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Post by ®©D - Online™ on Mar 18, 2007 6:49:42 GMT -5
That's straight from IDW.
Looks like us Buffy/Angel fans have some good times ahead of us, though the most interestung thing is that legally Angel, Spike & Illyria could have been in Buffy season 8 but Joss decided not to as it would be unfair to IDW.
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Post by PdW2kX on Mar 18, 2007 13:00:48 GMT -5
I'm a bit half-and-half on this.
I'm glad that we're getting new Angel, because it's easily one of my favorite shows, even now. New material after a long hiatus is always a good thing.
But honestly, what's left to do? The Season 5 finale may have just been intended as a cliffhanger, but it accomplished enough to justify it as series finale. Maybe I'm just a sucker for a Last Stand, but helping to stave off the Apocalypse and then going out in a blaze of glory fighting an army of demons and mystical creatures...really, what's left to prove? Moreover, how exactly do you solve that problem? I'd be hard-pressed to enjoy Season 6 if it starts out with some lame Deus Ex Machina saving the group.
That's the only real reservation I have about this.
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Mar 18, 2007 14:03:28 GMT -5
I'm a bit half-and-half on this. I'm glad that we're getting new Angel, because it's easily one of my favorite shows, even now. New material after a long hiatus is always a good thing. But honestly, what's left to do? The Season 5 finale may have just been intended as a cliffhanger, but it accomplished enough to justify it as series finale. Maybe I'm just a sucker for a Last Stand, but helping to stave off the Apocalypse and then going out in a blaze of glory fighting an army of demons and mystical creatures...really, what's left to prove? Moreover, how exactly do you solve that problem? I'd be hard-pressed to enjoy Season 6 if it starts out with some lame Deus Ex Machina saving the group. That's the only real reservation I have about this. That's the problem I see. We're left with Angel, Illyria (And Fred if Whedon does what he wanted to do in the Series 6 TV show and split them in 2) and Spike. Now I love these characters but apart from the Spike's interactions with the other two they have no team chemistry... well they do, but it's very limited. The heart of the team is gone in Wesley, Cordy, Gunn and Lorne (although he could come back). We're left with the Warriors, which kinda takes all the risk of the game out of it.  I'll still buy it and most likely love it but at the minute I'm sorta worried |
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Mar 18, 2007 14:29:27 GMT -5
I'm a bit half-and-half on this. I'm glad that we're getting new Angel, because it's easily one of my favorite shows, even now. New material after a long hiatus is always a good thing. But honestly, what's left to do? The Season 5 finale may have just been intended as a cliffhanger, but it accomplished enough to justify it as series finale. Maybe I'm just a sucker for a Last Stand, but helping to stave off the Apocalypse and then going out in a blaze of glory fighting an army of demons and mystical creatures...really, what's left to prove? Moreover, how exactly do you solve that problem? I'd be hard-pressed to enjoy Season 6 if it starts out with some lame Deus Ex Machina saving the group. That's the only real reservation I have about this. That's the problem I see. We're left with Angel, Illyria (And Fred if Whedon does what he wanted to do in the Series 6 TV show and split them in 2) and Spike. Now I love these characters but apart from the Spike's interactions with the other two they have no team chemistry... well they do, but it's very limited. The heart of the team is gone in Wesley, Cordy, Gunn and Lorne (although he could come back). We're left with the Warriors, which kinda takes all the risk of the game out of it. I'll still buy it and most likely love it but at the minute I'm sorta worried Gunn didnt die in the series finale. |
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Mar 18, 2007 14:42:16 GMT -5
That's the problem I see. We're left with Angel, Illyria (And Fred if Whedon does what he wanted to do in the Series 6 TV show and split them in 2) and Spike. Now I love these characters but apart from the Spike's interactions with the other two they have no team chemistry... well they do, but it's very limited. The heart of the team is gone in Wesley, Cordy, Gunn and Lorne (although he could come back). We're left with the Warriors, which kinda takes all the risk of the game out of it. I'll still buy it and most likely love it but at the minute I'm sorta worried Gunn didnt die in the series finale. If you watch it, Illyria says he's mortally wounded and will last minutes. Even if he survived the fight, he'd of bleed to death shortly after. |
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Post by Cleatus Van Damme on Mar 18, 2007 14:45:59 GMT -5
Yeah personally i loved Angel more than buffy as far as characters and story go, and i think sixth season would be awesome.
However i didn't personally care for all the IDW stories that they produced.
I loved Spike vs Dracula but Old Friends didn't do anything for me i have yet to read the spotlight series or angel masks.
Also with characters like Fred, and Wesley gone it just isn't the same although they can do anything in comics but we'll see i guess.
Hopefully it will turn out good, and i haven't picked up Buffy Season 8 #1 just yet but i will do so very soon
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Post by ®©D - Online™ on Mar 18, 2007 17:46:15 GMT -5
You;'ve all forgotten the chance that Connor could rejoin the team as could Lorne.
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Mar 19, 2007 15:06:51 GMT -5
You;'ve all forgotten the chance that Connor could rejoin the team as could Lorne. Connor turned into an annoying little turd after a while... he was badass in the first 5 or 6 episodes. Lorne could come back, I love Lorne. You have to figure killing a man has changed him though, |
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Post by cosmicspidey on Mar 20, 2007 16:29:38 GMT -5
I'd be happy about this if every Angel series IDW wasn't horrible. Sadly, they all have been. I have no reason to assume this one would be any different.
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Post by Raoul the Great on Mar 21, 2007 9:09:09 GMT -5
Gunn didnt die in the series finale. If you watch it, Illyria says he's mortally wounded and will last minutes. Even if he survived the fight, he'd of bleed to death shortly after. There were comics that took place after the finale of season 5 and Gunn was alive. He had an eyepatch, but he was alive. They didn't appear to explain HOW Angel, Spike, Gunn, and Illyria survived the battle, though. |
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Mar 21, 2007 9:28:30 GMT -5
If you watch it, Illyria says he's mortally wounded and will last minutes. Even if he survived the fight, he'd of bleed to death shortly after. There were comics that took place after the finale of season 5 and Gunn was alive. He had an eyepatch, but he was alive. They didn't appear to explain HOW Angel, Spike, Gunn, and Illyria survived the battle, though. Their not incontinuity. |
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Post by Raoul the Great on Mar 21, 2007 15:26:56 GMT -5
There were comics that took place after the finale of season 5 and Gunn was alive. He had an eyepatch, but he was alive. They didn't appear to explain HOW Angel, Spike, Gunn, and Illyria survived the battle, though. Their not incontinuity. I was told they were... unless this is one of those George Lucas things where he changes prewritten books to fit his whims. |
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Mar 21, 2007 15:31:12 GMT -5
I was told they were... unless this is one of those George Lucas things where he changes prewritten books to fit his whims. Nah, the writers have said in quite a few interviews that while they intend the stories to take place after Season 5 (although it's never stated, only hinted) the only person who will and should ever tell the proper continuation is Joss. It's pretty confusing about what is cannon and what isn't |
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Post by cosmicspidey on Mar 21, 2007 15:48:35 GMT -5
Joss has said on numerous occasions that as far as he's concerned, Gunn died in that final battle. So as far as I'm concerned, he's dead.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Mar 21, 2007 19:35:11 GMT -5
Joss has said on numerous occasions that as far as he's concerned, Gunn died in that final battle. So as far as I'm concerned, he's dead. I never heard that. |
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Post by ®©D - Online™ on Mar 21, 2007 19:41:48 GMT -5
Joss JOKED that Gunn died, Angel lost an arm, Spike got shanshued, Illyria kept fighting & Xander lost another eye...
You could tell it was a joke when he said it due to the comment about Xander.
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Post by cosmicspidey on Mar 22, 2007 15:36:05 GMT -5
I was at a Joss Whedon panel at Wizard World Chicago a few years back, and when asked if Gunn died, he said "yes." Heard it with my own two ears, completely sans jokes.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 27, 2007 18:39:11 GMT -5
I had read (and I forget where) that the idea for Season Six was that Angel and Company died in their battle and went to Hell... where Lindsey and Lilah help them find a way back to Earth. If this is the story they go with, then the whole gang could be brought back except for Cordy. Don't forget that Wolfram & Hart employees tend to remain employees beyond death.  |
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Mar 27, 2007 22:22:22 GMT -5
Is this Season 6 for TV or some other form? Cuz isnt Boreanaz locked into a contract for Bones?
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Post by Swarm on Mar 28, 2007 2:55:38 GMT -5
Is this Season 6 for TV or some other form? Cuz isnt Boreanaz locked into a contract for Bones? "Do you guys have any new movies in here?" *Flashing New Movies Sign glows behind head* - Clerks, 1994 I'm just saying you might want to look at what forum you're in once in a while... that's all... |
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