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  • ''Spike'' is awful :P

    no one can copy the real Spike :D

  • I am not sure that is "Buffy"'s fault, that sounds more like low quality AV equipment. If you listen carefully she is getting cut off when her range exceeds the mics. Hum makes it obvious.

  • I enjoyed this. Thank you for posting it. Nice to see the Buffy fans putting on a show.

  • omg the best part about this was sweet... he/she was great!!!

  • I think I just vomited in my mouth.

  • they did a good job, but the person who played spike couldnt sing really that good. Overall the rest of the cast did great.

  • I thought you guys did a good job!

  • not bad i liked it..better than i could have done

  • Wow, way harsh criticism. O.o It really was not bad. I enjoyed it. And having fun is what it's all about. They were good! Much better than I could do!

  • in give me something to sing about she or he started 2 strongly

  • AWESOME :D

  • omfg...shame on all of them...

  • The girl who played Sweet is definitely the best one. Spike and Giles doesn't even sound like they want to be there, and Giles is way too low. Buffy's voice is... simply not fit to sing. Especially not on the high notes.

  • Spike and a couple poeple were Dull Buffy sounded alright and Giles good too but spike was a littel off and too sad like i dont know how to put it but great show!

  • Spikes voice was so dull

  • you guys rock! eff all the haters. LOVED IT!

  • Buffy had way too little choreography and her articulation was elementary at best, as well as emphasis placement. Her sining was dull and flat, and held no emotion. It felt overly rehearsed, like the actress was just "going through the motions" Background characters held emotions for only a few seconds, and after that looked bored and looked like they were just milling about. And some simple backdriops wouldn't hurt. A red couch and thrift store chair does not a set make.

  • spike! omg, NO!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i'm sorry if I offend you. I'm sure you worked well on what appears to be a small budget, am I right? even so there are all sorts of places with material to make sets with cheaply while still looking cool or you could've used that semi see through fabric that gets used all the time on Broadway. next time just work harder to find better actors and actresses. there is always SOMEONE who wants to act on stage. no matter what the part. your only job is to find the ones with talent and good singing.

  • seeing as how awful the original music was. but still they could've made it better. maybe next time you could give us a bit more "wow" please I mean some of these guys have real potential not jusst fake potential. i'm talking of coursse about Sweet and anya and MAYBE giles. one last question. Why did Spike have a half mullet gerbil thing on his head? he looked like Eddie cullen bad version though. Please don't mistake my words for 'flames". I am voicing my opinions and trying to be nice aboutit

  • the dancing at the beginning was wierd and seemed simply put, thrown together. the costumes were absolutely spot on beautiful so whomsoever was in charge of that neeeds a pay raise, it was the only good thing about this performance. i get that Sweet was played by a woman and she has a phantasmic voice, but I don't think she had the right voice for the part she recieved, maybe she'd do better in Buffy's spot? the actors for the most part looked like they were bored, but that is reasonable

  • the audio was sketchy, Buffy's voice was too thick and i'm positive she was flat for most of her lines, she also had the most horrific breath control EVER!! her phrasing was elementary and to top off her terrible acting, she didn't have any musicality in her songs. Where's the crescendos, decresc. she could've done SO MUCH MORE to her songs than what she did do. it was painful to hear and watch seeing as how she's not even wearing a blonde wig. it's kinda obvious she's wearing a wig.

  • @omigoshddness Nope. No wig.

  • @willowspuppy1 sorry wheni said it's obvious she's wearing a wig, i meant to say she should be wearing one or something. sorry for the confusion. Hey at least you kept the actors looking natural. right? that's a plus. :)

  • @omigoshddness plus she could'nt kick anyone's ass!

  • @omigoshddness At least she is singing this song better than Sarah Gellar ;)

  • The Buffy Singer has a very good voice, so does the one portraying Sweet (Dance demon) and Anya. I think i'd have enjoyed watching this live.

  • omg terrible

  • in the "give me something to sing about there should have been at least two guys to play the demons being clobbered by buffy... in that fast part she was way to still.. she she should've done some fighting... overall it was pretty nice

  • The Song was reaalyy good and everything but Spike's voice kind of wrecked it :/

    

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  • I can understand the good points of this and the effort is there. However, I didn't think it was good at all. The dancing was to stiff. They were ment to be under the influence of a singing and dancing demon, not paralysed by Medusa.

  • this is... baaaad.

    ...like, really bad.

  • Not bad for an amateur show but I think sarah michelle gellarf sounds a little better

  • I have had lots of stage experience both on stage and behind the scenes. I think they have done a great job! I am jealous to have not been part of it. I can't believe how much negativity there is with "fans" of BTVS being so negative about a production celebrating the masterpiece of Once More with Feeling, produced and starring FANS! Thank you for posting. If someone wants to produce something like this, I will happily lend my voice.

  • i lik giles

  • spike looks like a hick and they all sing terrible exept maybe buffy they skipped will this do ............anya was pretty good too i hate that i missed all stage versions of this show due to the fact that im only 14

  • One word: TERRIBLE!

  • changed the choreograph to make it work better for stage. The acting was mediocre but I did like Buffy's singing. But Spike was not good..at all. I really liked the look Sweets gave the rest of the Scoobies at 6:41, and that wasn't even in the TV show. So kudos on that. Finally, that fact that you guy decided to do Buffy is awesome. I've sat through many of my school plays, and been in the orchestra for my school musicals. It would have been awesome if it was Buffy but it never was. :(

  • about how great life is. In the show, she was almost being sarcastic about it. Even though she was saying how great life was, she obviously didn't feel that way, and it really showed when she was beating the two puppet demon things. But in this, you kind of lost that feeling.

    Also, when Buffy reveals that she was in heaven not hell, Willow (I'm assuming the red head is Willow) looked angry as apposed to sad or something. Another thing, what Joss did works well for TV, you guys could have..

  • Good effort and not bad for an amateur performance. Though I do have a few critics. At 4:02, the line should be "I think you already know" not "Don't you already know". That may be a small difference but I think there's a huge difference in the meaning behind it. When Sweet asks Buffy isn't life a miraculous thing, answering "don't you already know" seems more like just a response where as "I think you already know" is implying no which is the perfect intro to Buffy's somewhat cynical song..

  • It was a great effort and I don't mean to sound like a jerk but no one was even close capturing the voice, look or acting of the characters.Here are some things you need to improve-

    Willow-is NOT that big

    Xander-NEVER had a buzz-cut

    Spike-He looks like Jhonny depp in the 80's

    Buffy-She didn't dance very good

    and Giles-TOO FRIGGIN YOUNG!

  • the guy playing spike needs to be shot for making him sound like shit

    they all sounded kinda bad but at least the girl playing buffy got her lines right

  • Hello critics - this is fucking YouTube for Christ's sake! I think it's great that they did a version of it anyway - One of the finest hours of TV art and fair play for putting it on the stage!

  • this looks like so much fun

  • that's great,but I like the original version better 

  • This isn't that bad, Perhaps the actors could have put more enthusiasm into it, to make it look more interesting, And no offence to the person playing Spike- But Epic Fail, I love Spike and you don't play him well. The person playing Buffy was pretty good, Couldn't hit the high notes like Sarah but did a very good job trying. All in all-Not bad! :)

  • Excellent performance. I miss acting.

  • Personally I think this was pretty decent. It's a hard story to capture and it was achieved decently. Alright there were flaws but I enjoyed it nevertheless, I thought the staging aimed to stay close to the original but still use the space they had well. More props would have been nice, but guessing this was a budget issue. Good job guys!!!! =]

  • the girl in the orange tshirt has big boobs, I thought it needed to be said...

  • i'm quite impressed with this tbh.

    Its like the real show, only on stage. done by some amazing actors!

    Kinda jealous, must be awsome to have a reason to live their life for just a short moment! :D (And without the actually dieing part ofcourse:P)

  • holy crap wtf omg bbq horrible

  • bad... terrible even...

  • looool killed it sorry. good try though!

  • sound guys are awesome, but...yeah, it could've been better. Sweet definitely had the attitude. Love her. Buffy looked (mostly) the part, and she has a good voice. Spike...I mean, in the tv show he can't really sing (sorry fans, it's true) so I'm not totally opposed to your choice. Everyone else sounded like they had decent voices--and this wasn't professional or anything, so I won't be harsh. they autotuned the tv show anyway. did you hire a band for the music?

  • Its a good attempt....Spike's attitude is far more important than the accent though. I would rather see the correct attitudes and ways of carrying themselfs than the right "voices" Make it your own! :D

  • i like tara in this

  • i like the thought and tribute but it could use some work (and a new spike)

  • Which school is this :P?, And guys seriously what do you expect? its a school play for christ sake, They all had the balls to go out there and do it.. so just shut it

  • Everyone's hating while i'm loving =P

  • Ok the girl who played Buffy was a decent singer but her dancing was sloppy. My biggest problem with the whole thing is the actors were definitely not playing there roles as good as they probably could have.

  • this was pretty good but theres one thing, the guy who did spike shouldn't have used an accent while singing, and this comment may have been made before and i apologies if it has but James Marsters is an American who on buffy played the british spike, so whe he sang he dropped almost all trace of the accent, just some constructive criticism other than that that was awesome

  • I really don't like their spike. He kills it

  • @Muscleadviceplzz

    just their spike?

  • @agsiar well he is the worst compared to the originals, maybe they're buffy to ^^

  • omg this was hilarious 

  • lol you messed it up xD

    

  • Spike wannabe should be ashamed of himself!!!!!!!!!

  • ack gives

  • Oh man i love the look Sweet fives at 6:43, it was a look of ha ha you guys messed up. I have to say that the actress that plays Sweet was the best one and everyone else did okay. Heck they did better than probably what I could do, so props to you all fr a good job and use this to improve on in the future k?

  • omg spike character CANT sing :(

  • The person who played Spike is bad for that character!!!! James Marsters is so hotter nd better!!

  • i can sing better than that

  • well... anya was good!

  • Buffy: She's so bad... maby can kill you

    Spike: David bowie

    The Demon: an humoris make up, maby rossi o'donell

    Giles: wtf? so young and thin

    Xander: he never have any sent.. so..

    Anya: this anya got the best vioce in the cast

    Willow: Faaat!

    Wait a minute!! who's willow???? oh, ya, the fat!

    Tara: mmm... she's dressed like the real tara.. but she's steel a blonde Wokie

  • This is really cool. I am currently trying to get my theatre troupe to do OMWF. How did you get the rights? Are there any? Our board wont let us do this unless we are sure we wont get sued by Fox.

  • omg! this is so bad, they cant sing, not even act, not in sync wen they dance, my college musical last year was so much better then this

  • I think the one playing Giles are younger than the one playong dawn.... BAD

  • @sunworrior Nope. All the cast members were the same age.

  • Buffy was a good singer, the rest were not so hot. They managed to make Giles' & Spike's accents into some sort of weird parody. Overall it was a good effort though. I don't understand the female Sweet (second time I have seen this) first of all Sweet is clearly a guy in the show, second he is far less creepy as a girl and the whole Dawn story makes little sense, as does the eventual reveal with Xander.

  • @Booger414 Thanks for your comment!

    The fact that the role of Sweet was played by a woman in our show does not mean we actually changed the gender of the character - Sweet is still a male demon! the fact was, no one else came close to capturing Sweet's character and style like the actress we cast.

    Throughout stage history men have played women, women have played men - it's perfectly normal.

  • @willowspuppy1 Sorry, without seeing any of Sweet's songs I thought that you were doing the same thing I have seen other versions do. I didn't mean to offend, it was my misinterpretation. Sweet is one of my favorite guest characters. I know that men and women have exchanged rolls and there are even male characters in opera written especially for female singers.

  • @willowspuppy1 and its respectfull the job you do was amazing!

  • @willowspuppy1 This is the second stage production I've seen on youtube with a female Sweet, and I think both times it was a good casting choice. The woman in this one is really talented! ^_^

  • the singing of spike is sooooo bad!!

  • the cast need to be shot for making walk throw the fire look like shit

  • @lindajoeytonitravis Walk 'Throw' the Fire?

  • Respond to this video...  theyre actually quite gud - just sloppy dancin but ok

  • Respond to this video... spike is ridiculous - wheres the sexy swagger?

  • I don't know why I watched this, brb suicide

  • @D31C1D3 It's not a very efficient suicide if you'll "brb".

    Just sayin.

  • Aw come on guys, it's hard to do a musical. They aren't professional actors. We did Sweeny Todd my senior year and it was a lot harder to dance/sing/act then it looks. Granted, they could have worked on the acting a little better, maybe they were strapped for time?

  • I liked "Buffy"'s singing but the rest was crap - I bet our school could do much better- like actors that actually WANT to be there....

  • omg when anya tara n buffy were swaying...

  • allthough i love to listen to everyones singing in general, but still this wasnt that bad that the comments of your guys. i liked it : ) i,d like to do this myself someday.

  • OMG Was ist das denn für ne Scheiße?!

    Die sind da alle völlig fehl am Platz!

    "Spike" hat in diesem kurzen Teil schon Fehler reingehauen...dazu sieht er scheiße aus und kann nicht singen...-.-

  • not one person could keep a tune. some got the lyrics wrong. there was no emotion. i'm sorry...isn't the title of the episode ONCE MORE WITH FEELING?! way to go at poisoning the name of buffy. thanks for the laughs.

  • They suck...Like horribly. I love this song, but they killed it. 

  • that was the least enthusiatic "i hope she fries im free if that bitch dies" from spike i think ive ever hearddd,, tara was good :')

  • that was the least enthusiatic "i hope she fries im free if that bitch dies" from spike i think ive ever hearddd

  • Buffy was alright. Spike doesn't have sense of rythm or tone...

  • None of them can sing, dance nor act (except sweet) Most of the time they were completely out of tune, the dancing was HORRIBLE and the acting... just wasn't there.

  • Good job ! Whoever played Buffy was great and I liked Sweet's makeup. Too bad about the guy singing Spike.

  • 1. I think the Buffy actress was great, okay the dance wasn´t THAT good, okay, okay. BUT it takes a lot of courage to stand there and act and I wouldn´t be able to. Besides her singing was quite good, I think.

    2. The Sweet actress was BRILLIANT. I love her voice and she really is awesome here + in Sweets Song

    3. Okay...Spike. Yeah, he really seems like behind stage there is someone forcing him to sing. Sounds bad, sry but very brave I must say.

    4. Giles was...oooookay but not rly good. Sry.

  • the dance demon is short and the face is quite far from the original

  • needs more emotion on the singing and energy on the dancing

    SPIKE is my favourite character but...this spike... from the moment he entered the scene is so lame...and his singing--- he's just like talking

  • This was... bad!!! he sings terribel!! she can do better I gues? Nobody can doing it like the actual actors!!! To bad: just stop trying everybody!!!

    I actually feel sorry for the fake-actors: you've totally ruined this amazingl song!!

  • it's on stage, so where r the feelings? the singing and dacing seems not like they were felt by the actors

  • OMFG the dancing was terrible!! 

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  • the best out of every one it Annya! and i hate her!BTW EPIC FAIL!WTF is this the making fun of the bueaty of this episode!

  • When "Xander" sings his line, he sounds kinda like he's got down syndrome or something. no offense to anyone who actually does

  • Oh GOD! Spike, WTF possessed you to swap vocal cords with a version of Edward Cullen with an Austrailian accent?

  • epic faliure at parts.

  • no feeling in the singin that sucky

  • the only good one was the one playing sweet...

  • Buffy's dancing was even worse than the singing. This is disgraceful.

  • i hope the lot of them walk through and let it burn them for doing such a shit job.

  • I think you guys did pretty well considering none of you do this for a living. Don't let all the comments get you down and keep having fun!

  • I've seen a high school do it better. I seriously hope you didn't charge anyone to see this. Against my better judgment I sat through the entire video (probably due to my love of the content) searching unfruitfully for just one redeeming quality. To say that it was terrible would be a ridiculous understatement.

  • Very nice little production.

  • I hope I don't sing like that

  • The "Buffy" looks like a statue, she had to dance much earlier :(

    The "Tara" Actor was quite nice, though...

  • i do performing arts and can safely say that was terrible!

    what a insult to the show!

  • @MrLiamantonyhoughton I totally agree to that. It was absolutely Horrible!!! I loved this episode and this is just an insult to the show!!!

  • @72Naleysuperfan72 lol i think i was a little harsh now,respect for the performers efforts! x

  • @72Naleysuperfan72 Wow, seriously, this was not professionally done. It wasn't put together with professional actors like the show... so cool off. They did their best, and if you don't have anything nice to say about it, then don't say anything at all.

  • awh that was nice .. not amazing but well done!

  • buffy looks like a retard HA

  • omg i NEVER troll but this is pretty shocking !

  • It's such a pity that Spike couldn't really act/sing, because Buffy is really really good.

  • i prefer the buffy version, no offence but you guys need singing lessons :S

  • Usually I would try and find a way to compliment this, but this time it literally KILLED me to watch and listen to this. It's a disgrace to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Joss Whedon. It looks like no effort went in to this, and obviously nobody can sing or act. Please just leave the episode as it is! Nobody can remake Buffy.

  • This was... not good. Like, at all.

    Sweet, though. She was THE ONLY ONE WHO ACTED.

    WELL DONE, HON.

    God, Buffy's death dance was awkward like you have NO IDEA.

    Oooh, Spike. No, no, no. You can't hit a note(srsly, I checked. You DID NOT HIT THEM.), you can't act, you can't dance, you can't be Spike at all, and you look like you don't want to be there- THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?

  • @MrsElisabeth91 Spike was a last minute addition (that one was), so it's understandable that he wasn't ready... and remember, this wasn't done by professional singers/actors, they were just having fun, and doing the best THEY could do, so there's no need to say rude things. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

  • @MrsElisabeth91

    You took the words right out of my mouth!

    "I better help her out." After what? You go home and have a nap?

  • There are some... not very good singers here. That said, I think the ones playing Buffy, Anya, Tara and Sweet were really good. ^^

  • they all look like robots! ugh it was just very hard to watch! im sorry but it wasnt good!

  • epic fail.

  • i dnt like their perfomance no offense to them but it was awful the actual cast if buffy were better and they dnt sing and these actors do!!!!!! sorry but it was the worst!!!!!

  • Not very good....they could of some more when singing Walk Through the Fire....they just stood there...Something to sing About sounds wierd.

    WHAT'S WITH SPIKE??

  • Ouch. The Spike actor can't sing very well.

  • hmmm... i usually hate people who criticise others work on youtube... but this made me cringe so badly.

    Some of the voices were OK - to a certain extent, but there's no stage presence, no flare.

    And the character of Spike? Who cast this? Where they dumb, deaf and blind? He doesn't look like he wants to be there, so still and doesn't know tone if it sang to him in the face.

    If i was a paying audience member watching this performance, i would seriously ask for my money back :(

  • the Buffy actress got all the moves (beside the flip-but who would?)

    I'm impressed

  • Jesus,spike,come on. Buffy wasn't terrible. But for the most part,waste of time.

  • was this a production by fat lesbian tone deaf anonymous?

  • and another thing, why make a big deal out of a girl playing someone in a stage musical? its a stage musical. people gender swap ALL THE TIME. esspecially in amateur productions.

    and as it says, its was made by fans of the show, not by professional actors and actresses. people need to etiher enjoy what people put their hard work in to or just leave it alone.

  • I dont get the big deal wiht why everyones so angry and mean. This was a production that looked like it had no budget, certainly wasnt licensed, and didnt have much backing it. and yet they put it on. The singers arent amazing, the actors arent perfect, but its a stage show of a great musical. have any of you haters ever done this!?

    personally im just glad to hear new renditions of it. keeps the fandom burning. i always imagined how i would stage this scene in the theatre.

  • You guys should rehearsal i litle bit more...But I loved the ideia...Love this episode...Kisses from Brazil

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  • Awefull, they screwd up a great song, the fake spike didn't have any emotion and they can't really sing...

  • I think they did a great job. Sure, they are not some professional singers, and some notes are not that good, but that's not the point. The point is, that they had fun doing this, and that is what I can feel. I love the Giles-actor, and the actresses all have good voices. I thank you for doing this, for publishing this, so I could see it.

  • Sweet is fantastic! They sound a bit nervous, and tones seem a little off. I don;t think the song sounds right with an alto Buffy. it takes guts to attempt such a musical though. kudos.

  • terrible..lol

  • The Spike charicter is Horrid he has no tellent

  • Very cool.

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  • Thumbs up for the female performers!!

    I really wish more guys would join musical theatre groups. Seems like a worldwide thing really... stupid gender clichés.

  • the girls r good boys cant sing in this

  • in the beginning it it just me or is she rushing?

  • Spike is terrible... I"m sorry...

  • i think they did ok...i definately feel xander got the whole thing down for stumbling over words on i'll never tell the "tight embrace" part there is one other production on youtube i saw and was shocked the guy just stumbled over the stumble lol. but im wondering if people actually watch the episode or just go read script act then suck. not that these gus suck but there could be improvement like mot things in life

  • i think anya was pretty good... the guys....... not so much :S

  • Contrary to what others may have posted, I think the cast did a splendid job on their respective parts. I think the fact that in their production, casting Sweet as a female brings more dimensions to the character.Overall it was amazing and thank you for posting.

  • aww, i couldn't hear the best line . . . "I think this lines moslty filler" hehe love it.

  • well idk about the accent.. but fucker has a bad voice

  • sweet n buffy r ace. spike lets this down a bit

  • Is the deamon a woman??!

  • I didn't like this, sorry. There was no emotion. But it's great that they're trying. This episode was amazing, and deserves all that credit it gets.

  • omg good job!

  • Hey good work. lol at the problem of finding enough blokes who want to do musical theatre! Buffy was good, and I quite like what you did with the staging. It's really nice that you actually put this on. Love the buffy fandom!

  • Wheres the emotion?

  • The spike actor WAS SO OFF! still enjoyed

  • Hey, that was beautiful, congratulations from Brazil ^^

    loved the Sweet guy

  • The demon is really creepy looking. Very good, especially for a amatuer performance. It was cute and of course like any good musical it has someone in sequins!

  • There is zero conviction in this. Amatuer plain and simple.