From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   Op 29-7-2018 om 21:46 schreef Madlove:   
   > On 07/27/2018 12:08 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >> I always hated Highlander b/c it's one of those cool movies whose premise   
   >> quickly falls apart if you give it any thought.   
   >   
   > That gripe can be applied to just about every sci-fi/fantasy book,   
   > movie, or TV show I've ever read or watched. The premise behind Buffy   
   > makes little sense.   
   >   
   > Only one slayer active at a time;   
      
   Which was a rule made up by those old shamans in Sumerian times. Maybe   
   they were afraid they would loose control if there were more Slayers?   
      
      
   > the council can easily find these girls;   
   > the parents don't ask about their daughter's sudden odd behavior or   
   > strange injuries;   
   > teen girls willingly forgo normal life to become slayers. etc. etc. etc.   
      
   I I remember correctly the potentials were isolated at a young age and   
   instructed. There even was some handbook Giles decided not to bother with.   
   The whole thing also reminds me of the detection of Force users in the   
   Wars universe. The idea was to take them as young as possible.   
      
   >   
   >> That they made sequels and TV shows makes it worse.   
   >   
   > Suddenly they were aliens from another world who become immortal on Earth.   
   > They stole that idea from the Superman mythos! :-D   
      
   Only for that second movie. The one I'm trying to forget.   
      
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