Lost Girl: The New Buffy? Ha!

04 Dec 2010 16 Comments

by Nikkiin tv Tags: , ,

For some reason, the Lost Girl fandom has, at least on twitter, taken to calling the show the new Buffy.  Now, we all know my feelings about Joss Whedon and Buffy, so I’ m clearly not going to be linking the series back to teenage cheerleaders.  To me?  Lost Girl reminds me a lot of Xena.

No really, stick with me here!  Both series star a tall, dark haired woman in her late twenties/early thirties haunted by her violent past.  On their current quest for redemption (mostly just beating up and/or outsmarting the monster of the week), they are accompanied by an incessantly perky girl who latched onto the heroine and, against the advice of said heroine, refused to leave.  And the dynamics between Bo and Kenzi are remarkably Xena and Gabrielle like (well, minus the subtext, which is hilarious since Bo really is bi) – friendly bickering, cuddles and the usual BFF behaviour runs rampant.  Sure, Bo and Kenzi are stationary in not-Toronto (and don’t have an awesome horse), but it is there!  Bo’s brilliant with weapons (particularly the pointy kind) and Kenzi is just fucking about with them, y’know, like Gabrielle did back before she got that stick.

And the tone of the show!  The irreverent humour, the ability to make fun of itself, the campy fantasy shtick, the iffy special effects… but most of all, they’re both shows about women kicking ass.  With sharp, pointy objects and preternatural abilities.

But, yeah, that’s about where the similarities end.  Xena simply doesn’t haven’t the cast size to appropriately further the character comparison… unless we want to call Ares Dyson.  Which would make, what, Callisto Lauren?  Yeah, you can see why that doesn’t work.  But that’s all good – as much as I love Xena, I prefer my 2.0 versions to be full of changes.

(And, since I can’t resist… Xena > Buffy guys.  From what I hear, one borrowed from the other and, well, guess which one came first?)

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  • http://www.monoclelad.com monoclelad

    My favorite part of that show is that the effects are terrible.

    At least the fact that there house is condemned explains why they have a place that is way bigger than they can afford. The thing all other shows ignore.

  • http://anovelconcept.net Nikki

    Terrible special effects hold a near and dear place in my heart. Which is a very good thing, otherwise I’d never be able to watch tv sci-fi.

    I love their shack. Best house ever.

  • http://www.monoclelad.com monoclelad

    As far as I’m concerned the cheezier the better when it comes to scifi. Expect chrono loran to have bad effects somehow.

    Ps. I can’t comment on the xena/lost girls link because I never watched xena on account of not being a lesbian like you. Hee hee, still got it. Boom.

  • http://anovelconcept.net Nikki

    Lost Girl, singular. And, pffft, you’re a guy. You’re, stereotypically, supposed to dig girl on girl action.

  • http://www.monoclelad.com monoclelad

    Yeah I’m not into that. Im only into it to the extent that i can make fun of you for it. Obviously it used to be you/gerda specifically but now it’s more generalized and it can be you wanting to rub up against any other sexy lady with sexy sexy oils.

    Ps. Its so strange that you don’t ever want to get on messenger anymore for this kind of conversation. I cant begin to imagine why.

  • http://anovelconcept.net Nikki

    Huh, so you basically turned me into a slut?

    It possibly has something to do with the fact that I don’t have any messenger programs installed on this computer. That, and I don’t like IM anyway.

  • http://www.monoclelad.com monoclelad

    No you did that by openly drooling over multiple women and their bodies. I just am providing the color commentary.

  • http://anovelconcept.net Nikki

    Multiple women, yes, but not any women off the street. There’s a difference and I’m picky.

  • http://www.monoclelad.com monoclelad

    Well I said that the women were sexy, doesn’t that count for anything? You are fe to make those ladies look however you want. If you tell me all about it I will update my insults towards you appropriately.

  • http://anovelconcept.net Nikki

    idk, I haven’t figured out my type for women yet. Wait, does ‘has a gun’ (or the period equivalent) count as a type? Cuz that’s the only common ground I’ve found.

  • http://www.monoclelad.com monoclelad

    Ok I’m putting this out there. I somehow misread period equivalent as some weird euphemism for lady version of guns. Which is a hilarious concept but not even close to what you meant.

    Ok so I’m one step closer to discovering your kinks! Mwa ha ha.

  • http://anovelconcept.net Nikki

    Oh good christ why does your brain always go to a wee bit of reoccurring blood?

  • http://www.monoclelad.com monoclelad

    I make weird connections like this all the time, its how my brain works. Frankly it’s not normally even that straight forward. It’s gotten to the point that even my dreams are steadying to seem straight forward and logical…

    Plus the best comedy is about things that your uncomfortable about. Though exposure to your teasings has made me less creeped out. So uh thanks?

    You are only noticing the period joke as special because you are having your lady times, obviously.

  • http://anovelconcept.net Nikki

    > Plus the best comedy is about things that your uncomfortable about.

    Ha! Part of the reason why I hate most comedies is that it too often relies on a character making an ass of themselves, which makes me uncomfortable. idk, apparently I have an embarrassment squick.

  • http://www.monoclelad.com monoclelad

    Comedy where the person is uncomfortable and awkward is not what I’m talking about at all. Thats just lazy writing. I hate that too. You just need to stop watching rom coms and start watching real comedy.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_T56PZODCXNNDCLBZANUKGIC5LI RN

    I would disagree with the Xena >  Buffy.  I remember watching a few episodes of Xena back in the day and it seemed like every episode was the same. Xena & Gabrielle roll into town, slay the bad guys,  save some innocent villagers, roll  out of town and repeat. Didn’t really see too many episodes but didn’t really want to. Whereas once I started watching Buffy I couldn’t stop. Buffy had more interesting season long story arcs and I found it funnier. 

    And technically Buffy the movie  did come out before Xena.