March 16 2014
Sarah Michelle Gellar on Buffy and the Veronica Mars Kickstarter.
She got asked about it in an interview about her work with Project Sunlight.
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And Veronica's main mysteries (at least in the first two seasons) took place over the entire year, and I would argue are even more serialized than Buffy ever started out being. Even during the "mysteries of the week," the bigger ones were always there.
Yet that didn't stop the movie from happening.
It's cool if Sarah never wants to do a Buffy movie, just give an honest answer and say that. Of course, she's probably worried about angering fans or some such, but...
pat32082 | March 16, 07:49 CET
That's just ridiculous. I don't know how many times she has been asked whether she wants to do a Buffy movie or not, and she has basically given almost the same answer: SHE DOES NOT WANT TO REPRISE THAT ROLE. Of course she didn't say it like that but you always knew what her opinion on a movie was.
Given the "quality" of the Buffy comics it's probably better to not do a movie. But that's just my opinion...
temponaut | March 16, 08:09 CET
But I also think that a Buffy movie wouldn't necessarily have to be about her per se. It could be a
coming of age movie about her daughter. Now that I would love to see.
madmolly | March 16, 08:48 CET
Which I find odd since Hollywood seemed capable of doing it for years. Hell, Star Wars could have ended at the first movie and we would still have seen two good arcs in it.
There's a part of me that thinks when we refer to TV as a writers medium, maybe the thing that is now somewhat choking the film industry is it's romanticism with the auteur and Hollywood models. Every time a writer gets to sneak something in there with a competent director who doesn't want to hijack the picture, it's usually pretty good. I think Jason Reitman in Juno or Josh Trank of Chronicle fame.
azzers | March 16, 08:59 CET
As a lot of actor's have found out it's best for an actor not to give a yes/no answer and it's usually nothing to do with fans .
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garda39 | March 16, 09:10 CET
But mostly I wouldn't donate now because my main interest was always the Buffy and Spike relationship and there is surely no chance of that anymore.
I have accepted there will never be a Buffy movie or spin off. It's done. Made my peace with it. Still I'm happy for the Veronica Mars' fans, those who have seen it have been extremely pleased.
Xane | March 16, 10:43 CET
That's why, when I see that they can do justice to a heavy serialized show that ended 7 years ago, I'm jealous because all we have is a poor way (in my opinion) to continue the series in comic form (no age or budget problems... but clearly inferior to the show).
I'm happy the way Buffy ended, and I prefer it to stay that way. But, if they keep doing comics, then why not a good movie with a good story to tell? If Joss considers he has one, I'll support him.
Angel TheVampire | March 16, 11:23 CET
Very nicely said. I'm pretty much over the idea of either one being a better storytelling medium than the other. Just depends on the story you're telling.
sumogrip | March 16, 11:56 CET
You nailed it, though I´m not that harsh on the comics. But I hope Joss will at somepoint be open about a movie. Even if it means the end to the franchise, but I want a nice wrap up with all the actresses and actors of the two shows in live action.
N27 | March 16, 12:03 CET
), they are pretty much the oldest ones in the cast to boot.
All the humans are in their 30s except Charisma (and Liz), and Aly later this month, and both are still pulling off younger chaRacters right now. So if the others "can't pass for . . . 30 somethings anymore" they need to see a good endocrinologist. Any combination of the various casts could easily do a "10 years after" story if a decent one was available.
(I know I'm prejudiced here because my first serious attempt at a fic project involved the gang at 45 dealing with their own teenagers- in fact most of my work since then has been prequels to it-, but I think the logic is "universal enough," to coin aa phrase.
DaddyCatALSO | March 16, 12:10 CET
Trentaferd | March 16, 12:39 CET
the ninja report | March 16, 12:45 CET
A good BtVS movie can be made. I believe that Joss can make one; he done the impossible before. But it wouldn't be a replacement for the show itself--like the comics continuation. It would be a variation on a theme.
dottikin | March 16, 13:21 CET
fray-adjacent | March 16, 15:18 CET
Btw fray-adjacent, I could very good imagine Fray going into series. Why didn't that happen already? Whaa, I have to stop now.
hmw | March 16, 15:36 CET
hmw | March 16, 15:49 CET
I love Buffy a lot, but I'm happy with what we have. It feels complete. It went out with a bang, on its own terms, and tied up a number of its major themes and plot lines in a beautiful way--which makes it very different from shows like Veronica Mars and Firefly, both of which we lost far too early.
Now, if Joss had an idea for a Buffy movie that he was excited about, and the original cast was on board, I'd be in line to see it opening night. But I don't think that's likely, and I'm okay with that ... I mean, if some wish-granting genie gave me the choice between getting a Buffy movie and getting to see something new (like Goners or Wastelanders), I'd pick the new thing any day.
erendis | March 16, 16:18 CET
I watched the Veronica Mars movie as well and I think it was pure fan-pleasuring and that is fine with me. :)
roadi | March 16, 17:01 CET
Buffyfantic | March 16, 19:14 CET
But then, in general, I'm resistant to fan service. (Haven't seen the VM movie yet, either.)
dottikin | March 16, 20:01 CET
Despite what she says in the interview, I don't think she looks much different now than when she was on the show.
AndrewCrossett | March 16, 20:07 CET
By the way I still haven't finished watching Buffy or Angel. Not that I'm worried there'll be huge spoilers posted or anything. That's just something relatively relevant that I think distinguishes me from most of the rest of you.
Trentaferd | March 16, 20:39 CET
Matt7325 | March 16, 21:02 CET
vampmogs | March 16, 21:07 CET
Matt7325 | March 17, 04:43 CET
any more. And iirc one of the things she brought up when she said S7 was it was that she was wearing out. 10 years and two
babies will not have made that better.
JDL | March 17, 06:34 CET
We care too much about youth. It would be interesting to see what a Slayer in her mid thirties is like. A Slayer permitted the luxury of adulthood being pulled back in. How would she react? Would she be more cautious because she knows more?
That said, I have no real interest in a Buffy movie. I am just bracing myself for the reboot which, and I promise you this, will happen.
Andy Dufresne | March 17, 06:48 CET
For me, I don't care about the medium (television or movies (animated or live), comics, books, web-isodes...etc), I just want to immerse myself in a well-written story. I would be happy with an animated movie with the original cast as voice actors if the story is solid. DC has made many great quality animated films.
I for one think it would be interesting to watch a movie with Buffy being in her 30s-40s. I just don't think the original cast will come together to do it. HIMYM is on their last season, but I doubt SMG will be free with having The Crazy Ones now. That's the crutch, I don't want a reboot, but an original story with Sarah, Nick, Aly, Michelle, Eliza, James and Anthony. I've always wished for an epic Buffy-Angel crossover movie, where the Scooby gang teams up with A.I. team to save the world.
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hpgwbtvs | March 17, 11:04 CET
Bluelark | March 17, 11:44 CET
My only reservation about a Buffy film is having ALL THE COMICS brought into the equation. Then it'd be a bit much.
Charlie | March 17, 13:10 CET
It's only because the vampires are meant to be eternally youthful. You could of course come up with a hand-wavey explanation (after Some Mysterious Mystical Event all the immortal creatures started to age...which could then be a motor for the plot, I guess--this seems like a Good Thing [evil mystical creatures will all die off] but for Reasons, Buffy has to put a stop to it). You'd have to trash the comic continuity to tell that story, though (not that I'd care, even though I read the comics, but there'd be conniptions in a certain section of the fandom, and the film would only work financially if the fandom was on board).
I'd love to see a Buffy-at-40 movie, actually. Probably best to tell it without either Angel or Spike (they're off somewhere doing something else--or they're dead in some traumatic backstory thing). But I'd like it best if it were tonally very different from the TV series and not simply an attempt to put lightning back in the bottle. That won't ever happen, of course, because the only way a movie would happen is if it were fan service.
Yoink | March 17, 13:43 CET
the ninja report | March 17, 14:09 CET
I couldn't see how the Whedon fandom would not be on board if Joss was the mastermind behind this. We are a hell of a fandom.
the only way a movie would happen is if it were fan service
I disagree for the same reason. We are the fandom that doesn't expect to get what they want but to get what they need.
(And of course being a part of the Whedon fandom means that this is exactly what we want. I hate the postmodernism for a lot of things but this just sounds postmodern: We don't need what we want. We want what we don't want ...which is what we need.)
All I'm saying the only way I can think of a Buffy movie would really disappoint me was if it was pure fan service. I believe Joss knows that.
hmw | March 17, 14:41 CET
Cause, realistically... I think that it's better for Joss to make new things. Going back to BtVS is putting limitations on his imagination that don't have to be there. So, the only reason to do it would be for the fans. And, while that's not necessarily a bad reason to do things (I LOVED the VMars movie), I think that trying to do the fan service while simultaneously trying to tell a real story would be doomed to failure.
The thing about VMars is that the story WASN'T finished. The show got canceled before the writers were ready for it and they hadn't finished Veronica's character arc. Whereas... Buffy came to a beautiful ending. Hell, two beautiful endings. I think that's honestly why the comics never really did it for me, beyond the issues I have with that medium. The story's been told. Time to move on.
That said, I would be interested in a 'Buffy and her daughter' movie or in 10-20 years with Willow and Xander, maybe Giles. No one else. Totally different, new story.
Ara | March 17, 14:44 CET
I just would love to see Joss and SMG work together again. That being said I can't await The Avengers II. And where the hell is that long-due Dr. Horrible Sequel? Is the Serenity still flying? Could someone give Nathan some money eventually. When is Ripper happening? And so on... and so on...
There is simply not enough Joss around here!
hmw | March 17, 15:48 CET
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sss1 | March 18, 11:45 CET