I never used to watch Buffy but i obviously know who the character is and who played her etc. But for most people who never watched Buffy they will never have heard of 'Spike'.
Not exactly one of the most famous TV characters in the UK
I never used to watch Buffy but i obviously know who the character is and who played her etc. But for most people who never watched Buffy they will never have heard of 'Spike'.
Not exactly one of the most famous TV characters in the UK
Yep, you can only have so many "iconic" characters in a show and coming in behind Buffy, Giles, Willow, Xander, Faith and Angel, it's hard to argue that Spike is one of them.
Plus none of the above were atrociously bad 70's punk wannabes, of course. ;-)
Well you young whipersnappers are probably too, er, young, to remember it, but in the days before the WoS Forums, Buffy was a hot topic on the usenet newsgroup comp.sys.sinclair.
Yeah, but that was mostly perving about Willow, and to a lesser extent Faith and Buffy.
I guess the Spike thing must have come after I was a regular there. :-P
Well you young whipersnappers are probably too, er, young, to remember it, but in the days before the WoS Forums, Buffy was a hot topic on the usenet newsgroup comp.sys.sinclair.
Jeezy Creezy! How can you not know Spike?? Viewing figures of 27!? Pffffft!
Buffy was definitely one of the best TV shows in years. The writing was spot on & knowingly crap sometimes too! It's always misunderstood about just being a show where " a girl kills some vampires n stuff" but a lot more goes on than that. The monsters range from said vampires to the creepiest things ever..the Gentlemen from the "Hush" episode, to a spec-wearing man who turns to worms....Give it a chance if you've never watched it. It's like a better Scooby Doo, without an annoying Scrappy character.
Although Series 4 was a bit rubbish. And all that soppy Buffy/Angel crap...
I never used to watch Buffy but i obviously know who the character is and who played her etc. But for most people who never watched Buffy they will never have heard of 'Spike'.
Indeed; I don't watch TV (let alone BtVS), and by "Spike" I thought at first people meant Andrew Haliwell BsC! :)
I never make misteaksmistrakesmisyaleserrurs — oh, sod it.
What exactly is this Buffy about anyway? I used to see it listed in television magazines years ago but never watched it because apart from The Simpsons a lot of US TV programmes only really push the lowest-common-denominator buttons.
> No, actually I like guesser's animated gif for a > change - it's nicely done and perfectly captures the > essence of the speccy (the loading stage!). Hardly feel it captures the essence of a machine - CPCs also had that ability (amonst many other loaders) and quite possibly the C64s did too.
I certainally don't recall the screen flickerning that fast though (perhaps a Spectrum trait - since it ran a little faster than a CPC).
> You are missing the point. I'm talking of the > distinctive red-cyan and yellow-blue loading patterns > - that's distinctive of the speccy load process. Well shucks - how did I miss that?!?
> You are missing the point. I'm talking of the > distinctive red-cyan and yellow-blue loading patterns > - that's distinctive of the speccy load process.
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one of the wankest TV characters of one of the wankest shows of the last 10 years
Not exactly one of the most famous TV characters in the UK
Yep, you can only have so many "iconic" characters in a show and coming in behind Buffy, Giles, Willow, Xander, Faith and Angel, it's hard to argue that Spike is one of them.
Plus none of the above were atrociously bad 70's punk wannabes, of course. ;-)
Yeah, but that was mostly perving about Willow, and to a lesser extent Faith and Buffy.
I guess the Spike thing must have come after I was a regular there. :-P
Indeed. mmmmm Buffy.
Shite if you ask me.. I suppose its some eye-candy for some teenagers to knock one out over, but as a TV show is complete wank..
Buffy was definitely one of the best TV shows in years. The writing was spot on & knowingly crap sometimes too! It's always misunderstood about just being a show where " a girl kills some vampires n stuff" but a lot more goes on than that. The monsters range from said vampires to the creepiest things ever..the Gentlemen from the "Hush" episode, to a spec-wearing man who turns to worms....Give it a chance if you've never watched it. It's like a better Scooby Doo, without an annoying Scrappy character.
Although Series 4 was a bit rubbish. And all that soppy Buffy/Angel crap...
But....yeah...
And thirtysomethings.
*gets coat*
Indeed; I don't watch TV (let alone BtVS), and by "Spike" I thought at first people meant Andrew Haliwell BsC! :)
misteaksmistrakesmisyaleserrurs— oh, sod it.Anyway, I'm off to watch Sky channel 912...
> yay animtificatedness, now I can use my
> avatar :)
Okay, now get rid of it - that thing's a deadly weapon.
CP/M User.
No, actually I like guesser's animated gif for a change - it's nicely done and perfectly captures the essence of the speccy (the loading stage!).
Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
> No, actually I like guesser's animated gif for a
> change - it's nicely done and perfectly captures the
> essence of the speccy (the loading stage!).
Hardly feel it captures the essence of a machine - CPCs also
had that ability (amonst many other loaders) and quite
possibly the C64s did too.
I certainally don't recall the screen flickerning that fast
though (perhaps a Spectrum trait - since it ran a little
faster than a CPC).
CP/M User.
all my animated ones are too big and its too fiddly to piss about altering em :(
You are missing the point. I'm talking of the distinctive red-cyan and yellow-blue loading patterns - that's distinctive of the speccy load process.
Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
> You are missing the point. I'm talking of the
> distinctive red-cyan and yellow-blue loading patterns
> - that's distinctive of the speccy load process.
Well shucks - how did I miss that?!?
CP/M User.