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Post by Giant Michael on Jun 15, 2007 15:19:44 GMT -5
Having read the Dark Horse Angel comics, I wouldn't put it past them to pull a cheap shot to please the fans and bring Fred back, with so half-arsed, fanfic-worthy whimsy behind her reason for being back...
What might be more interesting is if she was just there from the get-go, allowing the explanation to play out over a good number of issues, but I think there'd be too much to cover in twelve comics for it to be handled with any taste or dignity. Saying that, I've always felt that Angel was terribly one-dimensional as a character, and the Angel/Spike dynamic had really run it's course during season five, so I'm not sure where they'd go from here.
As long as Buffy and Angel play nice together, I'm happy; none of this 'OMG APOCALYPSE DEATH IN LA!!!1'/'Happy, happy Sunnydale; like my new haircut?' bollocks that they had going on for a while back there, please.
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jun 7, 2007 9:20:38 GMT -5
I personally would love to see Tara back, as Joss wanted to bring her back in s7 last episodes. that'd be amazing! After Joss couldn't get Amber Benson to appear as The First in Season Seven, I always got the feeling that the whole 'new shoes' fiasco was a made up potential storyline to please the fans. As for Tara being back, I'm still not sure how I'd feel about it; I loved Tara, but I feel like her being brought back would cheapen her death. They'd have to go a hell of a long way to earn it, and I'm not sure they'd be able to do it within the context of the comic books. I think Drusilla has been underutilized since season 2 of Angel. You mean when she ran off and was never seen or heard from again? It's my biggest regret that they hired Juliet Landau for so many flashbacks during the latter seasons of Angel, but that they never came back to Drusilla in the present day; season five, in particularly, since it would have been interesting to see Spike's reaction to Drusilla after he got his soul back. I think it's been strongly hinted that we'll see Oz, Riley and Anya; I could live without Oz, but I'm looking forward to seeing the latter two again. I was never a big Riley fan, but he always brought a lot to the Scooby Gang by being the polar opposite of whatever it is that makes someone a Scooby. Also, I'd agree that we need to see Xander grieving for Anya, particularly as a contast to Willow's grief for Tara. As for who I'd like to see back; there were a few Potentials I was fond of during Season Seven - Amanda, although obviously that ship has sailed, and Vi in particular - and I'd like to see how they're faring. But, as it is, I'd be more than happy to get all the core Scoobies under one roof and puzzling out a mystery. At this point, I wouldn't even resent Kennedy being there. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 13, 2008 9:26:12 GMT -5
Interesting idea! I think she would take it horribly. People think she's some sort of Queen, but if she lost her powers... She'd be nothing but another victim needing a Slayer's protection. For me, that's one of the most interesting things about where Buffy's going with these comics: at the end of season seven, she seemed to be happy that she was no longer 'alone' as the Slayer, that could go off and have something of a normal life away from the pressures of saving the world every couple of weeks. But she still has enormous ammounts of pressure on her, leading an army, and - although she never asked for it - part of her seems to be revelling in it. She's also being extremely reckless, if you ask me, and she'll get hers eventually, as everyone does in the Buffyverse... MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Apr 25, 2007 16:44:28 GMT -5
Faith the Vampire Slayer! She's awesome. I've been waiting to see this one for a long time...
Also, round of applause for Jo Chen, who's managed to capture the 'essence' of Faith, if not a direct likeness of Dushku. It's a damn sight betters than the action figures have ever managed...
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 6, 2008 13:56:26 GMT -5
It could still be Willow, but from what I know of Willow and her history, she wouldn't do something like that to Buffy. And she's not a liar. Wasn't one of the key themes of season six the fact that Willow was lying to everyone around her, turning her into a big honking heroin magic addict? I understand that you like Willow - she's one of my favourites, too - but this relentless defense of everything she does seems to fly in the face of what makes her interesting as a character. Indeed, the characters that go the distance in the Jossverse tend to be the ones who are morally grey, who make mistakes and don't always own up to them; at least four* of the regular Scoobies have killed more than once, remember. MB x * Willow (Warren and Rack), Giles (once as Ripper, and Ben), Spike and Anya, for the record
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 5, 2008 9:46:07 GMT -5
"No, I won't betray you. Anymore than I have..." I think a lot of issue 10 is very suggestive of Willow's mystical walkabout being a walkabout in time, in the future, particularly the 'we haven't met yet' line. I think Willow knows what's going to happen, who's going to betray Buffy, and that - by not telling her - she is in some way responsible for what happens to Buffy in the future, and that's why the demon is showing it to them. I think events will eventually link Buffy to Fray, and that Willow believes in 'the end of magic'; whatever she's not telling Buffy, I think it's for the greater good. I'm going to say that everyone is going to turn their backs on Buffy - in the way that Giles already has, and Willow seems to be distancing herself, too - until there's no one left but her and Xander. That's when Whedon will pull Xander's 'unexpected' betrayal out of the bag. And the rest of the Scoobies will save her. Yay! MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 8, 2008 6:21:57 GMT -5
Thanks Faith. *rolls eyes* lol Five by five, M. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 6, 2008 14:02:07 GMT -5
1) Kennedy isn't a murderer Kennedy is a Slayer. Murder is in the job description. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 5, 2008 9:39:40 GMT -5
I'm finding it hard to get onboard with the idea that Willow loves Kennedy; for me, she was always a quick fling to get Willow back in the game, young and fun, but I never saw it as being a long term relationships. I always had the feeling that Kennedy was using Willow to advance her standing within the Slayer community, too. It bothers me how quickly she's allowed to hang with the core Scoobies, especially when it took Tara leaving Willow for Tara to really appreciate how important she was, especially to Buffy and Dawn.
I don't dislike Kennedy as a character, I just find it hard to believe in her relationship with Willow.
That said, it is very like Willow to give her all in a relationship, and I think Kennedy's immaturity brings out the maternal side of Willow; in a sense she's fulfilling Tara's role, with Kennedy playing a fiestier, though equally inexperienced version of Willow.
Thought for the day: maybe Kennedy betrays Buffy, Willow knows it's going to happen and that's why she's keeping Kennedy and Buffy separate.
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Apr 7, 2007 9:24:14 GMT -5
I think Buffy needs some Me Time for a while, even if she does have a jonesing for the hot and sweaties. She's hopped from one doomed relationship to another since the series started, and I don't see Xander being any different...
As relationships go, it's not very practical, from a storyteller's standpoint, at least. Xander has always been such a huge part of the show, and if they split up / someone died / someone turned evil - because this is Joss, remember - I don't know where they'd possibly take the story.
Also: even if it has been a year and a half since the events of 'Chosen', I think we really need to see Xander going through the grieving process. I know a lot of people fell off the Willow wagon during season seven, and I think that had a lot to do with her not getting the chance to get Tara's death out of her system in the two episodes which really dealt with it specifically. Not to mention Kennedy being all 'you'd better not hog the covers!' ten minutes after meeting her...
Anya was - arguably - a much bigger presence throughout the series than Tara ever was, and her absense is something I'm sure Joss would want to deal with.
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Apr 5, 2007 17:46:51 GMT -5
Also, Astonishing X-men only ships every other month! Tell me about it! It's been at least eight hundred years since the last issue, does anyone know when the next one is due? Marvel's website is large with the crazy dates... Sad face regarding the skip month, but it happens, and I'm glad to see that they'll be giving Georges a break and letting a different artist take the helm, at least for issue five. I'm sure we'll cope. There's always Runaways to be getting along with... Cheerio, Michael. xxx
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Post by Giant Michael on Mar 28, 2007 8:40:50 GMT -5
They make it painfully obvious who the person is. That's why part of me thinks it won't be Buffy; since when has Joss gone with 'obvious'? Cheerio, Michael. xxx
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Post by Giant Michael on Jun 7, 2007 9:56:41 GMT -5
I saw this; IDW have done some interesting things with their Angel series - I loved the Illyria one-shot - but a lot of it has felt too much like fan pleasing to me. The beauty of Buffy was the idea that Joss would always give fans what they need rather than what they want. As such, it worries me that there's a poll on what people want to see in a continuation of the story. Just my tuppence worth, anyway. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Mar 19, 2007 19:09:20 GMT -5
Apologies if this has already been posted: forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=105502Ryall then told the crowd that Joss Whedon said in the new issues of Buffy/Angel magazine, "I am talking to Brian Lynch, about doing sort of a 'season 6 of Angel.'" Ryall then continued, "After Shadow Puppets, we will be doing some new Angel books, with Brian and Joss, picking up where the show left off. They will be post-show, and definitely canon, and co-written by Joss." Presumably this is the companion to Dark Horse's "Buffy season 8" that fans have been waiting for.Exciting stuff! I'd really like to see some crossovers, too. And I suspect that [ Faith, Robin and Andrew - embodying the ditzy, bubbliness of early Cordelia/Harmony, the geekery of Fred and Wesley's role as a Watcher - might be shipped over to bulk at the cast of, erm, three surviving characters!]. Cheerio, Michael. xxx
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Post by Giant Michael on Apr 3, 2007 7:45:24 GMT -5
I always had hoped that The First would have taken the guise of Kendra to taunt Buffy, as well as the Potentials to say that Buffy let her die. Sadly that never happened, I think it would have been great t.v! That was always my problem with The First; they had all of these dead characters they could have brought back - Kendra, Tara, Jesse - but they ended up taking people out left, right and centre so they had a new outfit for The First to wear. As for bringing characters back: I loved Tara. Loved her. But I think her death was such a huge part of the show and to bring her back would be doing her a diservice. Saying that, Amy is apparently [spoilers] raising an 'army of the dead' in order to take on Willow[/spoilers]; if anything was going to affect Willow... MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Mar 19, 2007 19:05:19 GMT -5
I'm hoping Dru will make an appearance. Big Bad or just demon of the week, whichever. But I always wondered what happened to her after "Crush"... That's one of the things that allows bothered me about Angel in particular; that Juliet Landau cropped up a fair few times during the flashbacks, especially in season five, but they never caught up with the character in the present day. I'd really like to know what she thought about Spike's whacky, whacky adventures. Cheerio, Michael. xxx
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 3, 2008 13:27:22 GMT -5
A friend of mine pointed out that Faith was sharing Gigi's make-up, yet Gigi's mascara was running and Faith was all dry eyed. It made me laugh.
I don't think it's fair to tell people they need to get a life for picking up on minor details; I'm sure it's not the little things that are impairing peoples' enjoyment of the comics, rather than some people just not being into comics as a medium.
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Aug 8, 2007 8:09:43 GMT -5
I'm sorry; we're supposed to believe that Buffy put together an advert in order to recruit Slayerettes? Way to stomp on the basic rules of superheroics! Not feeling it, I'm afraid. Same with the faeries, and the Glo Worm.
That said, it was interesting enough as a one-shot; I think it asked a lot of questions. How I feel about the issue itself will depend on whether those leads are followed up.
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jul 25, 2007 5:23:46 GMT -5
I hope the fairy is a hallucination or some such. Ich.
The preview was interesting, though. The page with the girl turning into the Slayer - with cameos from all the girls from Tales of the Slayer - was a nice touch.
Looking forward to picking this on up tomorrow.
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Apr 7, 2007 9:17:44 GMT -5
Why does Willow dress like such a peasant? One of my problems with Jeanty as an artist; he's dressing our stylin' Slayerettes in some fugging hideous outfits! Xander's the only who's getting off lightly; Giles looks all season two, Andrew is dressed as someone's Nana, poor Dawn looks like season seven never happened... don't even get me started on Buffy! Although we all saw Willow's completely unexplained period costume in Once More With Feeling. Maybe she just astral projected in from King Ludwigs or some such... MB x
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