handle

    • @jackmars931
      @jackmars931 Год назад +4

      It's like John Wick vs John Wick.

  • @anonymes2884
    @anonymes2884 Год назад +33

    The Spike/Willow "performance anxiety" scene is one of my favourites of the whole show. Both performances are perfectly pitched, played completely straight without any nods to the audience. Which just makes it even funnier IMO :).

  • @sherrysink3177
    @sherrysink3177 Год назад +9

    Spike: Hello, Gorgeous.
    Dakara: I kinda wish he'd say that to me... pretend I didn't say that.
    Me: Too late! 😉 And I don't blame you. 😄

  • @HonorThyGamer
    @HonorThyGamer Год назад +35

    That Spike and Willow scene is one of the best ever put on film. It's so beyond ridiculous given the circumstances and every word just makes it more so.

  • @Buffy8Fan
    @Buffy8Fan Год назад +17

    Harmony and Xander fighting and Spike and Willow talking are comedy highlights of the whole series.
    The most laid back reactions to Riley and Walsh's Initiative memberships I've ever seen.

  • @Kinitawowi
    @Kinitawowi Год назад +11

    It took me twenty years to realise that when Willow tells Riley that Buffy likes cheese, she meant the ice dances and flowers and romance kind of cheese, not a literal block of cheddar.

    • @DakaraJayne
      @DakaraJayne  Год назад +5

      😂 I’m howling laughing at this 😂

    • @republicoftexas3261
      @republicoftexas3261 Год назад +4

      I thought it was a joke from her being a rat at one point

  • @DmGray
    @DmGray Год назад +8

    This episode really is special.
    Spike joining the cast, building expectations of his future role, the plot reveals, the comedy.
    I like to occasionally remind people that this kind of story telling on network TV was sort of unprecedented. Continuity was extremely loose, and small details like Willow's ongoing struggle with her breakup or Xander & Giles alienation. I still think it remains unchallenged.
    James Marsters has SO MUCH charisma. To take a minor villain meant to be killed off after a few episodes and become an immediate audience favourite... He earned that. I will argue that Spike's "problematic" dialogue has aged precisely as it should. He's evil. He's not SUPPOSED to be righteous. If you are comfortable with EVERFYTHING he says... there's probably something wrong with you :P
    And it makes the character's intelligence and observational skills shine all the more when he tells the truth. When he says something inarguable, but subverts it for his own agenda. Much like the Mayor, his virtues make him a MUCH better villain.

  • @sherrysink3177
    @sherrysink3177 Год назад +4

    I always forget that Spike and Willow scene is in this episode, so it cracks me up again and again, every time. "Don't patronize me!" 😆🤣

  • @chickflikguru
    @chickflikguru Год назад +5

    "A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend" words to live by (and I have!)

  • @the_serial_chiller
    @the_serial_chiller Год назад +2

    Although short, the Spike and Willow scene is fucking iconic, in my book. It’s just too good! 🤣 This scene throws me back to the episode where he had kidnapped her, so that she could perform a love spell on Drusilla. They definitely have an interesting dynamic.

    • @the_serial_chiller
      @the_serial_chiller Год назад

      Oh, and the Xander and Willow scene gave me a good chuckle too.

  • @Emburbujada
    @Emburbujada Год назад +9

    I think the point of Riley saying "peculiar" is that if it were someone he didn't like, he'd say she's weird. Choice of words is always telling ;)

    • @Logan_Baron
      @Logan_Baron Год назад +2

      And the fact that he was continuing to pay enough attention to keep calling her pecular. Rather than saying a simple "She's weird" and dismissing her. He kept harping on the pecular over and over again. Weird is dismissive and "pecular" is intriging.

  • @Junejane4
    @Junejane4 Год назад +8

    Finally a worthy opponent for Xander. Their fight was brutal. 🔥🔥
    I almost feel sorry that Spike didn't bite Willow. He tried so hard and now he is sad😄 But he was able to boost her self esteem. So he is a good fellow.
    Your face lit up when you were talking about this scene at the end. Comparing to other things. That's how good it was. Just a minor scene that turned out to be one of the best in the whole show.

  • @ace360
    @ace360 Год назад +5

    The Legend Himself 🤘 Spike! My favorite person in this whole thing honestly 😂 Love it, Also crazy thing James Marsters told me that moment Spike jumps out that window in the dorm room (Steve Stunt Spike) James did hes own 99% but Thankfully steve did it He had to jump 2 story's up in a that building and land on some paper Bush's!..All for the sake of art Respect 🙏 Great reaction Dakara and remember always love The best Vampire 😂🤘

  • @sherrysink3177
    @sherrysink3177 Год назад +2

    "You hurt Buffy, I'll beat you to death with a shovel... a vague disclaimer is nobody's friend." Lol! Love Willow, always.
    Xander and Harmony's slap fight cracks me up every time.

  • @alexprado3704
    @alexprado3704 Год назад +1

    OMG YES!!!! Xander Vs Harmony!!! The GREATEST Buffyverse battle EVER!

  • @hardybryan
    @hardybryan Год назад +3

    Xander vs. Harmony. ARE YOU READY TO FUMBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE! Greatest fight scene ever.

  • @feudist
    @feudist Год назад +3

    Spike and Willow being supportive and understanding of each other was hilarious and touching at the same time. A perfect example of how the writers consistently wrongfoot the characters while respecting them.

  • @anti-cp3wq
    @anti-cp3wq 5 месяцев назад

    "For someone who teaches human behaviour, you might try showing some" is such a good burn.

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge Год назад +1

    7:45 I think that Rileys friends knew he liked Buffy before he himself did and the crude talk was to illicit a reaction.

  • @theadamabrams
    @theadamabrams Год назад +3

    11:48 The song playing is from 2x04, the very first appearance of Oz.

  • @JuliaRS4
    @JuliaRS4 Год назад +3

    “What happened?” Re Willow/Spike combo - Simple. You were JossWhedoned 😂

  • @PaliSvapna
    @PaliSvapna Год назад +3

    The only time you ever hear his full name 6:05

  • @jzchillin
    @jzchillin Год назад +4

    Great reaction to a fun ep that like you mentioned gave us some exposition on Riley, Spike, and the mysterious commandos..... and the scene between Spike and Willow was just so well written and executed, and then there's the Harmony/Xander "fight" (lol) comedy goodness..... great stuff as always, D. the second CTU for you today and like always, keep em coming!

  • @tehcoolemu
    @tehcoolemu Год назад +1

    That moment when it clicks what the "performance issues" scene is about... XD

  • @exodia200011
    @exodia200011 Год назад +1

    4:40 huh, I get the cabin in the woods reference.

  • @trufamilybromontqc
    @trufamilybromontqc Год назад +3

    Spike

  • @willparks3429
    @willparks3429 Год назад +2

    Every character seems to have a secret back story to them

  • @rayjulien4739
    @rayjulien4739 Год назад +1

    Potential of a new relationship will always trigger...

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge Год назад

    8:00 Well guys are diffrent that way then I guess. Cause a guy saying a girl is odd is a dead give away it means he has thought enough about her to have that opinion.

  • @PaliSvapna
    @PaliSvapna Год назад +5

    Hi love you reactions caught up on your Buffy if you like sci fi a show by Jim Henson is called Farscape is is the only show that that I know like Buffy and supernatural that has the awesome character growth and story progression

    • @chickflikguru
      @chickflikguru Год назад

      My favourite show. I think Aeryn and Buffy would be friends.

    • @corgiluver9718
      @corgiluver9718 Год назад

      Agree, Farscape is terrific fun with characters to love!

  • @Logan_Baron
    @Logan_Baron Год назад

    14:25 All girls like the bad boys.

  • @rfresa
    @rfresa Год назад +3

    There is a bit of a plot hole in this episode, since Spike violently hurt several of the Initiative members during his escape. My theory is that the chip had to be activated or calibrated by his feeding instinct, to keep him from attacking anyone he sees as food, rather than just an obstacle in his way. Since he didn't drink the bag of blood in his cell, this didn't happen until he tried to feed on Willow.

    • @Kayjee17
      @Kayjee17 Год назад +2

      Huh, I never thought about it. Either by the feeding instinct or they activated it after he escaped. It's possible they were coming to take Spike to activate the chip and test it when he escaped, so they activated it after he escaped, and that's why Riley reported on it after they got back.

  • @warrengday
    @warrengday Год назад

    BEST optioning comment.

  • @fanmagicks
    @fanmagicks 9 месяцев назад

    The thing that is "wrong" with Riley: he's a grad student going after a freshman who is in the class he TA'S which means he reads her work and GRADES HER PAPERS.

    • @HerHollyness
      @HerHollyness 6 месяцев назад

      Hey, at least she’s an adult at this point, unlike when Angel (a 240 year old vampire who was already a 25 year old man when he was turned) declared that his ‘one true love’ was a 16 year old girl… You know, in retrospect, there were so many signs that Joss Whedon was a creep. 😬

  • @killianlpc
    @killianlpc Год назад +4

    The Initiative contains some brilliant comedy moments, from when Spike says could be 'cosmetic company' in answer to the lab rats reference. Then we also have the greatest fight in The Buffyverse, with Xander and Harmony bitch slapping and sissy kicking in slow motion, a homage to the Kung Fu series of the 1970s. We then have Spike in Willow's room, and the analogy to erectile disfunction, Willow says 'doesn't this happen to every vampire', and then Willow saying it must be me, and Spike saying he would bite her in a heartbeat, all this achingly funny. We now know about Riley and Prof Walsh, and their activity with Initiative in what is like some kind of Bond Film complex. Riley is almost as awkward as Angel when it comes to chatting up women, but we can see how much he likes her when laying out Parker. An important episode the S4 as a whole.

  • @Drudenfusz
    @Drudenfusz Год назад +3

    Spike is simply the best!

  • @ernesthakey3396
    @ernesthakey3396 Год назад +1

    Great shirt! :)

  • @yesie8375
    @yesie8375 Год назад +2

    I don’t think that Riley being in the Initiative means something is wrong with him. It’s like saying something is wrong with Buffy because she’s a slayer. He’s still a good guy from what we’ve seen. He’s a demon hunter just like Buffy except she’s the chosen one with super powers and if we are asking if Riley will tell Buffy the truth about what he does she has to tell him too. It goes both ways. Not my favorite episode but has some really important things in it.

  • @nomohakon6257
    @nomohakon6257 Год назад +1

    "Oh, im just a friend of Xanders..."

  • @WillsonT011
    @WillsonT011 Год назад +8

    Yes guys do talk like that, it's usually called locker room. It's no different from when you women get together and talk about men, don't lie and say you never done that with your girl-friends

  • @raymondamador1487
    @raymondamador1487 Год назад

    In the beginning, guys don't talk like that. There are areas in the United States, where Christian values require a guy to court a woman. Including chaperoned dates and talking to her pastor and parents.

  • @davidmeadows5627
    @davidmeadows5627 Год назад +2

    Buffy is pretty mattressable. There's nothing wrong with complimenting her or saying she's hot. Why would you be offended by that? Everything Forest said in that first scene, I agree with.

    • @tehcoolemu
      @tehcoolemu Год назад +8

      It's incredibly crude and reductive.

    • @davidmeadows5627
      @davidmeadows5627 Год назад +1

      @@tehcoolemu It's how guys talk. Get over it.

    • @tehcoolemu
      @tehcoolemu Год назад +8

      @@davidmeadows5627 Don't speak for all guys. I'm a (straight) guy, and I don't talk like that.
      Anyway, you asked what was offensive, and I answered. The fact that many people say it isn't really an argument. There are plenty of offensive things that are popular.

    • @Talisguy
      @Talisguy Год назад

      ​@@davidmeadows5627 Would you go up to a girl you didn't know and tell her that you think she is "matressable"?
      If you're talking about a woman with your guy friends in terms that you'd never repeat to her face...then don't be surprised if women feel uncomfortable when they overhear it. There's a reason you wouldn't tell her this to her face (unless you knew for a fact that she didn't mind being called "fuckable.") It'd be somewhat understandable (though still uncomfortable) if they were fifteen, but they're in their twenties. And if (as Forrest did) you talk about all women in terms of whether or not you'd fuck them, that's a red flag. If that's how you regularly talk about women with your guy friends, maybe you should examine how you talk about women with your guy friends.

    • @Talisguy
      @Talisguy Год назад +3

      ​@@davidmeadows5627You know that scene in Earshot where Buffy hears a male student thinking "Buffy's so beautiful," and she's flattered, so she stops to get more telepathic compliments, but then the guy thinks that he'd like to shove her up against the locker and fuck her right there, and she gets uncomfortable and walks off?
      It's like that, except that random guy didn't know Buffy could read his thoughts, so he didn't really do anything wrong. Phrasing matters. There's a line where it stops being innocent, maybe even flattering, and gets gross.