December 26 2010
(SPOILER)
Georges Jeanty Slayalive Q/A for Buffy #39.
Has some spoilerish stuff for Buffy #40 and season 9. ETA Scott Allie posted this pic from Buffy #40. So since it's from next issue, spoiler warning.
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Nathan | December 27, 01:50 CET
[ edited by sueworld2003 on 2010-12-27 11:02 ]
sueworld2003 | December 27, 02:00 CET
GilesQueen | December 27, 05:16 CET
DeathIsYourGift | December 27, 07:57 CET
Sunfire | December 27, 10:43 CET
GilesQueen
Because AtS was another show lasted five years and has its own comics. Oh, and it has another fanbase, not so happy seeing his title character thrown in s8 so badly.
aradia | December 27, 13:54 CET
I'm so happy Angel and Buffy are coming into one comic or line of comics. I have no inclination to keep up with IDW and Darkhorse. I would imagine the numbers at this point are shrinking to the point that it only makes sense to consolidate.
IrrationaliTV | December 27, 14:08 CET
racheltng | December 27, 16:19 CET
Kairos | December 27, 16:36 CET
[ edited by Dana5140 on 2010-12-28 01:50 ]
Dana5140 | December 27, 16:47 CET
It just feels like you both have to find something to complain about in every single Season 8 related thread. Dana, your complaint isn't even thread specific. Just a general 'did I mention recently that I don't like the comics' kinda thing. It's starting to seem kinda petty now. As if you're upset about the season 8 storyline not being your cup of tea and you want to do everything you can to make as many people as possible feel the same way you do.
I'm the last person to try and tell anyone not to have an opinion but I just don't understand why two people who claim to dislike this story as much as you both say you do seem to spend so much time discussing it. I'll be honest, if I disliked the comics that much, I'd have stopped reading the threads about them a long time ago. If not for my own sake then for the sake of the fans who wouldn't need to hear me making the same complaints over and over again.
Highlander | December 27, 17:48 CET
Rowan Hawthorn | December 27, 18:25 CET
@racheltng i saw the picture, i doubt they're reconciling(just a guess) but maybe just admitting defeat. I'm guessing it'll take a while to fix things between them. I DO hope we get a date on the comic book, nothing specific just a year, possibly a month, or maybe a hint to the month based on the seasons (the weather... something)
Nathan | December 27, 18:25 CET
"Hell, I wish all of season 9 was nothing but fill-in from the gap between chosen and this comic season!"
Oh god ditto.
sueworld2003 | December 27, 18:54 CET
Interesting. For me, bringing Tara back would be a sign to stop reading, not a temptation to stick with it.
Emmie | December 27, 19:04 CET
Like Highlander said, we get it. Really, we hear you. Do you have to insist on trying to ruin it for everyone else? It's gone beyond a "here's my opinion" deal, and devolved into something much less pleasant. To be perfectly blunt, it makes me dread these threads. I'm not saying every thread should be a praise-fest. God knows season 8 has had it's problems (like every other season) but there's a difference between "constructive criticism" and "I hate these comics!". The posts in question are leaning further and further towards the latter as time goes on.
And just for the sake of discussion, Sue, I find your initial post kind of the reverse of what makes sense. If you want payoff, then why not wait till the characters have a chance to feel the ramifications? Why not give us a chance to see how this has effected them? Seeing them immediately after could be nice, yea, but we'll see a new side of them if they've had time to deal with everything that's happened. Think of it like a season gap. We didn't see the immediate effects of how the Scoobies dealt with Buffy's (second) death, or how Buffy dealt with being killed, or how she wound up in an LA diner. We don't need the immediate effects, we need the actual payoff that comes later, once the characters can actually let the impact hit them.
[ edited by trunkstheslayer on 2010-12-28 05:11 ]
trunkstheslayer | December 27, 20:09 CET
Because judging by how season 8 ignored how characters got from A-B we will probably find ourselves skipping over that side of this and rushing headlong onto something else, which for me at least really didn't work, so forgive me If I really don't want a repeat performance of that in season 9. But I'm willing to hope that this time they'll do it a little differently.
But thats the thing you see, this is just my take on it, and not somebody elses. Like everyone else on here I've read every issue and so feel I'm entitled to speak about it. This is a thread concerned with the comics after all.
But If people don't want to hear anything but none critical opinions, then you'll be delighted to hear I'm taking my leave. :)
[ edited by sueworld2003 on 2010-12-28 05:48 ]
sueworld2003 | December 27, 20:35 CET
GilesQueen | December 27, 21:17 CET
Nathan | December 27, 21:38 CET
As for the Q&A, it's nice to know that Spike will have a "better" role in season 9. And that he's back in the Buffyverse instead of hanging out with Angel. :)
HappyMeal | December 27, 23:11 CET
(Humor galor).
TylerAustin | December 28, 00:52 CET
I never suggested otherwise, in your case, sueworld2003. If you read my comment again you'll see that I was only talking about Dana5140 when I mentioned the non-thread-specific complaining.
"But If people don't want to hear anything but none critical opinions, then you'll be delighted to hear I'm taking my leave. :)"
Far from it! I've a number of issues with Season 8 myself, even more with the later issues of the IDW Angel run. I'm more than happy to hear negative opinions on the books. I seriously doubt that anyone here is entirely happy with everything that has happened since the switch to comic book format. It just seems that a few people here seem to go out of their way to be negative about them, to the point where we just now get random 'don't like them' comments such as Dana left above. That's not leaving constructive criticism anymore. It's just being negative. Surely when you get to the point where you have nothing positive left to say, it's better for all concerned to just not bother posting.
Highlander | December 28, 04:04 CET
NotaViking | December 28, 05:18 CET
- Caroline, December 11th.
Matt7325 | December 28, 05:36 CET
I mean, I used to be a Heroes fan. I loved the first season but even then I found reasons to criticise certain aspects of the show. Which is fair enough as constructive criticism is all part and parcel of being a fan. Come the third season, I found that I was finding more to complain about than I had to praise and at that point I stopped watching and stopped discussing the show online entirely, realising that the show's fans didn't need to hear me constantly whine and complain about something that is, at the end of the day, a purely subjective matter. It was a waste of my time to continue discussing something I disliked and unfair to expect others to want to read all the reasons why I thought the show had failed.
That's all that I'm trying to say here, because it is getting to the point where the negativity is making me not want to discuss Season 8 at Whedonesque, and I don't think I'm alone in that. Which is a shame because... well, it's Whedonesque!
Highlander | December 28, 05:40 CET
Rowan Hawthorn | December 28, 05:40 CET
Simon | December 28, 06:01 CET
Lioness | December 28, 06:08 CET
Simon | December 28, 06:17 CET
Highlander | December 28, 06:34 CET
And I've just got to point out the fact that the #39 thread had 261 comments and I hope the next one has even more.
NotaViking | December 28, 07:47 CET
Edit: To hide the fact that I apparently didn't know how to spell 'previous' yesterday! Now no one will ever know! ;)
[ edited by Highlander on 2010-12-29 14:47 ]
Highlander | December 28, 08:53 CET
Highlander | December 28, 09:03 CET
aphasia | December 28, 12:47 CET
I think it was mentioned before but i really wanna know about the whole Angel and Spike coming through portals. I think on Buffy wikia it says that the Spike that crashes into Big Ben, and the one sitting in the cafe are future and present Spike or something. Is that true, cause i just thought they were the same Spike, and that Scott Allie said there would be no timetravel. and war? what war? what war did Angel loose.
I thought the picture on Twitter was beautiful, if it's Buffy and Willow i think they are just deciding not to fight anymore. I doubt that Willow has forgiven her yet.
@Simon, what's this unique Buffy thread you speak of? Is it something to get excited over?
[ edited by Nathan on 2010-12-28 22:34 ]
Nathan | December 28, 13:32 CET
Simon | December 28, 14:26 CET
Sunfire | December 28, 14:39 CET
Whether you like his work or not, he has been more than generous with his time with the fandom. Heck, the guy even helped run an art contest just to make sure that fans didn't feel gipped about a gap month, and to keep fan interest alive.
No, he's not always the most analytical or insightful when it comes to questions about the writing or plot, but then again, those aren't really his forte. His area of expertise is the art, and I think when it comes to questions about things that he knows well, he excels.
wenxina | December 28, 16:55 CET
Nathan | December 28, 23:37 CET