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Post by AndrewCrossett on Nov 17, 2009 8:45:42 GMT -5
But on Whedon not being involved with this. I have always thought that the non-Whedon Buffy stuff would be coming sooner than later. Fox has found a nice little superhero they can play with. It's not non-Whedon Buffy, though. It looks to be a pretty direct adaptation of season 8... even down to fantasy Daniel Craig. This is Joss' story. I don't think Fox would cut Joss out of the process unless he decided to walk away from the Buffyverse. They know how the fans react to that. Scott Allie went on record a while ago as saying he was opposed to adapting season 8 into other media in a lame attempt to make a few extra bucks... and a motion comic certainly fills that criteria. Fox probably brought up the topic with DH, Scott said they weren't interested, and Fox decided to go ahead and do it anyway.
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Post by buffyfan21 on Nov 17, 2009 11:24:13 GMT -5
Besides the voice acting, animation quality and overall direction... I am most worried about the score! Buffy always had great composers...the music was as much a part of the show as any of the other key elements. Getting Christophe Beck would make this seem so authenticI agree! Getting Christophe would be awesome!
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Post by The Girl In Question on Nov 17, 2009 13:13:30 GMT -5
I still don't see the point of a motion comic when you can just have an animation. Not from a non-financial perspective anyway. I mean we already have the comic. So if we're gonna get a music score and voices to these comics, it might as well just be an animation
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Post by Randi Giles on Nov 17, 2009 18:04:47 GMT -5
I'm not going to get my hopes up, but I'll take anything we can get. Motion comic, animation, or whatever. Let's just get it started already.
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Post by joony on Nov 17, 2009 20:37:23 GMT -5
I hate to be a negative nelly, but this news just makes me angry. Every issue of the comic I've bought, the three TPB's I purchased before I heard we were expecting hardbacks in the future. The act I'll be buying the hardbacks and now this motion comic adaptation in the future. I'm starting to feel that to get the complete Season 8 is going to cost me more than a Season 1-7 boxset.
More importantly, as a comic fan, I'm boderline appalled that FOX is doing this. It means new Buffy fans of the future may one day watch Season 8 before they read it. If they read it all. Season 8 is literature, not a cartoon. Yes I'm sure it'll work great as a piece of animation, but that isn't the point. The medium is about everything you can fit into one panel, all the information and tidbits in the background, as well as what's going on front and centre. It's about strong dialogue, clear voices in your head that can sound a little different each time you read them. What I love about Season 8 is nine times out of ten I can hear the actor's voice, and I can have fun reading it and hearing in different ways. A motion comic/animation/whatever removes all that.
I wouldnt mine so much if it wasn't so needless. By the time we see the first episode we'll know almost exactly how the story turns out. Why not invest a little more time and make an animated film about the gap between Season 7 and Season 8?
Rant over.
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Post by wenxina on Nov 19, 2009 1:04:42 GMT -5
I'm starting to feel that to get the complete Season 8 is going to cost me more than a Season 1-7 boxset. That depends on your definition of "complete". I'm not a collector. "Complete" to me just means that I have the whole story, oneshots and whatnots included. I don't buy the TPBs because I personally find it pointless to do so, since I already have all the issues that make up the TPBs. As for the deluxe hardcovers... we'll see what's in them first... I doubt I'll buy it, tempting as it may seem. And I'll say that I'll NOT be throwing down cash on a motion comic. Because, as you said, it's a lot better to just read the books and have the "real" voices in your head.
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Post by faithswatcher on Nov 19, 2009 6:44:30 GMT -5
season 8 has already exceeded what i spent on the complete boxset.
ive spent 81.50 on comics roughly
the boxset was between 70-80 (£)
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Post by batboy99 on Nov 19, 2009 15:20:32 GMT -5
Wow already 6 pages? lol
Anyways, I just read this( my computer wasnt working yesterday, so thats why I missed it) but god I am SOOO f-ing happy! Do we know what kind of style its going to be in? The comic style or the animated series style?
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Post by Beaumonde on Nov 20, 2009 7:35:41 GMT -5
Wow already 6 pages? lol Anyways, I just read this( my computer wasnt working yesterday, so thats why I missed it) but god I am SOOO f-ing happy! Do we know what kind of style its going to be in? The comic style or the animated series style? it looks like it's just a motion comic following the story we already know about
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Post by batboy99 on Nov 20, 2009 18:58:54 GMT -5
If its like the Watchmen motion comic, then meh.
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Post by wytchcroft on Nov 21, 2009 14:03:57 GMT -5
this sounds like back door non-Joss Buffy which, frankly, sucks.
Fox seem determined to cash in on Whedon's work and make it theirs - and in a form that goes against Whedon's personal vision regarding any animated Buffy (ie budget and quality).
i really hope we get an unexpected announcement from Joss or Scott and discover that actually they ARE involved somehow but right now i am appalled. How anyone can spin this as good news is beyond me.
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Nov 21, 2009 15:36:03 GMT -5
this sounds like back door non-Joss Buffy which, frankly, sucks. Fox seem determined to cash in on Whedon's work and make it theirs - and in a form that goes against Whedon's personal vision regarding any animated Buffy (ie budget and quality). i really hope we get an unexpected announcement from Joss or Scott and discover that actually they ARE involved somehow but right now i am appalled. How anyone can spin this as good news is beyond me. When they make a motion comic, all they do is take the existing artwork from the comic, and make it move like paper dolls. They don't create any new artwork and therefore, no new stories. Doing so would defeat the purpose of motion comics as ways to make a few easy extra bucks off existing material. So as lame as it might be, you can be pretty much assured they're not going to be veering much from the season 8 story we've already been told. It won't be non-Joss Buffy, even if he's not directly involved in the motion comic. It'll still be his story.
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Post by wytchcroft on Nov 21, 2009 15:54:40 GMT -5
this sounds like back door non-Joss Buffy which, frankly, sucks. Fox seem determined to cash in on Whedon's work and make it theirs - and in a form that goes against Whedon's personal vision regarding any animated Buffy (ie budget and quality). i really hope we get an unexpected announcement from Joss or Scott and discover that actually they ARE involved somehow but right now i am appalled. How anyone can spin this as good news is beyond me. When they make a motion comic, all they do is take the existing artwork from the comic, and make it move like paper dolls. They don't create any new artwork and therefore, no new stories. Doing so would defeat the purpose of motion comics as ways to make a few easy extra bucks off existing material. So as lame as it might be, you can be pretty much assured they're not going to be veering much from the season 8 story we've already been told. It won't be non-Joss Buffy, even if he's not directly involved in the motion comic. It'll still be his story. Only hijacked. And with the wrong voices. And - again - suckage. Paper Dolls is right. With the accent on DOLL.
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Post by diabeticdude202 on Nov 24, 2009 5:52:22 GMT -5
I don't get how you can see this as a bad thing. We'll get to see the Buffy comics come to life in ways we haven't before. Its still Buffy. Just be happy its not that crappy movie announcment remake thingy lol
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Post by terrycooper on Nov 26, 2009 19:37:02 GMT -5
If they can't get the proper cast......I'd happily voice Giles for one-tenth of his fee?
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Post by drvmyslfcrzy on Dec 9, 2009 12:06:27 GMT -5
So was this whole project a muse? I heard that there is nothing included on Bones special features like it was stated there would be? Anyone know what happened?
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Post by wytchcroft on Dec 11, 2009 2:13:29 GMT -5
I don't get how you can see this as a bad thing. We'll get to see the Buffy comics come to life in ways we haven't before. Its still Buffy. Just be happy its not that crappy movie announcment remake thingy lol The difference being? Oh that's right, for the motion-comic they're actually using Joss's script - but without Joss. great.
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Post by alex_krycek on Dec 21, 2009 5:44:28 GMT -5
So was this whole project a muse? I heard that there is nothing included on Bones special features like it was stated there would be? Anyone know what happened? I was wondering about the alleged S8 trailer on Bones as well. Any news on this? Or is it just an add for the comic books? I couldn't find a trailer on Youtube. I'm not too thrilled about a motion comic either. Yeah, it's another way to tell the story, but such a shortcut. Let me apply Xander logic... All I know is Buffy's back (in an animated comic). Me like Buffy. Buffy animated comic is good. I'd much prefer an actual animated series. And to all those who hated the Willow voice in Chaos Bleeds... I hear you. Especially when she sings that "Secret. I've found a secret." Yuck!
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Post by Faith5byFive on Dec 21, 2009 11:57:03 GMT -5
Maybe we could do a youtube project i know some people on youtube were gonna do a buffy animated series but they never got around to it
some youtubers have done a after the fall parody
and i think it would be cool if someone did buffy season 8 with figures custom or the normals
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Post by alex_krycek on Dec 21, 2009 12:05:23 GMT -5
Maybe we could do a youtube project i know some people on youtube were gonna do a buffy animated series but they never got around to it some youtubers have done a after the fall parody and i think it would be cool if someone did buffy season 8 with figures custom or the normals On the idea of parody, a Robot Chicken Buffy Episode should be made. I'm sure Seth Green could make it happen
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