February 22 2010
(SPOILER)
Preview pages for Buffy Season 8 #33.
It comes out next week.
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Vergil | February 22, 07:11 CET
Oh,explanation for the change of voice! Could work for anything else Twit is doing (magic)
anca | February 22, 07:15 CET
daevid | February 22, 07:19 CET
Yes,I assume this is the explanation for the change in voice font we've been seeing.Amy was the one masking his voice.
Buffyfantic | February 22, 07:20 CET
narky | February 22, 07:24 CET
I'm still waiting for Xander to joke about Buffy flying before Clark Kent does on Smallville.lol
Actually,I'm also waiting for a good Geoff Johns and/or Grant Morrison shout out.
Buffyfantic | February 22, 07:31 CET
Sparticus | February 22, 07:34 CET
I think there was talk that maybe Andrew was going to be revealed as a traitor in #32, since he was the one doing the odd voice over (also, that's why I think he mixed up the whole Kendra/Faith succession), but after Twilight still being unable to name him, I don't think it's true. Phew.
Also, I'm going to echo the Pinky and the Brain comment. FTW!
Guestage Drew | February 22, 07:36 CET
Can someone clear this up for me? What is “Pirate’s booty?” I don’t quite understand what Xander is offering her in the bowl?
I thought it was very interesting that Giles is genuinely surprised when he recognises Twilight’s voice. I’ve long suspected that Giles may be the mole and Whedon confirmed in his latest interview that he’s been hiding information on Twilight, so I was surprised by this part. But then I remembered that Twilight hasn’t revealed his identity to any of his followers so it doesn’t rule Giles out. Or Giles may not be a mole but just keeping things close to the chest for some unknown reason. Here it doesn’t really seem like Twilight and Giles have had any kind of partnership so I can’t wait to find out what Joss was hinting at.
You’re spot on about Amy masking Twilight’s voice. This is a pretty great explanation as it means the writers actually bothered to address the issue which so many comic book/movies don’t. And it also means Allie wasn’t kidding when he said the change in font was intentional. It also explains why a lot of the time he didn't really sound like you-know-who. Loved this little detail very much!
And Jeanty’s art is just wonderful here. A true return to form! I really love that panel of Buffy looking back over her shoulder and smiling :)
I’m totally in love with this preview and it's made me so excited for this issue. It's hard to believe we're actually at this moment and I'm just relieved that it appears to be in very good hands.
[ edited by vampmogs on 2010-02-22 16:48 ]
vampmogs | February 22, 07:46 CET
Sorry, that was mildly irksome in it's level of cliche but hey, still loving this stuff. Can't wait!
trunkstheslayer | February 22, 07:53 CET
Hand on heart and swear to Joss? Cause I'm getting tired of saying please don't spoil Twilight's identity.
Simon | February 22, 07:57 CET
KaileeA42 | February 22, 07:58 CET
And yup Allie confirmed that the solicitation is a mistake and that Twilight definitely gets revealed in this issue.
vampmogs | February 22, 08:01 CET
I'd love to look at these pages, though I haven't, and i won't untill the book comes out.
Ages ago someone pointed out that after looking at the previews the 17 pp. left were too few. I agree. le sigh.
espalier | February 22, 08:03 CET
I Like the preview pages. Need more. Now.
LaputanMachine | February 22, 08:04 CET
Thanks for that espalier :)
vampmogs | February 22, 08:06 CET
Anyway, I think I should probabably go and pay some attention to whatever it is that my Video Media teacher is talking about. That might be a good idea, possibly. I'm so excited for this issue, even though I was already spoiled on the reveal with most everyone else. The 'Why?' is definitely going to be the most interesting part.
KaileeA42 | February 22, 08:06 CET
Also, I really love Xan's pep talk.
Tyler823 | February 22, 08:09 CET
wenxina | February 22, 08:13 CET
I'm still not hearing Twilight's "real" voice in the dialogue, and the explanation of the voice change is pretty wimpy. Really, the "magic is the answer" thing is wearing thin. It's the Star Trek equivalent of writing themselves into a corner and then using technobabble to provide an answer. Magic is a cheat....
And Rising Stars isn't an obscure reference!
mbeauparland | February 22, 08:13 CET
Simon | February 22, 16:57 CET
No spoiling Simon,just confirming it's in this issue.The covers already confirm that but people still seem to be confused if it's this issue or next.I can remove that line if you want though?Or when it happens in the issue?Let me know.
[ edited by Buffyfantic on 2010-02-22 17:18 ]
Buffyfantic | February 22, 08:16 CET
KaileeA42 | February 22, 08:17 CET
Liked the preview, and although I thought the "I'm a vampire!" bit was a little melodramatic, it was also something that Buffy (a younger Buffy, pre season 6) would have said, so it's not out of character. And it wasn't dwelled on, they just said it and moved on, chop chop, which I like.
dispatch | February 22, 08:31 CET
Sosa Lola | February 22, 08:42 CET
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jclemens | February 22, 08:48 CET
Taaroko | February 22, 08:55 CET
SteveP | February 22, 09:21 CET
Jossfan_21 | February 22, 10:06 CET
The fact that Twilight's fake voice (with those characters) was Amy's doing is pretty cool.
The jokes are wearing on me a bit in this preview. Although it looks now like Twilight might well just be goading Andrew with not knowing his name, since Andrew already told him what it was.
Anyway. CAN'T WAIT.
[ edited by WilliamTheB on 2010-02-22 20:50 ]
[ edited by WilliamTheB on 2010-02-22 20:51 ]
WilliamTheB | February 22, 11:48 CET
(I hadn't put the exact lines on here because I am not sure if it is allowed to do it.)
rua1412 | February 22, 11:59 CET
The Dark Shape | February 22, 12:05 CET
Whoa. No wonder he keeps his mask on, that's just creepy!
Craig Oxbrow | February 22, 12:47 CET
Shep | February 22, 12:47 CET
[ edited by tranquillity on 2010-02-22 22:03 ]
tranquillity | February 22, 13:02 CET
peepstone | February 22, 13:21 CET
Sunfire | February 22, 13:38 CET
MattAllain | February 22, 13:56 CET
http://www.newsarama.com/film/JMS-Week-Movies-TV-100220.html
Buffyfantic | February 22, 15:26 CET
Arawyn_P | February 22, 15:47 CET
Changeling said:
"Wow, finally a comic reference to a book worth reading"
Rising Stars had some good points here and there, but the fact that it was JMS's first ongoing comic really showed (previously, he'd done some Babylon 5 comics and possibly others). Certain things weren't explained or were just way too vague, the dialogue wasn't JMS' best, the pacing was weird (I liked the "3 acts" thing in principle, roughly 8 issues for each act, but one act took too long, whereas another dragged), and it's no fault of JMS, but within those 24 issues we had about 6 different artists (which lead to a few art mistakes/confusion that I'm pretty sure didn't get fixed for the trades/hardcover, not to mention some just plain bad art and an unfortunate lack of consistency). It was a flawed experiment. Much better comic by JMS was Midnight Nation. I can't remember if I liked Dream Police (a one-shot), even though I read it very recently. Never got around to that creator-owned mini-series he did for Marvel (with A Distant Soil's Colleen Doran as artist), liked his Spider-Man work (don't think I read more than the first 20 issues of it though), and he put out Delicate Creatures through Top Cow/Image as well (Midnight Nation and Rising Stars were Top Cow/Image books). While it was a hardcover illustrated storybook instead of a comic, it wasn't half bad. Sort of similar to what Neil Gaiman puts out as storybooks. Lost track of JMS' work about the same time I took a break from by B5-on-DVD viewing, so I never got around to borrowing the rest of his Spider-Man off a friend, or trying out Thor or Supreme Power (which sounded a lot like a do-over, taking past characters of Marvel's to do a better Rising Stars).
Kris | February 22, 19:40 CET
But anyone else worried about the level of friendship going on here? The core group are actually working like the Scoobs of old. I don't think we've seen this level of goodwill between them since S5, and we all know what Joss loves to do to happy relationships.
Kaan | February 22, 19:55 CET
Sparticus | February 23, 04:18 CET
wenxina | February 23, 05:13 CET
(Still. !!!! :) )
WilliamTheB | February 23, 05:23 CET