"The good fight, yeah? You never know until you've been tested. I get that now."
May 17
2007
Dark Horse's Scott Allie talks Buffy season 8.
This a great insight into what goes on behind the scenes.
Three cheers to Jackal for such a fab read.
Simon
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[ edited by crossoverman on 2007-05-17 08:09 ]
crossoverman | May 17, 02:06 CET
It's funny though, back during the original runs of the Buffy and Angel comics, I didn't miss a single one-shot or mini-series spin-off along with the regular comics and wasn't overly concerned with comics being non-canon or not fitting very well with established continuity.
I don't lose any sleep over refusing the Angel comics published by IDW. I read samples and previews of the earliest books, wasn't impressed. I hear one or two of the more recent minis are/were good, but still...I'm not as keen on paying for sequential fan-fiction as I was back when the shows were still on the air.
A tricky choice is the Angel Season 6 comics. Not Joss-written or done by any ME writers, but Joss-guided and apparently Joss-approved. Hmm...It doesn't help that I'm still sore over it not being concluded on TV or in a direct-to-DVD movie. I'm incredibly curious about what Season 6 roughly would have looked like though, which is what it sounds like we'll be getting with those comics...Buffy Season 8 is a fun indulgence. That show's story wasn't cut short by ratings issues and network mismanagement. Angel Season 6 is almost necessary to a significant portion of the fanbase who weren't and still aren't willing to settle for "Not Fade Away" as a conclusion.
Kris | May 17, 02:29 CET
Fray!
Xander/Renfield!
Awesome!
UnpluggedCrazy | May 17, 03:02 CET
toast | May 17, 04:05 CET
I personly hope that Spike will get a canon spin-off series after season6, that character has so much potential as a warrior for good.
Vergil | May 17, 05:17 CET
angeliclestat | May 17, 06:02 CET
I'm looking forward to Angel S6 but I see things pretty much the opposite way around to Kris. Buffy wasn't cut short BUT it ended in a way that's very open to more stories. With Angel though I think there're only so many ways you can continue it and not take away some of the emotional power of 'Not Fade Away'. If Joss wasn't overseeing it (much as I rate Brian Lynch) i'd be very ambivalent and even now I feel a lot more "Please don't fuck this up"-ness than I would with a continuation of most (maybe any) other series.
(and from interviews it seems more collaborative than 'just' Joss-guided/approved, the two of them seem to be swapping ideas and batting plot points back and forth rather than just Brian Lynch submitting something and Joss yaying or naying it)
Nice interview that, cheers Simon and Jackal.
Saje | May 17, 06:39 CET
embers | May 17, 10:10 CET
That's exactly what I was going to say. :)
Derf | May 17, 12:48 CET
maje | May 17, 12:50 CET
@theonetruebix | May 17, 13:54 CET
CaptainB | May 17, 15:46 CET
Sunfire | May 17, 15:54 CET
Sunfire | May 17, 15:56 CET
The way I see it: better to focus on one thing and make that really, really good than to have spin-offs which either aren't focused on or take focus away from the original. Even with season eight, we've gone from a dozen issues to 20-30 to 50 plus - which means years and years of commitment to see the story through.
What happens when Joss starts directing Goners? Or something else comes up? I'd rather have an end in sight, than an ongoing series with spin-offs and supplemental stories. Of course, that's comics for you...
crossoverman | May 17, 19:20 CET
"better to focus on one thing and make that really, really good"
Personal bias here, though I know I'm not alone, and I know I risk a mod lashing for digging up this horse to beat on some more--Joss Whedon oversees Buffy Season 7, Angel Season 4, and new baby Firefly all in the same season. Buffy Season 7 suffers for it big time (though it was almost a worthwhile sacrifice given how excellent Firefly was and I'm not sure how much credit goes to Joss for Angel Season 4 despite him giving approvals and writing an episode or two, but I loved that too).
Would rather have more Fray anyway, if there's gotta be another Joss-written Buffyverse comic running at the same time as Season 8. A second Fray mini-series might not be too huge a commitment.
But to go all crazy with the spin-offs ? You risk seriously diluting the integrity of the comics as canon material.
I kinda hate what I just said with that last part. I sound like I'm becoming fucking Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons there. Can't help feeling it's true though, and that more often than not when it comes to multi-book "universes" in the comics medium, the more you add the more things begin to suck.
[ edited by Kris on 2007-05-18 05:18 ]
Kris | May 17, 23:15 CET
I feel the exact opposite. Quality needs to stay up, obviously, but a connected universe can really enhance reading enjoyment.
Niels van Eekelen | May 18, 04:37 CET