But as long as I'm here, I might as well display a chart I've been creating while watching the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Terrible shows, with some good ones tossed in. I finally figured out how to watch the show: Buffy isn't a cut-rate teen-angst version of The X-Files, it's a 90s updating of The Munsters.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. The Munsters
Category | Buffy | Munsters |
---|---|---|
Monsters | Yes | Yes |
Teenage girl angst | Yes | Yes |
Special effects | Bad | Chintzy |
Lighting | Bad | Good |
Vampires | Yes | Yes |
Werewolf | In A Band | In Grade School |
Frankenstein's Monsters | No | Yes |
Cemetaries | Yes | Yes |
Dialog | California pseudo-hip | Puns |
Pop references | Yes | No |
Laugh Track | No | Yes |
Loving Family | Yes | Yes |
Kids are social outcasts | Yes | Yes |
Designer wheels | No | Yes |
Characters | Develop | Stay the same |
Theme Song | Bad | Good |
Goth chics | Faith | Lily |
Fight scenes | Lots of kicking | Lots of stomping |