Whedon: More Buffy in the future

[warlord]

But at least Dawn was hot, really really hot. And I liked the turn her character took in season 7 she was finally useful.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The way Joss ended BtVS was brilliant: All the rules are different, meaning new types of stories, not old. And activating apparently ALL the potentials means there's a world full of girls with superpowers and no idea why or what they're supposed to do with them. Even with the Watchers rebuilding, there's bound to be many, probably even the majority of new Slayers they won't find until they do something noticeable.

Lots and lots of potential there. I'd love to see a new Slayer existing without knowing who or what she is -- and maybe not on the right side of the line.

If they must revisit older characters, Faith and Giles both scream out for more time spent on their characters.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

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

He was hilarious in the Italian Angel episode, though. You could just see both vampires looking at him and thinking "wasn't he gay?"

I didn't much like Angel -- the Connor stuff was awful, and having a karaoke demon as a primary component of the show was like bad fanfic, and most of the demon worlds they visited looked like Northern California -- but the Jasmine stuff and the final season were very solid. I think doing a sequel would be hard, though. How the heck do you explain Illyria without taking up too much of the movie to do it?

 

[Kahuna Burger]

He was hilarious in the Italian Angel episode, though. You could just see both vampires looking at him and thinking "wasn't he gay?"

that was the part I didn't like about his character evolution. :\ I mentally maintain that the two chicks were slayers and he was just escorting them somewhere as part of his watcher duties.

 

[Klaus]

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.

Dammit, Ari, get outta my head!!!!

And once again, quoted for Truth.

 

[DanMcS]

Something from Giles' past comes knockin'. We see today's mystery intershot with 70s flashbacks.

And at the end, there's rocking 80s metal music and he cuts off their head.

Wait, wrong series.

 

[Staffan]

Lots and lots of potential there. I'd love to see a new Slayer existing without knowing who or what she is -- and maybe not on the right side of the line.

They kinda did that one in an Angel episode, with a neo-slayer who was in an asylum.

 

[TwistedBishop]

He was hilarious in the Italian Angel episode, though. You could just see both vampires looking at him and thinking "wasn't he gay?"

I didn't much like Angel -- the Connor stuff was awful, and having a karaoke demon as a primary component of the show was like bad fanfic, and most of the demon worlds they visited looked like Northern California -- but the Jasmine stuff and the final season were very solid. I think doing a sequel would be hard, though. How the heck do you explain Illyria without taking up too much of the movie to do it?

Andrew's gay shtick got old very fast for me. I hated the nerd trio in general though. It's strange how if you read interviews by Mutant Enemy people, they all think Andrew was endlessly hysterical.

As far as Buffy's finale went, I loathed it. Seasons 6 and 7 had been ruining the show anyway, but to completely change the dynamic of the Slayer was the final straw for me. I don't want to see armies of Slayers, it holds little interest. One was more than a match for hordes of demons, and now there's hundreds? Yeah...exciting.

Angel had a much better level of quality throughout its series run, and I now consider it to be the superior show. It's a shame it will always play secondfiddle to Buffy's popularity. Connor? He could get repetitive in whining, but I never hated him. He'd been betrayed and used by everyone he thought ever loved him, I felt more pity than annoyance. Lorne....I started watching Angel in Season Four and couldn't stand him, thought it was the goofiest concept ever. Watching the show from Season One onwards, he became my second favorite character, after Wesley.

 

[Vigilance]

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.

Season 7 was more about plot than character. The story got big and epic, which means not a lot of time for character. But hey, we'd gotten six seasons of that.

I liked Season 7 a lot because I loved the idea of the Slayer Academy, the lore of the potentials, and of course that sweet Slayer-axe Buffy finds.

My "weakest link" of the series would be Season 4. It felt like they were really searching for what the show would be, post-High School.

 

[Vigilance]

As far as Buffy's finale went, I loathed it. Seasons 6 and 7 had been ruining the show anyway, but to completely change the dynamic of the Slayer was the final straw for me. I don't want to see armies of Slayers, it holds little interest. One was more than a match for hordes of demons, and now there's hundreds? Yeah...exciting.

I loved this idea personally.

First off, most slayers are *not* Buffy, so using her as a comparison for what a Slayer could do is incorrect. Of all the Slayers seen on the show (Buffy, Kendra, Faith, the First Slayer, the Chinese slayer killed by Spike and Nikki Wood) Buffy is by FAR the most powerful.

Also, the idea of multiple slayers, to me, moves the show in the direction of the X-men. Girls get powers upon reaching puberty. Some (led by Giles and the Scoobies) try to help them understand what they are and use their powers for good, training them at various "Rupert Giles Schools for Gifted Girls", while others (various governments and criminals) attempt to harness the Slayers' power to benefit themselves. And then you'd have Faith-like wild cards.

To me that was a brilliant turn and fertile ground for more stories.