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I printed a photo of Buffy & Spike from "Something Blue" and pasted it over the offensive photo. It turned out so well, I'm going to re-edit some of the other months i.e. a shot of Spike with Drusilla to replace the one where his blood opens the seal and a photo of Darla for Angel's month.
This would be an excellent calendar, except that on the very first month you are treated to a picture of Spike trying to rape Buffy. let's use this picture, it was a happy scene. How in the world did that make it out of the planning room. Who thought. Or worse yet, who thought we were naive enough to not recognize one of the most horrific scenes from the seven seasons of Buffy put together. A poor choice.
This is your standard, typical monthly calendar -- and it's nicely done considering it's about a series that has been off the air for five years. I was surprised -- and pleased -- to receive this calendar as a Christmas gift. Each month has a theme -- which is usually character- or theme-driven -- that helps pull it all together.But this calendar has a real and discernible "ick" factor that I really, really, really hope was unintentional.The photographic theme for January appears to have been "Buffy's Lovers," as there are individual photos of Buffy with Riley, Spike, and Angel, respectively. But for reasons I can't possibly understand, the calendar uses a still of Buffy and Spike from the season six scene in which he attempts to rape her; in point of fact, the specific shot shows Spike pinning Buffy to the ground with his hands clutching at her chest as she clearly cries out in anger and terror in her bathroom.I'm all about the Spuffy, but I don't want photographic evidence of a cinematic storyline that highlights an attempted rape hanging on my wall for 31 consecutive days. But I won't be hanging it up until February. And I hope the editor(s) of the 2010 calendar will be more aware.
The pictures all look nice and sharp, although the layout is too simple (ie: it looks like a template from a DIY calendar program). Most of the shots chosen of the actors are great, although I would have picked different pictures of Anya, Cordelia, and Dawn. Besides that (very minor gripes)it's great.
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