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Saying Goodbye To Buffy....

14:11 / 27.02.03

After taking a look through a prominent American entertainment media site this morning, I happened upon a certain long waited yet feared confirmation: Sarah Michelle Gellar will not be signing on for an 8th season of Buffy. Thus endith the series.....

... Coupled with that, it would seem that Eliza Dushku has signed on for an unrelated series with Fox in a principle role, thereby eliminating her from possibly helming a Buffy spinoff series.

You realize what this means, right?

"Dawn the Vampire Slayer" is realtively inevitable at this point. Oh God, I think I'm gonna be sick.....

19:34 / 27.02.03

I don't think Joss is so predictable as to do DAWN THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, esp. since most fans find Dawn somewhat annoying and one-note (whine whine/look good in hotpants/whine whine/inspire perverted fantasies in all the drooling fanboys/whine whine).

remember, trust in Joss. He will not lead us into the depths of bad spinoff-land.

19:52 / 27.02.03

The series will wrap up with a five-part story, which will include the return of Faith, the bad-girl slayer, and Buffy's first love, Angel.

"We're gearing up to tell a fabulous, huge, great arc," Gellar said. "It's going to be pretty spectacular."

Well, that sounds promising, at least. I'm guessing this will dominate all of May, the next sweeps month.

20:00 / 27.02.03

I'll be happy to see Buffy end. To be honest, the show lost a great deal of reasoning as soon as they graduated high school. Everyone knows that part of its appeal was the schtick of having tennage angst mixed with supernatural horror.

And everyone knows to what great lengths they have had to supply "adult" angst into the series to keep it competitive with its original incarnation. They've explored every suitably mainstream concept of horror yet steered clear from actual religious context. They've teased and tweaked with it but it's entirely too Good vs. Evil for my tastes nowadays.

I remain waiting and hopeful that one or two characters(Xander and Andrew) will percieve a Jack Frostian philosophy and obliterate the necessity for "demons".

Just once I'd like to see someone(Xander, again) on that show to play some damn Motown -not for comedic effect, but to just create some warm air. I'm so sick of this Sarah MacLachlan estrofest of supposed female emotional monopoly. I'd love for the show to end with Buffy and the rest of the gang as competant happy adults... that would really throw off The First.

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

21:28 / 27.02.03

Not to be a spoiler whiner, but JESUS FUCK! ANGEL??!!??

You really might want to edit a spoiler warning in there somewhere. If my girlfriend sees this......

21:53 / 27.02.03

Possible spin-offs:
Everybody Loves Xander
Oz in Oz (Werewolf prison good)
Clem The Friendly Demon
That 70's Slayer from the flashback Show
The Million Deaths of Riley Finn

22:43 / 27.02.03

Don't be a slaya hayta!

This would be a good time to wrap it up, and I could do without the Ally McBeal tunes too.

09:38 / 28.02.03

Some theories froma mate of mine.

*****Contains possible ANGEL spoiler!!*****

Buffy: The Animated Series
Apparantly the main reason this failed was that the networks didn't want to
saturate the airwaves with Buffy [like happened with Star Trek when there
were two ongong series, reruns of older eps and movies coming out all at
the same time]. Now that Buffy isn't coming back there's a greater chance
of this being restarted.

Angel

The chances are "quite high" that some of the scoobs will move to LA next
season. Word is that Xander and Spike are the two most likely. This
ties in with rumours that one of either Cordelia/Fred/Gunn are for the chop
sometime soon.

SHS: Sunnydale High

A series that basically continues the old Buffy series but without SMG,
and with a focus on Dawn and her Scrappy gang. Would depend on S7 ending
with Buffy leaving Dawn behind in Sunnydale for some reason.

The Slayer

Although Faith the Vampire Slayer now can't happen, a Slayer series could
still happen if Faith died and another was called. Calling it a generic
name would mean that they could have really, actually, kill the slayer now
and then without having to keep bringing them back.

Ripper
Writers from series such as Queer as Folk, Jonathan Creek and Strange Days
have prepared episode scripts and ASH is ready to go any time. Everyone's
been waiting on Joss. He appears to have lost interest in it, but now that
Buffy is ending there's a chance he'll be more prepared to let it go on
without him. I strangely like the idea of either Xander or Anya going to
England to be his assistant.

Xander once mentioned that he was into being a Watcher for a while...

Regrettable Juvenilia

11:04 / 28.02.03

Not got the link to hand, but Nicholas Brendon has confirmed that he definitely *won't* be going over to Angel. It wouldn't make that much sense anyway for the character, or the show, IMHO (and nor would Spike - c'mon, two vampires with souls on the same show?).

And again, Eliza Dushku signing for a pilot makes a Faith series less likely, but not impossible. Interestingly, Joss has stated in a recent interview that he wouldn't necessarily want to start doing a spin-off immediately after Buffy ends - ie, just because we might not get Faith the Show now doesn't mean we won't get it ever...

As regards Buffy ending generally - it *is* about time, I think. I don't think the show has overstayed its welcome (much), but I can't see how it could have carried on without becoming increasingly tired.

13:18 / 28.02.03

While, I agree that Spike joining the Angel detective agency seems a stretch, I have to say it's no less believable than Coredelia or Wesley moving to LA at the same time as him and deciding to work with Angel.

The Natural Way

13:48 / 28.02.03

Well, of CUHOURSE it's the last series. No-one really needed this confirmed, did they? I mean, this is the one where the wound gets sewn up, innit?

14:08 / 28.02.03

c'mon, two vampires with souls on the same show

I believe Buffyradio suggested putting them together as the new Odd Couple

14:13 / 28.02.03

Have you guys already seen this?

20:35 / 28.02.03

yeah, it seems like when Fox was cancelling Firefly, they felt bad about alienating Joss, so they dusted that hiatused little gem and are producing episodes. I bet it will do well if they give it a real chance....

22:30 / 28.02.03

Wait, Fox is producing episodes of... the cartoon? I'm confused.

Haus linked up to the cartoon portfolio with appropriate lamentation- how much cute is that? It could've been so nifty.

09:05 / 01.03.03

This is pure speculation on my part but nobody seems to have considered the show could easily continue and still be called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". All they gotta do is arrange a body-swap for Buffy at the end of the season (nice cliffhanger material too) and then carry on next year with a new Buffy.
All they need is an actress who can do a reasonable impression of SMG to pull it off.
Just a thought.

15:23 / 03.03.03

Maybe I'm speaking too soon, but in an interview in decemeber, Joss said that even though Firefly was gone, Fox had reignited action on the Buffy cartoon. That's the last I've heard...

19:44 / 04.03.03

For some good news, David Boreanaz is signed on as the next Superman! I think he's cute enough to do the part justice, at that.

David will continue working on Angel, although he admits that simultaneously playing both Superman and a vampire may prove tricky.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

12:53 / 05.03.03

Good news? Ehhh.

16:36 / 05.03.03

"This is pure speculation on my part but nobody seems to have considered the show could easily continue and still be called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". All they gotta do is arrange a body-swap for Buffy at the end of the season (nice cliffhanger material too) and then carry on next year with a new Buffy.
All they need is an actress who can do a reasonable impression of SMG to pull it off."

I had this thought too. I think it would be difficult for everyone involved, but if it coud be pulled off it would prove v. v. interesting.

17:01 / 05.03.03

This is pure speculation on my part but nobody seems to have considered the show could easily continue and still be called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

the studio has already confirmed that the show may or may not continue, but it will definitely not be under the name Buffy the Vampire Slayer.