Buffy vs Edward (Twilight Remixed)
Well over 3 million views & subtitled into 30 languages!
Description:
In this remixed narrative Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer at Sunnydale High. It’s an example of transformative storytelling serving as a pro-feminist visual critique of Edward’s character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy’s eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal Hollywood themes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed in hilarious ways. Ultimately this remix is about more than a decisive showdown between the slayer and the sparkly vampire. It also doubles as a metaphor for the ongoing battle between two opposing visions of gender roles in the 21ist century.
Press:
• LA Weekly – Pop Culture Hacker Jonathan McIntosh on Buffy vs Edward
• NPR Radio – When Fair Use Isn’t Fair
• LA Times – Meet the man who staked ‘Twilight’s’ leading vamp
• Jezebel – Buffy Shuts Down Edward Cullen In The Best Clip Ever
• Entertainment Weekly – Twilight and Buffy: Together at last!
• Perez Hilton – Edward Cullen meets Buffy Summers
• After Ellen – Buffy vs Edward: Place your bets now
• Washington City Paper – Buffy Vs. Edward Cullen: A Feminist Mash-Up
• Slate – Jung, Buffy, Twilight, Virginia Woolf—and Happiness
• Change.org – Buffy vs Edward Cullen
• Vanity Fair – Buffy Could Kick Edward Cullen’s Precious Sparkly Ass
• New York Post – Edward Cullen, Dusted by Buffy
• Technology Review Magazine – Open Video in Practice
• Sociological Images – Is it Romance, or Stalking?
In Depth:
• Bitch Magazine / WIMN – What Would Buffy Do? Notes on Dusting Edward Cullen
• Compare the original stalking scenes from Buffy and Twilight on Critical Commons
• Check out my answers to frequently asked questions about the remix
Awards:
• Won the Short Mr. Pointy Award for WWBD? essay from the Whedon Studies Association
• Nominated for Best Remix/Mashup Video in the 2009 Webby Awards
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Subtitles & Translations:
• Closed caption option available on the youtube version for those that find it useful
• Link to the full english transcript from “Buffy vs Edward”
• Subtitled in – Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Swedish, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Chinese, Malay, Dutch, Danish, Romanian, Tagalog, Slovenian, Arabic, Japanese, Turkish, German, Italian, French, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazil & Portugal), Indonesian, Finnish & Spanish via DotSub.com
• You can help by adding, editing or fixing the translations here
Fair-use Notice & License:
This is a transformative work and constitutes a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. “Buffy vs Edward (Twilight Remixed)” by Jonathan McIntosh is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-3.0 License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Find out more about fair use at the Center for Social Media and more about fan based transformative works at the Organization for Transformative Works.
Discussion & Reviews:
A quick list of some of my favorite reactions and debates on the remix: jezebel.com, pandagon.net, smartbitchestrashybooks.com, pixiepalace.com, whedonesque.com and this Twilight fan blog. I’m sure there are many more out there – feel free to comment with links.
“It’s really good, I liked the girl power it showed. I’ve watched it like 10 times and showed it to my friends. It’s the best thing I have ever seen on the internet!”
— Dawi Zarni, age 10 Twilight fan on Buffy vs Edward
Special Thanks:
Thanks to Ryanne Hodson for all her help with the video encoding. Also to Anita Sarkeesian for consulting throughout the project, as well as to Francesca Coppa and Martin Leduc for help beta testing the narrative. Although this work is not a “vid“, it was influenced by vidding and vidders like Laura Shaprio. Thanks to bell hooks for her inspirational writing on pop culture, feminism, racism and love. And lastly, of course, to Joss Whedon for writing Buffy as a strong complex female character on television.
“..it’s true that Edward hasn’t come up against a kick-ass woman like Buffy. I’m really glad that she didn’t end up doing the smoochies with him.”
— Marti Noxon, executive producer of Buffy on the remix
127 Responses to “Buffy vs Edward (Twilight Remixed)”
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Hey Jonathan,
This was truly brilliant, both in the way you created a narrative through intercutting and in the way it completely undermined Edward’s somewhat cheesy lines and the pseudo-melodrama of the film. However, I’m still not sure the vid doesn’t partially deconstruct itself given that Buffy’s attitude toward hot and creepy vamps isn’t as suave and disinterested as we see her act toward Edward here. I think you even used footage from Angel stalking her in S1, so the unspoken context for a Buffy fan at least is that Buffy may recognize Edward’s creepy behavior, but she certainly fell for Angel’s, right? Nevertheless, as a critique of Twilight and the supposed attractiveness of Edward’s stalkerish and weird behavior, this BuffynotBella response is great! Thanks for sharing!
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Clever video remix! I used to watch Buffy, too, and now I’m a Twilight fan. Bella was NOT attracted to Edward BECAUSE of his “stalking.” Sometimes people have one look at someone and are helpless to their feelings, so the fight becomes one of self-control vs. surrender. Buffy and Angel experienced that fight, and Buffy was very aggressive in taking out any forces trying to overtake her control of the situation. Luckily for her, her assailants were not nearly so powerful or wooden-stake-resistant as Bella’s. I’m tired of the argument that Bella is weak and Edward is creepy. They’re madly in love and want to make it work without hurting each other, just like Buffy and Angel. I think the video speaks more to what happens when one side is assertively (aggressively?) in love and the other wants no part of it.
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Great remix. I’m a Buffy and Bella fan. I think Buffy would have had a little more troube with the Edward from the books, but the movie did make him seem a little creepy. You did a great job putting the file together. Awesome work.
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I’m tired of the argument that Bella is weak and Edward is creepy. They’re madly in love and want to make it work without hurting each other, just like Buffy and Angel. I think the video speaks more to what happens when one side is assertively (aggressively?) in love and the other wants no part of it.
I agree with Jae on this.
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@Kristina @Jae – Some of the best discussions on the Angel/Edward similarities and differences are on smartbitchestrashybooks.com, pandagon.net and this post from pixiepalace.com. Though I’m sure there are many many more on live journal etc. I do think the two stalker story lines are treated very differently, and Buffy calls Angel out on his behavior even in the beginning of the series (as you see in the stalker clip I used). That said, I do think there a number of things about Buffy’s relationships that merit discussion and debate and I’m very happy to see that happening all over the internet!
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I wouldn’t go so far as to say “brilliant” though I gotta admit I liked (and wanted) the ending.
The REAL point here(besides the obvious one in Buffy’s hand)is that Buffy (the TV show) has covered it all, so much so that anyone could take clips from it and splice in any “Vamp” wanna be and come up with a decent story (like Twilight for example?.)
I’ve never seen or read any of the “Twilight” stuff and because of Buffy I neither want to or need to.
I heard the PR from Twilight when it first came out, something along the lines of ” A teenage girl falls for Vampire, it’s NEVER been done before!” What a load of CRAP. Buffy did it ALL and Twilight comes along and picks and chooses what to rip-off.
Now the rumors have started about the NEW Buffy Movie which will be directed by the same losers who tried to fly that stuff with Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry past us. Have you heard the rumor? Supposedly they are bringing in Twilight people to make suggestions.
Twilight can rest in piece…Buffy (the TV Show)LIVES!
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I LOVED this sooo much. Hilarious!
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Well done!
I love the overt “most girls don’t find stalking a turn-on” which is one of the most objectionable things about the Twilight series.
On the purely technical side (and I’m not a vidder so I don’t know how difficult this would be), it would help if you could use filters (?) to colormatch the scenes a bit better (especially in the beginning of the vid) so that it’s not as obvious the clips are from two different sources.
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It was actually a style choice to leave the color (mostly) the same as the originals (except for making the Twilight forest shots a little darker) I wanted the viewer to always be reminded that this is a visual critique of two different sources. Another vidder articulated this to me beautifully – That the different colors helps pull you back out of the narrative so you can think about the message of the juxtaposition as you watch. But yes I didn’t want to hide the fact that it was a remix (I mean not amount of filters can match Buffy’s many hair styles, but I like that they change for the same reasons) Its also helpful for those who haven’t seen one or either of the series or know that the blue shots are from Twilight and the orange ones from Buffy.
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A grateful nation thanks you.
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You brought the T-shirt I got from my partner on Valentine’s Day to life (And then Buffy staked Edward, the end). I couldn’t finish the first Twilight book and never want to see the movie. Thank you!
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I have that same shirt! Its one of my favorites!
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There’s a funny pseudo-screenplay of Buffy meeting Edward at http://gratzindustries.blogspot.com/2008/12/edward-vs-buffy.html where she stakes him at the end.
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This is really brilliant work. Thanks so much for sharing it with us!
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You are awesome, even if you did kill Edward! Thanks for the best of both worlds!
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@everyone – Thank you all for the great feedback, I’m working on getting the comment threading to work on here so I can properly reply to each of you individually. Should be working soon!
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This was hilarious, thanks!
DV
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This is pure genious, seriously. I’m a huge Buffy fan who’s so fricking tired of Twilight and Edward and that whole thing. This made my day, thanks ;]
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Fantastic and, yes, it *does* make me miss Buffy oh so much.
You did an amazing job matching up scenes and dialog. I can’t imagine how long it took, but a grateful nation sure thanks you for it!
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Well done)
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BRILLIANT!!!
One of my favorite LJ icons is: “And then Buffy staked Edward. The end.” This movie is so fantastic that I must now praise you to all my online friends.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Nothing is better than staking the sexist nonsense that is Twilight with the glory that is Buff.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
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Hey Jonathan,
This was great. Much as I liked the Twilight books, I cringed at the movie. Your video actually makes Rob Pattinson seem like a better/less awkward actor than the movie did! And I love Buffy… great role model.
Cheers.
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This is a thing of beauty, Jonathan. Thank you!
Kristina Busse, good point: but Buffy’s behaviour towards Angel was always more double-edged (and occasionally pointy) than Bella’s towards Edward. Also, Angel came in for a lot of criticism from the surrounding characters. His stalky romance with Buffy is definitely a problematic element to the show, but to my mind it doesn’t come close to the problematic elements in Twilight, where Edward’s behaviour isn’t critiqued at all.
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This is so great, Jonathan! You obviously spent a lot of time searching for the perfect reaction shots, and I love the audio work, how you’re able to get Buffy to interrupt Edward’s blathering with her snarky comments. It’s delightful.
I can’t help but think how so much of the footage of her telling him to step off is from her relationship with Spike, and how BtVS went out of its way to show how twisted that relationship was — while still portraying it as sexy. BtVS isn’t immune from the problematic, but it’s miles ahead of Twilight.
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Kristina: Sort of agreed, but Buffy doees plenty of things Bella doesn’t do, including calling Angel out on his stalkery behavior.
I’m not opposed to the idea of a vampire falling in love with a human, but it’s how it goes down in Twilight that grosses me out. I’ve got to believe that if Angel had opened with telling Buffy he wanted her blood worse than anything he’d ever experienced and included, “tell your parents where you’re going to be, because you might not come back alive”, Buffy would’ve been like, “uh… pardon?” instead of “*swoon!* How romantic!” in the case of Bella.
Buffy was not opposed to killing Angel when he becamse a major threat, and she never lost her identity to him. That, in my opinion, is what makes Twilight gross and inappropriate.
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That is perfect…I laughed out loud at your “uh…pardon?” Your analysis of Buffy is right on.
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this made my day, thank you!
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this is my favourite thing ever.
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This vid has been going around my slayer community. It’s lovely and funny. Thank you so much for the eyeroll
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This is brilliant! The stalking was one of the main reasons I could not finish the first Twilight book. If only Buffy could really have appeared in it, it would have been a much more interesting read for me! Thanks for all the hard work on this video.
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Dude. You are awesome. You, my friend, have just won the internet, CONGRATULATIONS!
I’ve been awaiting for the day to arise when that idiot-stalking-sparklepire cullen would get what his just deserves.
It being Buffy who dealt the final blow only made it sweeter.
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I think that the only way this could be better is if you show her in class at the end and Mike says the so-did-you-stab-edward-cullen-with-a-pencil-or-what line. And then Buffy simply smirks and says “something like that.”
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Brilliant. I’ve never read Twilight, nor seen the movie – seriously not that interested, but I love Buffy et al. I love the dialogue, the characters, the way things can mess up, and they way they fight their way out again. Just love it, and loved your work in this.
btw – got here from Whedonesque.
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That was effing brilliant. Really. Kudos, again and again.
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Hilarious!!! I love Twilight too, but not as much as Buffy, but it was still funny. So well put together. I even lauughed out loud when she told him she would drop him out head first. Then she did. lol.
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OMG I am like reccing this everywhere, I must have watched it like hundred times already and I’m laughing every.single.time. =)) Amazing work, just amazing! May I request a Faith/Edward version too? Pretty please?
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Brilliant and sooooo satisfying. Count me as another fan in the grateful nation!
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Brilliant editing, very well done!!
I was just wondering – where’s the background music starting at 3:13/3:38 from? It’s terribly familiar, but I can’t put my finger on it and it’s driving me crazy!
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Both are from the original twilight trailer, they are by two groups that make popular trailer soundtrack music. “X-Ray Dog” and “Two Steps From Hell” are the names of the groups if I remember right.
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This is amazing. Thanks!
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you’re a genious.
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http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4645687/1/Summers_Versus_Cullen
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Bravo! I loved this! I was such a big fan of Buffy and loved Twilight, too(especially the books)! What a fantastic idea to put the two together!
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This is sooo f*** great Work.
I love Twilight and Buffy, but before I saw your Video I never thought about them together.
Poor Edward
That must have cost you unbelievably many hours of work.
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This was fabulous. I just can’t imagine the work that went into it, but it was absolutely AWESOME. Bravo!
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Absolutely fantastic! If you don’t mind, what is the song that’s playing at 3:36-3:43?
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I love this! I’ve tried hard to be a Twilight fan, but as a crazed Buffy/Whedon supporter I can’t get into it. I’m too busy comparing and this leads me to disappointment.
Angel and Spike had stalkery tendencies, but they always caught hell for it, as shown through some of Buffy’s reaction shots.
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WOW! I am left speachless with a cheer in my heart and $#!+-eating grin…and the overwhelming desire to watch all the Buffy DVDs for the 10th time!
Thank you so much!
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clever!
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This video made my day, hilarious! How creepy are ‘Edward’s’ moody expressions? Such professional editing, love your work!
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Thank you a hundred times for doing this. I’ve been posting it around the internet and every time I watch it feels so satisfying to watch this.
I agree that the show had some mixed messages about Angel and Spike’s behavior but in Angel’s case it seemed to stem from having no socialization for 80 years or however long he spent wangsting around with his soul.
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“but in Angel’s case it seemed to stem from having no socialization for 80 years or however long he spent wangsting around with his soul.”
If you read the books, this is pretty much Edward in a nutshell as well, except just angst rather than wangst. However the consensus of my book club was that the movie Twilight really played up the stalkerish bits of the book (which were fewer and more far between)so we had a great laugh over the movie.
Excellent job putting this together I laughed my ass off!
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I love this! I miss Buffy so much and you have given us a fresh look and shown just how cutting edge she is. And technically, this looks great. It is quite a feat of editing. You rock, Jonathan.
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I enjoyed this video. I strongly disliked how “romantic” Edward’s actions were portrayed in Twilight because it seemed almost abusive to me. Buffy’s line about stalking not being a really big turn on for girls hit it spot on.
On a technical level, I’d say this was very well done. For the most part, it seemed like they were really talking to each other. I liked how there were instances where the video was coming from Buffy and the audio from Twilight or vice versa. Made it seem more realistic, as if they were really in the same place. I particularly liked their conversation at the Bronze and the fight scene at the end was fantastic. You were very careful and the small part you got from Harry Potter were just right, I was wondering how you’d show the staking but Avada Kedavra’d Cedric Diggory was perfect for it.
Two things though, the colors in Buffy were warmer while the colors in Twilight were paler. It’s a noticable difference. Also there were some cases where their stances, the directions in which they were facing made it obvious they weren’t really talking to each other. But those are just minor quibbles, on the whole, good job!
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That was really awesome!
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Never watched much of Buffy
but I have come to compare Twilight (movie and books) to quality literature (like Austin/Twain/etc..) as a hershey bar to swiss chocolate. It will do if you cannot get anything else, and you Don’t mind partaking of the hershey bar(twilight) But it can never be real chocolate. FLuff is fun sometimes.
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Jonathan, I am absolutely *floored* by this, both as a filmmaker and a Buffy fan. (And also as someone who thought “Twilight” was a complete can of ass.) This is the kind of work that is either incredibly inspiring because it’s so good, or soul-crushingly depressing… because it’s so good. I don’t know if I could pull something like this off in my lifetime. I stand, I bow, I tip my hat, I salute, I… skip in a circle and do the happy dance, I guess.
You just rocked my world, good sir. I haven’t been this giddy over something since I saw “Up” this weekend, and I absolutely mean that.
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~Brilliant~! Thank you sooooo much! It just says it all.
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[...] in the Twilight saga are exposed in hilarious ways. – Jonathan McIntosh, from his commentary on Buffy vs [...]
This is so funny and brilliant. I am a long time Buffy fan. I also read the Twilight books and was increasingly disappointed with the male roles (of Edward and Jacob), Bella’s co-dependent attitude, as well as Stephenie Meyer’s defense of all of it as “romantic”. And then I see the fans all over the Internet continuing to *rationalize* this notion as acceptable. Its just flat out strange to me. Haven’t any of them read “The Gift of Fear”?
But anywho, thank you for demonstrating some much needed girl power via Buffy. I liked this clip more than the movie.
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Thank you for this video! I agree with many of the above statements about Buffy’s problematic relationships with vampires. My first reaction to this remix (after laughing and cheering) was to think, oh, Buffy isn’t exactly Miss Superior when it comes to healthy relationships with bloodsuckers. But she, along with her friends and family, always acknowledged that there were problems and tried to work toward something better for herself. At the end of the series, she commits to developing herself completely as a person before settling down into any relationship (the “I’m cookie dough” speech).
@Jae, I agree that the idea of surrender and being “helpless to your feelings” can be part of a sexy and romantic drama. However, with Twilight, you can’t remove the love story from the context of a simple (creepy) predator/prey relationship where Bella has no real power. Buffy would never stand for that. Hence her snark.
Now to buy myself a “Buffy Staked Edward” shirt!
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I tend to disagree with your assessment of Edwards characterization in the movie. From what I could see aside from the ridiculous hair they kept him pretty faithful to the source material. If your critique extends to the novels then my objection is that Edward’s characterization is the least of the issues in the series. I think her personality is a natural extension of core problems with the book. Sorta like blaming the car for going slowly when the speed is a natural extension of the transmission problem.
Anyway agree or disagree your video was excellent on varying degrees of both superficial and intellectual levels.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together. Not to get too nerdy on you, but I own every season of Buffy and have read all the Twilight books, both series addicting for different reasons as I’m sure you know. My friends and I were joking about how cool it would be to make a Buffy vs. Edward movie/short, and how of course Buffy would win in the end because she’s a badass (not to mention the thematically ‘girl power’ interpretation you chose to portray, that with which I complete respect and agree).
Anyway, I love this, I posted it on my blog, and thank you thank you thank you. You did such a great job, and I have yet to read a comment on this site, or youtube that wasn’t utterly complimentary.
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You, sir, are made of awesome.
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Spot on. I’m a longtime fan of the Buffy series and characters, and though I read Twilight, I had some major issues with the ’stalker’ dynamic and the simplistic characters.
However, it’s true that Buffy did end up in relationships with both of her ’stalkers’ (Angel and Spike). A more faithful interpretation of her character might have shown the initial disdain, the torrid love affair, and then the strength of character required to stake him for the greater good. Which is how I WANTED Bella to behave – grow a spine, girl! – but she refused…
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I thought about that, and true there is definitely room for critique of Buffy’s onscreen relationships for sure, but the btvs show was careful to have her learn from her experiences/mistakes most of the time. Remember that “I’m cookie-dough speech” near the end of season 7 where she decided she doesn’t need a guy around at that point in her life to make her happy becuase she is “not done baking”, contrast that with Belle who wants to end her life without Edward around etc. (If you are super geeky on Buffy you might notice I coincidentally added a couple shots from that same cookie-dough scene near the end).
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I’m a Twilight fan.
BUT I’m a huge Buffy/Angel series fan. These two are the best series ever.
And I really loved this video. I used to be an Edward fan in the first book, but after the second one, where he leaves Bella… I just got so “angry”. At him, for being so stupid. She almost DIED last summer, and then, he left her for a little incident with Jasper (this is where I started to love Jacob, who is way much more realistic and interestic character than the stalker). But, after New Moon… Bella is way more… hateable. Gosh. She wanted to die for some vampireguywhatever. I do love the books, but I really think that Stephenie have wrong “girl” power “thoughts”. Seriously, she had put this idea of “dying for the perfect man” (a man that DOES NOT EXIST) that NO WOMAN should ever think. The bad thing about all this, is that there are millions of silly girls that believe that. It makes me feel so angry.
I admit that Buffy not always have been my favourite person, but that comes from jelousy only lol. Even when I never like her for Angel (I always wanted Angel to end up with Faith), she’s a badass and she rocks.
Now I want an “And Buffy staked Edward Cullen. The End” shirt!!!
But I’m from Argentina, not sure that I will be able to get it
I posted this video on my blog.
snuteens.blogspot.com
Byes!
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brilliant!! absolutely loved it! great work!!
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Brilliant! Love Buffy and it was a pleasure seeing her handle Edward that way. Also what is the song playing during the credits?
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I absolutely loved this. Clever and funny. Keep up the great work.
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Loved it. As an old school Buffy fan, I was happy to see that she had the upper hand in your remix. Great job.
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I’ll will be responding to the above comments shortly, thank you all for your feedback!
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Awesomeness. Good job!
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Your mashup is beautiful and hilarious, but a “pro-feminist visual critique?” Get over yourself.
So Twilight is evidence of “patriarchal Hollywood themes”? Where do you think Buffy was made, in a Nicaraguan FairTrade turnip collective? No, Buffy was made in Hollywood, by a man, Joss Whedon, for fanboy nerds like me. The “antifeminist” Twilight was written by a woman, Stephenie Meyer, to appeal to a female audience.
What does that tell you? Which fanbase likes strong, assertive, female protagonists more? The patriarchs or the matriarchs?
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@reynolds – Your response is puzzling at best and a classic example of reactionary anti-feminist backlash as worst. Have you read or listened to Joss Whedon talk about the intentional feminist underpinnings of Buffy? (Here is one speech on the topic.) To assume that Whedon wrote Buffy for your own personal fanboy enjoyment is ridiculousness and reveals your staggering level of male privilege. Yes btvs was technically made in Hollywood but the writers (many of whom were women btw) actively subverted the expected sexist tropes, a very rare thing for a television show. This too is common knowledge and there are literally volumes written on the topic, I wonder how you managed to miss it?
Twilight was indeed written by a women, but that fact is irrelevant here becuase the effect of the story is to re-enforce and even celebrate deep patriarchal stereotypes and social norms. And there are a great many women who have pointed this out in critical responses to Twilight, perhaps you are unaware of them as well? More to the point women can be agents of the sexist status-quo, just as it is possible for men to be agents of gender equality. Though too many men fall into the role of policing each other to stay on the path of male dominance, instead standing up for gender justice and feminist ideals.
Lastly, your assumption that women do not like strong female protagonists is so incredibly absurd I hardly know how to responded. Perhaps you have been living on a different planet, in which case you might not be aware that women make up the majority of the organized fan communities around btvs, especially the creative ones.
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Excellent response. As a feminist historian you have effectively expressed the real qualms that I have with the Twilight saga.
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THANK YOU. You perfectly articulated my own thoughts and feelings on the whole “Er, Twilight makes me feel bad and I’m not quite sure why…” issue.
I’d stalk you if it weren’t totally creepy ^__^. Much love!
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[...] finally got around to watching the Buffy vs Edward Remix that half the Internet seems to have linked to. I found the last few seconds the most interesting, [...]
Hello,
Just wanted to (again) thank you for this video. I found your website and was led to some very excellent websites through this post…thanks ! Inspiring to know that among this Twilight craze, we are not alone in our thinking.
-b
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Incredible.
Beautifully done, technically so impressive.
Wow. I am blown away. Wow.
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this.is.gold.
soooo worth watching!
i’m a buffy fan. you just made a roll of my personal brand of heroine.
keep rocking!
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Thank you!
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It made my day to see Buffy bring justice to that horrible travesty of a story by killing off one of it’s worst characters.
Now, kill off Bella, and I’m sure the world will reward you greatly.
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@Adelheid – Glad you enjoyed it! As for Bella, one of the reasons I cut her out of the remix was becuase I felt her character was already written to be so extremely disempowered. But one can easily imagine another alternative narrative, created by someone else, where she replaces Dawn (Buffy’s younger sister) and Buffy than takes on the role of guide and mentor – teaching Bella a thing or two about the art of slayage.
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“Teaching Bella a thing or two about the art of slayage.” Ha! Bring on Lesson #2.
As a fan of Buffy, transformative works, and non-stalking behaviour, I’d like to say thanks for saying what needed to be said! Great video.
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that was freaking awsome
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this is fantastic! thank you!
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I’ve always wanted to see Buffy stake Edward, but wow, you portrayed it beautifully. Great, skillful editing!
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So well done. Sharp as a shiny stake through a still beating heart.
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This is really awesome…Great job!
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You are my hero.
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dude yr a genius
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Heheheheh I’m glad Buffy was able to give the Sparkly Stalker loser with his ’special diet’ what he really needs- a stake dinner!
Seriously, Twilight bothered the hell out of me for all the reasons you’ve highlighted. And I too would LOVE to see a followup with Buffy taking Bella under her wing long enough to teach her how to- well, stay living.
You may have started a meme here!
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you’re my new hero. I love your editing and I especially love the exposure of the sexist, creepy bullshit Twilight has pumped into the mainstream media and reader’s heads.
I think the only way this could have gotten any better is if Faith was involved in any way. I loves me the Dark Slayer.
Personal fanboy biases aside, this is a brilliant piece of work. I think Whedon will be proud. Maybe I’ll ask him at Comic Con next week.
cheers
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I don’t think I’ve seen anything so spectacular in quite some time. Thank you so much for making this! It’s absolutely wonderful!
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I see what you did there with the clips from Harry Potter… Nicely done! Everything was so smooth, if I hadn’t seen the actual movie I would have thought it was genuine.
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If Edward really was so creepy, then why is Twilight a major box office success? And why are the majority of Twilight fans girls? Wouldn’t you think that most girls wouldn’t want to watch a movie where the main love interest is a creepy, stalking guy?
I also find it interesting that guys have more of a tendency to not like this movie than girls. Being a guy myself, to be honest I had a hard time staying awake while watching this movie.
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I think you have Capitalist Confusion. Just because something is a success does not make it good. It does not make it well written, socially redeeming, or anything other than a money maker.
This idea that a majority is always right and success = decency is disturbing in how much it has grown lately.
People have self esteem issues and want to be noticed, attractive, and loved by someone, even if its someone that isnt good for them. Younger girls especially. All Smeyer did was cash in on that insecurity by calling it a love story.
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Is there any way you could have had her kill him more than once. Maybe four or five times? Or perhaps just a whole montage of Buffy kicking the crap out of Vamposers? That’d be sweet.
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Thank you for this video… I was really frustrated with what a bad example Twilight sets for young girls and I think this knocks it down a few pegs.
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Dude, you are my hero. That was brilliant, it’s got a spot of honor on my MP4 player!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you so much. This was wonderfully done, a beautiful remix, really. It was everything I could have ever dreamed of and more. Plus, Buffy staked Edward. Thank you.
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This was absolutely amazing. I’m a Buffy fan, and was never able to really “enjoy” the Twilight series due to the Scarlett O’ Hara Bella approach to everything. The mythology was lost on me, and it just seemed like a book for children. And then, suddenly, it wasn’t. And it just didn’t make any sense at all!
I’ve seen shirts about “And then Buffy staked Edward. The End.” They gave me a good chuckle. But after seeing your well put together mini-movie, I about cried laughing. Everything the video stands for, and all that it doesn’t are perfect. (And if you look up Buffy, Twilight, or even Buffy & Twilight on youtube…the video is some where on all of the pages GRATS!)
Thanks again for this marvel!
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Brilliant!
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The male fanservice equivalent of Bella/Edward is the anime trope of the “Manic Pixie Dream Girl”, which can be just as dangerous. Cruelly subverted in the Welcome to the NHK novel (not the anime) where Misaki is shown to be just as messed up as the hikikomori protagonist.
There’s a fair bit of Manic Pixie Dream Girl in Japanese media. Maybe you should do a video on that?
I loved this video and having seen the Twilight movie in an attempt to make sense of why people like this franchise, I was bewildered. What kind of messages does this send to young women? Naturally, men can be just as sad fantasists as well. But I’ve mentioned that above.
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[...] Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed [...]
Puncturing the shitty pseudo-drama of Twilight AND reminding everyone what a horrible role model Bella is, in one movie? You, good sir, win the Internet.
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You are amazing. I laughed my ass off. You totally hit the nail on the head. What Joss Whedon and JK Rowling did (for feminism and literature respectively) in seven seasons and seven books, Stephenie Meyer undid in four fan fictions featuring our “favorite” heroine Mary-Sue Bella…
You are made of win!
Thank you so much!
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YESSSSSS! You made my dreams, and my t-shirt, come true with this. Thank you!
http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/geek/buffy_staked_edward.html
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Yes, dammit, yes. That is exactly how all women (well, all people) should treat stalkers. Don’t encourage them, and if they won’t give up, stake ‘em — at least metaphorically.
But I don’t actually agree with some of the things Buffy asserts in this, such as “being stalked isn’t a big turn on for girls,” and the bit about smelling. Because, hello, book sales!? Obviously LOTS of women fall for that kind of garbage, or at least fantasize about it. But that’s what makes stories like Buffy’s and your video here so valuable — they dismiss that mindset in a very clear way.
Anyhow, Bravo!
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I loved this video! I was never a big fan of the movie “Twilight,”, liked it okay, but not something I wanted to watch twice, but didn’t really understand why until I watch your remix. It’s the whole Bella camly acepting Edwards beahvior thing. We all want the heroine to end up with the hero, but if she has to nod, smile and play nice no matter what to do it it’s just not worth it.
So thank you for making this video! What would Buffy do indeed…
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LOVE IT!!! BUFFY RULES!
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Haha, nice use of “Goblet of Fire” clips. I was wondering how you were going to get footage for his DEATH death.
Your remix is about exactly what I was thinking I would have done the entire time I read the books (which I read as a personal challenge, and BOY HOWDY are they bad). Except without the badass fight, not being a slayer, and having only passing familiarity with Buffy. Kudos! (You have also sealed my fate as a Whedonite, sans Dollhouse, because it’s creepy.)
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this…
is…..
AWESOME!!!
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I love you so much.
I’m going to start stalking you now.
(Because Love Is… Stalking)
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That was totally AWESWOME!!! Such a great re-mix of 2 very awesome Vamp stories. I thought it was so strange for Edward to stock Bella, especially when she was sleeping and for her not to say anything about it. Anyways loved the video and could not stop cracking up through the whole thing.
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Im a huge fan of twilight and buffy, or literaly vampire moveis all together.Puting buffy and twilight together is just twice the awsomnes and this vidio is so funny. I showed my friend beck the other day and she fell to the ground just laughing her hed of.
TWILIGHT AND BUFFY JUST ROX. HAHA
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i thought it was stupid sum low life nerd prolly made this i love thee books and thee low life that made this…. get the over ur self and get a life
i liked it except the part where buffy killed him she should have gottin nocked out and he should have sucked her blood!!!!!!!!!!!
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hahahaha that is the funnyest thing ever lol so creative and sooo madd asss lolo
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brilliant.
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Not seen this yet; waiting for it to load but I am a Buffy fan through and though and a fan of the Twilight saga- not read the books. I did read in the New Moon movie guide a quote from Robert PAttenson that Bella is the real hero and she keeps giving the credit to Edward.
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i really love Twilight. this movie is super great that we watched it several times with some of my friends.
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Was wondering how you obtained the Buffy and Twilight files to use in the mash-up.
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I used bit-torrent to download digital files of both Buffy and the Twilight movie. I happen to also own the Buffy DVD sets but the DMCA prohibits me from ripping the footage from encrypted DVD (even for fair-use remix like this one) so ironically its actually more legal to bit-torrent the show.
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I knew the DMCA made it illegal to circumvent encryption technology on DVD’s, but I also thought it was illegal to download copyrighted movies. Isn’t it still pretty risky to download copyrighted movies from the internet? Not sure if it’s really more legal or safe to make a mash-up that way.
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