Whedon: More Buffy in the future

[Viking Bastard]

Development hell. BBC chickened out, I guess.

 

[Klaus]

Sure it was part of the point. That's not a defense, though.

Annoying is annoying, whether or not it was deliberate. Andrew may have accomplised exactly what Joss Whedon wanted him to. Doesn't change the fact that by the end, I was so irritated with him that it dramatically impacted my enjoyment of what had been one of my favorite shows.

Heed the words of the Rodent, for he speaks The Truth!

 

[Nightfall]

And the Truth will annoy you!

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Whatever happened to the planned Giles series, anyway? I know Whedon was working on that idea as Buffy was wrapping up.

Just didn't get past development, happens a lot.

ASH will be showing up in the next season of Doctor Who, though, playing a headmaster of a strange school in one episode. There are rumors that he might be playing the Master, the Doctor's adversary. Said rumors have been debunked by the producers, but I like to think maybe they will turn out to be true...

 

[humble minion]

I, too, would like a source on this.

I can't give you a source on the Seth Green thing (too long ago and it's defeated my Google-fu), I'd heard that Seth had been futilely trying to talk Whedon into giving him more screen time for Oz for quite a while, and eventually got sick of beating his head against a wall and decided leave the show. I also think I remember him mentioning turning down an opportunity to make a guest appearance in season 7, which gives me the impression that the bridges have been pretty much burned.

As for Nick Brendon, I'm reading between the lines from this article here. Brendon says that Joss told him as early as season 4 that Xander's story was 'finished' and that he couldn't really expect any more meat in the role. He kept going because he needed the money and he was having some personal problems at the time, but he sounds a little bitter about it in hindsight.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I can't give you a source on the Seth Green thing (too long ago and it's defeated my Google-fu), I'd heard that Seth had been futilely trying to talk Whedon into giving him more screen time for Oz for quite a while, and eventually got sick of beating his head against a wall and decided leave the show. I also think I remember him mentioning turning down an opportunity to make a guest appearance in season 7, which gives me the impression that the bridges have been pretty much burned.

Well, it's possible that Seth's speaking "for the audience" in his interviews on the Buffy DVDs, but he certainly doesn't sound like there were any burned bridges. According to those, he and Joss mutually decided to work the character out, and he was happy to come back for the guest spots he had after that point.

As for Nick Brendon, I'm reading between the lines from this article here. Brendon says that Joss told him as early as season 4 that Xander's story was 'finished' and that he couldn't really expect any more meat in the role. He kept going because he needed the money and he was having some personal problems at the time, but he sounds a little bitter about it in hindsight.

That seems odd, to me, since I felt Xander had at least as much development after that, but... *shrug* Can't speak to that one.

 

[John Crichton]

Andrew didn't bug me at all. It was too much Spike, kinda-interesting Slayer Potentials and overall less of the main cast (Willow, Xander, Anya & Giles) that made S7 the weakest of the excellent series.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Andrew didn't bug me at all. It was too much Spike, kinda-interesting Slayer Potentials and overall less of the main cast (Willow, Xander, Anya & Giles) that made S7 the weakest of the excellent series.

Oh, sure, the loss of focus on the main characters was season 7's biggest weakness. I won't argue that at all.

Andrew still bugged the crap out of me and made it even worse, though.

 

[John Crichton]

Oh, sure, the loss of focus on the main characters was season 7's biggest weakness. I won't argue that at all.

Andrew still bugged the crap out of me and made it even worse, though.

It's interestint that there is so much Andrew hate. I seem to (maybe incorrectly) recall that he was more of a strength than a weekness for most folks while the show was still on the air. I didn't think he was hilarious but I did enjoy his antics more often than not.

I guess that character is kinda like Dawn - Either love her, hate her or be indifferent. I rotated between the first and third depending on how she was used which is similar to Andrew, for me.

 

[drothgery]

It's interestint that there is so much Andrew hate. I seem to (maybe incorrectly) recall that he was more of a strength than a weekness for most folks while the show was still on the air. I didn't think he was hilarious but I did enjoy his antics more often than not.

I guess that character is kinda like Dawn - Either love her, hate her or be indifferent. I rotated between the first and third depending on how she was used which is similar to Andrew, for me.

I disliked Dawn after season 5 because they never really managed to do anything with her. It's not that she was annoying, it's just that her character didn't really go anywhere. Andrew, on the other hand, was annoying.