The original post: /r/television by /u/Cailly_Brard7 on 2024-07-25 15:43:23.
I was in the middle of rewatching season 5 episode 16 “The Body” and I’m blown away by the power of the series. The writing is immaculate with strong performances and some of the best bits of television ever created. Many critics agree that “TV was not art before Buffy, but it was afterwards” and I couldn’t agree more. Buffy changed television…a lot. And the series is responsible, along with The Sopranos, for ushering in the “Golden Age Of TV” and David Simon, creator of the great series The Wire, calls Buffy the best series ever I was in the middle of rewatching season 5 episode 16 “The Body” and I’m blown away by the power of the series. The writing is immaculate with strong performances and some of the best bits of television ever created. Many critics agree that “TV was not art before Buffy, but it was afterwards” and I couldn’t agree more. Buffy changed television…a lot. And the series is responsible, along with The Sopranos, for ushering in the “Golden Age Of TV” and David Simon, creator of the great series The Wire, calls Buffy the best series ever kotaku.com/the-creator-of-the-wire-says-buffy-was…. I remember, every teen show wanted to be Buffy back then.
For me, The Sopranos, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Breaking Bad shaped my taste in TV.