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December 19, 2004
bad buffy cast movies
so my old buffy-watching crew had the brilliant idea that we should kill the time between the end of buffy and the release of the firefly movie by getting together and watching movies that the buffy cast has been in.
i decided to geek out and pull together a listing. of course, eliza dushku has actually been in some good movies, but the rest of them have basically been in a lot of stinkers. at the end of the evening, someone said, "i wonder how sarah michelle gellar feels about leaving the series for stuff like this ?"
we settled on rip it off, scooby doo 2, and i'm with lucy.
'rip it off' is pretty rank. in fact, it's almost a textbook of bad movie writing techniques, with a decent amount of completely gratuitous prurient content-- tit close-up, fucking, male full frontal, and a guy jerking off while driving a muscle car all in the first two scenes. i decided that alyson hannigan was preparing for season six of buffy in this role; her character is a lesbian heroin addict whose lover is killed at the end. and we were surprised to discover her hubby, alexis densiof, bungling the role of one of the russian thugs. he really has the worst russian accent ever and laughter-inspiring sideburns. sarah also pointed out that this movie featured an oddly oversized spatula, which appeared to be part of the decor of the russian thugs' kitchen. however, we were disappointed that during the psychedelic heroin-taking scene, no one claimed that alyson hannigan tasted like strawberries. otherwise, that scene could have been pulled directly from buffy season six.
'scooby doo 2' was a step up-- we first intended to watch only scenes, so we could see SMG in the role of daphne, but got caught up in the... plot? and wound up watching the whole thing. another surprise in this one, seth green, also a buffy cast member, as velma's geek love interest. not exactly reprising his role as oz, but drawing from it anyway. it was cute. the set design was great-- lots of crazy hanna-barbara colors and the scooby gang had a supercool mod pad. interestingly, something in this movie was proclaimed to taste like strawberries-- i think it was a bizarre chemical concoction laced with "randomonium" which brought monsters to life. oops, i gave away part of the "plot". sorry. also, this movie featured an oversized wagon wheel. weird.
finally, we watched 'i'm with lucy', featuring only one buffy cast member, david boreanaz. our expectations for this movie were low and we didn't plan to watch the whole thing, but it actually turned out to be the best of the three. nothing oversized, nothing that tasted like strawberries, nothing gratuitous and it featured an actual plot and good writing. and it even had henry thomas. you know, the kid from ET?
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i think simply irresistible remains my favorite buffy cast movie, although bring it on ranks right up there (go peyton reed!). and there's a lot to be said for american pie and cruel intentions (which is gratuitous, but in just the right way).
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