SDCC International 2007

[CowboyGuy]

Yeah he is very annoying sometimes.

Anyway I have a couple things I wanted to tell you all.

1) Matt told me that the Willows will be out in "late August". They said they tried hard to have them done by SDCC, but fell short.

2) They were crunched for time and were not able to bring anything other than the Re-Vamped line to this convention.

3) The Re-Vamped figures will be out in December, as well as an Essence statue.

I will have plenty of updates tomorrow, as there are THREE Buffy events to go to. An autograph session with Georges Jeanty & Andy Owens, an autograph session with Joss, and an hour long panel with Joss. I'm sure he'll talk about lots of things and I hope that I can communicate it here afterwards.

That's all for now! Look at this cool He-Man prototype!

[CowboyGuy]

Oh, I also grabbed a bunch of Buffy "The Long Way Home" posters from Dark Horse, and a couple pics of the OMWF Buffy statue from Electric Tiki. I'll post them tomorrow.

The poster features the art from the trade papaerback! Very cool looking! I'm gonna use them as prizes for contests along with varient covers of Issue 5, I bought today.

[buffysmglover]

admin said:

Oh, I also grabbed a bunch of Buffy "The Long Way Home" posters from Dark Horse, and a couple pics of the OMWF Buffy statue from Electric Tiki. I'll post them tomorrow.

The poster features the art from the trade papaerback! Very cool looking! I'm gonna use them as prizes for contests along with varient covers of Issue 5, I bought today.

Great idea! Thanks for the update

[CowboyGuy]

Here's our official ad!

I'll be passing it out tomorrow so hopefully we'll see some new members soon!

[buffysmglover]

admin said:

Here's our official ad!

I'll be passing it out tomorrow so hopefully we'll see some new members soon!

i like it! and i want one! lolIm mikey and thats my green buffy light

[buffyfannumerouno]

It sucks that DST didn't have anything ready. I guess they won't announce anything new then. Hopefully they will announce something new when they get back. Also the Willows not coming out until the end of August is also a bummer. I wish that they could tell us what is happening with the remaining Willow Variants, Faith Variants, Giles Variant, as well as the Oz and Drusilla Variants that are remaining.

[buffysmglover]

Phil, I think your add might be helping alreayd. At least 2 new members today! Welcome new members wreckked and wolframhart420!

[Mayor Of F♥ckville]

SDCC prettty much sucked.

[BuffyFanOne]

Thats a sharp add you are handing out! I love it!

[buffysmglover]

FROM J GUNN AT SAVEANGEL!

From tvsquad.com


- Who's the King of Comic-Con? Kevin Smith or Joss Whedon? Kevin may have pulled ahead with this afternoon's Heroes announcement, but Joss' fans come bearing gifts. Seriously. At least half the people asking questions had gifts to lay at the master's feet. Fortunately for us, Joss came equipped with a gift or two himself.

If you don't want one Buffy Season 8 spoiler, don't follow the jump.
Here are the answers to Joss' self-posed question, "What have you done for me lately?":

- Joss and former Buffy scribe Drew Goddard have written a horror script together called A Cabin in the Woods. It is quote the "horror film to end all horror films." I hope so. Joss has professed his disdain for torture porn. Here's hoping their flick moves the genre in a new, more interesting direction.

- The Buffy Season 8 comic continues, and he is already plotting a Season 9. And, guess what, kids? Oz is coming back. He wouldn't say how or when, but he did say bet on it.

- The most exciting news of all: Ripper is in effect! Ripper is the long-discussed story of Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) pre-Buffy. Who knows whether or not this plot will stay the same, but Head is on board as is the BBC, which is planning to film the story as one 90 minute TV movie,

- Joss has a new online comic called Sugar Shock available at Dark Horse's MySpace site. It has nothing to do with Buffy, Angel or Firefly. Completely new material. This is just the first of what Joss referred to as his smaller, under the radar projects that we'll be seeing more of in the coming months.

- He's is finishing the score for a short film he'll be directing called The Serving Girl. It is going to be a short ballet starring Summer "River" Glau. Yes, a Joss Whedon BALLET!

- Other Joss bits: Something will happen with Fray. He's still working on Goners - doing studio rewrites. The Angel "After the Fall" comic will be a maxi-series. 12 issues that depict what happened after Sesaon 5's finale. And, Serenity's collector's edition DVD will debut on August 21st.

How's that for a Whedon update? This uber-fan couldn't be more excited.


LINK: www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/28/comic-co...n-panel-report/

Okay, so here is my own personal little rundown of what apparently has come out of Comic Con today...


- Goners has been his main focus of late and he has been getting notes from the studio on how the script can be even better...and they're right.


- He has co-wrote a horror film with Drew Goddard called "A Cabin in the Woods".


- Is writing a short ballet starring Summer Glau entitled "The Serving Girl".


- Would love nothing more than to make a feature-length musical (it's "his dream and his plan") but right now is keeping that at "arm's length".


- Yes, he is planning on an approximately 90 minute spin-off telefilm "Ripper" for the BBC...Giles will finally be back in action!


- An "Angel" movie? It's called "Bones, Season 2" (in other words, not likely as of now).


- Is up for a "Big Damned Sequel" to "Serenity". The reason they decided to put out a new 2 disc special edition of the film is because people seemingly keep buying the DVD's.


- Oz will return to "Buffy" in season 8...it's just a matter of when.


- A season 9 of "Buffy" has been more or less confirmed.


- "Fray" will be back at some point as well.


- "Angel: After the Fall" will last around 12 issues. What has happened after the fall of Wolfram & Hart is "very bad". Bigger special effects budget than on TV, obviously. And Wesley? Well, he's dead, so therefore he will be the star of the series (ah, more Whedon sarcasm...but, of course, perhaps he is not totally kidding).


- Favorite character to write for? Illyria.

[CowboyGuy]

Some quick updates of my best at Comic-Con...ever! Started out by getting Issue 1, and The Chain autographed by Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens!

Then I went to go see the winning lottery numbers, and I won!! I was given a wristband and told I was going to meet Joss! I was so happy, as in past years I had always missed out. So he signed the same issues as the other two artists! I now have a mint condition Issue 1, signed by Joss, Andy and Georges! I also have the normal and variant covers of The Chain autographed too!

I was able to get firm confirmation from Joss that: Satsu DID kiss Buffy.

When he was signing my comics, I said: "So Joss, did Satsu really kiss Buffy??"

He looked up, blinked and said: "Yes, Satsu is the one who kissed her...I thought I totally made it really really obvious-like?!"

I said: "You did! I was 99 percent sure...but I needed you to put in the extra one percent for me! "

He said: "I'm very happy that you enjoy season 8 so much, and that you seemingly have EVERY issue and cover so far! That's like....17 or something!"

We took a picture and he shook my hand. I gave him...and ad for the forum lol. He said thanks, and to make sure to go to his panel later. And that was that. The users were rushing me as it was lol.

Anyway, at least I can put the whole debate over the "Buffy-kisser" to rest! I'll post pics tomorrow.

Also, Joss mentioned in his panel that:

1) Oz will be coming back in Season 8.

2) Someone screamed "Anya!". Joss said "YeeeEEsssssSSS" in a deep voice.

3) He said he thinks of Tara "all the time".

4) The results of Angel's battle with Wolfram and Hart are "BAAAAADDDDDD".

5) Ripper is coming!

6) He has little hope for a Buffy or Angel movie, saying "Both Sarah and David have flat out stated that they are moving on with their careers. But I'm working it! I'm doing Ripper!"

7) We will see Fray again.

8) He knows when Season 8 will end, and he "knows what will happen in Season 9"!!

9) He ended the panel by telling the story of how he originally wanted to bring back Tara:

"Originally, we had planned to bring her back...in the fourth to last episode. We were going to give Buffy a wish. One get out of jail free card. She could have anything in the world, without penalty. During the episode we'd have seen her struggle with this decision. And at the very end, we'd see her come into the bedroom holding a new pair of shoes and say to Willow: "Remember those shoes I'd always wanted, but could never afforded them? Well I finally got them..."
Willow looked at Buffy disgusted and shocked and says "You used your wish to get...shoes?" Buffy says, "No silly...." and with a grin exits the room. Only to have Tara enter after her."

Joss said it was to be the most pivotal part of the show, proving the meaning of life and of death and of reward. And that of Buffy's unconditional love and selflessness.

The crowd cheered and gave him a standing ovation.

It was cool.


Hope some of that makes your day!

[CowboyGuy]

Oh, and I also told Matt @ DST about the news on "Ripper". He said "Oh! We'll have to get that!" I'm assuming he meant the license to make figures...hopfully!

Neat huh?

[CowboyGuy]

:witch:

Some pics from today!

DST Matt and I:



Georges Jeanty, Andy Owens:



God signing my comics:



God and I:



My brother, Pikachu, my cousin:



The end!

[Bennyboi]

You are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lucky!!! I would pay so much to see The God of all Gods, and anybody that is behind making more Buffy a reality... Also somebody said that Joss announced that after the Faith arc, he'd be doing two standalone stories instead of the original one, before the Drew Goddard arc???

[buffysmglover]

Thanks so much for the updates! AAAAHHHH!

[BuffyFanOne]

AMAZING updates Phil! Thanks so much!
I am excited beyone words about all of this new news!!!

[CowboyGuy]

For you buffyfanone!

Lots' o' Gwen!

[buffysmglover]

OMG! She has dolls?! Do they have banannas?

[BuffyFanOne]

COWBOYGUY!!! I LOVE YOU!
Thanks sooooo much for the photos of the Gwen dolls!
Did the display have any info on when they will be on sale??
No wi just need to decide what ones I want. I have told myself that I can only get 2 from each doll series because the last thing I need is another thing to collect but I may not be able to contain myself with these!!

[Mayor Of F♥ckville]

LMFAOOO the hair is sooo perfect.

I see a PERFECT BOWL haircut!!!