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BUFFY 8.5!!

First? by jdfincola	Jul 25th, 2007 09:45:12 PM
Could I be first...or is the system slow? Either way, I wish they'd turn these into an animated series.
okay, so by Demosthenes2	Jul 25th, 2007 09:45:58 PM
when will Joss do something in film and/or television again? For those of us who STILL don't read comics, no matter who's writing them? Not to be a snob, I know they can be very good, but just can't get into them... Did Joss' script GONERS get put on the shelf?
Masion Ikkoku = Greatest comic book ever by Proman1984	Jul 25th, 2007 09:47:07 PM
Look it up.
And allow myself to by jdfincola	Jul 25th, 2007 09:55:08 PM
introduce....myself. JD here, long time lurker, just registered to finally participate in the talkbacks. So to make up for the lost years, I'll try to fit all the necessary cliches in one post: Harry is fat. Someone's gotta eat. Goldilock's taint. I'd buy that for a dollar. Ok, I feel like I belong now.
other series by rbottoms	Jul 25th, 2007 10:05:41 PM
Hopefully other loved series will see their turn at canon based seasons in the comics. I'd sure like to know what happened after Brimstone went off the air.
dark tower comics reviews? by bib fortuna	Jul 25th, 2007 10:37:01 PM
I haven't seen any lately. What's going on there?
Herc's READ Buffy 8.5 by Jubba	Jul 25th, 2007 10:58:34 PM
Unless he just saw the pictures or the cover. So misleading to people that didn't know about the comics.
Cool! I'll pick it up, but . . . by GreatWhite	Jul 26th, 2007 12:09:03 AM
I'm taking bets right now the faux-Buffy is going to die, and I haven't even read it yet. Joss will make us care for her, and then he'll yank the rug right out. See if he doesn't. But damnit, that's why we love him I guess.
I want Runaways on CW by Z 008	Jul 26th, 2007 12:18:41 AM
I'm sure he could make that happen. On the Buffy comics I've just been collecting them cause I'm only halfway through the Season 4 dvds. I can't wait to start reading 'em.
Wow, this is the smallest talkback... by PirateEmery	Jul 26th, 2007 12:41:45 AM
...I've ever seen. Have you thought that not many people care, Herc? Sure, I'm a closet Buffy fan, but I honestly don't give an ass rat's about this "season." Haven't read a single one.
"So, let me ask you, are you bored NOW?"... by DanielKurland	Jul 26th, 2007 12:42:12 AM
The ONLY good part in the comics so far, that has felt like part of the show, in my opinion.
In other news by MrQuick	Jul 26th, 2007 01:16:11 AM
spike is going to be on torchwood next season.. hrm maybe Owen gets killed, that manwhore.
You gotta have Faith! by Yeti	Jul 26th, 2007 02:07:37 AM
Lots and lots of Faith!
Not a fan? by Birdys Piano Teacher	Jul 26th, 2007 02:59:22 AM
The eighth season is huge. Huge. And four issues of unadulterated Faith-ness? Sweet.
the comic sucks by tiger_robot	Jul 26th, 2007 03:00:29 AM
The comic's tiny format is unsatisfying. I suspect it will be only a little better when the trade is released, which is the only thing I'll be buying. I agree with top poster, they need to make the fucking cartoon. Giselle Loren gotta eat!
Is there really a comic of The Shield? by Franklin T Marmoset	Jul 26th, 2007 03:15:12 AM
"There are plenty of CSI and The Shield and Star Trek comics..." That's the quote from above. A comic of The Shield? That can't be right, surely. Vic Mackey doesn't seem like a very good fit for comics. What does he do, fight a robot from space and then plant drugs on him?
Yes; the Shield has a comic. by LordEnigma	Jul 26th, 2007 03:49:18 AM
Dude; go into a fucking Comic book store. You are a fucking geek and should fucking want to, you fucking piker. Big ups to this comic that got me banned from a forum because I had to defend it from the criticism of a whack Irishmen. Awww... the internet... IT'S FANTASTIC!
I really want to like this comic, but I can't... by tonagan	Jul 26th, 2007 04:22:58 AM
and I will never accept it as "Season 8". Never!!! You hear me Whedon? NEVER!!!!! Alas, I will never be accepted by society, either, so we're even.
Ummm... thanks, LordEnigma by Franklin T Marmoset	Jul 26th, 2007 04:25:02 AM
It just seemed like an odd idea to me, putting a mature, intelligent show like The Shield into a comic. I know, comics can be mature and intelligent, blah, etc., but I was surprised to read that. Thanks for clearing things up.
I can attest that the BSG comic is bad... by Prof. Pop-Cult	Jul 26th, 2007 05:11:19 AM
I started reading it from the first issue, then gave up on it after its 5th issue was published and never looked back. The writing/plotting is a muddled mess. It doesn't "feel" anything at all like the series. I might also add that the Angel comic series published by IDW is disappointing, too. Hey, since Tim Minear doesn't appear to be doing anything else, maybe he could take over the Angel comic book.
Just saw the episode "The Wish" on FX yesterday by TheBloop	Jul 26th, 2007 06:11:57 AM
Man, I forgot how great the show was. Fuck Veronica Mars and Heroes, Buffy was the best by a mile.
Mr Quick- by RenoNevada2000	Jul 26th, 2007 06:52:29 AM
Save your breath. I've tried to alert Herc 2 or 3 times in the TalkBacks that Marsters was going to be doing a TORCHWOOD guest spot (my guess as one of Jack's former fellow Time Agents), but he hasn't picked up on it. I'm expecting him to break this "news" around the time TORCHWOOD season 2 airs in the US and act like its not been already talked about to death in fandom circles.
TNG IDW comics were good though. by PVIII	Jul 26th, 2007 08:57:07 AM
really felt like the show.
I'm sure one of us at @$$hole central... by rock-me Amodeo	Jul 26th, 2007 09:18:31 AM
...will review it next week. I'm as big a Buffy fan as they come (though I confess, I do NOT have my FRAY-like replica scythe) but I'm prepared to duke it out with the others for the honor... "Here's some hydrochloric acid in your eyes, Sleazy!" "Aiieee!"
And I thought we'd decided that 1 issue = 1 "act" by tonagan	Jul 26th, 2007 11:38:46 AM
With 4 "acts" equaling 1 episode. So, technically, that would mean this is Buffy 8.125. Or maybe 8.2.1. Or something. And by "we", I mean my imaginary friends.
Snooze fest, like everything else Whedon has done by Photoman	Jul 26th, 2007 11:43:11 AM
How much of a kick-back does Herc get? Seriously, the shows that Whedon has done have just been "okay". There HAS to be some sort of money changing hands or other incentives for Herc to slather all over them like he does. I mean, I could understand his enthusiasm if the shows were outstanding or something, but their just a step above mediocre. I almost think it's just an ongoing joke, pick this one just okay show and then heap praise on it like no other. Like some social experiment to see if you can generate buzz and interest and viewers out of nothing...and if it is then it works. But the emperor has no clothes when you finally watch one of these things. Buffy and Firefly were just "okay". Certainly nothing worthy of all this fake praise. Come on, move on to something else. It's not funny anymore.
Snooze fest... by RenoNevada2000	Jul 26th, 2007 12:42:49 PM
like everything else Photoman has posted
seriously though by PVIII	Jul 26th, 2007 12:53:40 PM
I really have been underwhelmed by the Buffy comics so far, especially the art. I feel like Whedon's original run on Astonishing, was really, really good, and then everything else has gone downhill. I've been particularly underwhelmed by Runaways, which he's dumbed down to a large degree.
Snooze fest? Maybe but Photoman is right by John Winchester	Jul 26th, 2007 01:20:54 PM
Buffy was never more than OK. And treating a comic book like its a true followup is lame.
"No Georges Jeanty"? by Ye Olde Gravy Leg	Jul 26th, 2007 02:05:44 PM
Jeanty is a hack. His art is on par with the old Power Rangers comics from the nineties. It's my only problem with the book. Almost anyone would be better than him.
As much as I loved Buffy by Lando Griffin	Jul 26th, 2007 02:30:49 PM
I can never bring myself to believe that this is a "season"
Standalone issues vs. the 4-issue arcs... by Prof. Pop-Cult	Jul 26th, 2007 03:11:05 PM
The standalone issues, such as this Issue #5, are mainly one-offs -- side stories. The four-issue arcs pretty much represent what would be one episode of a real TV episode. I think I read a while back that the plan for Season 8 is to have alternating four-issue arcs and one-offs. So that means Issue #10 will be a standalone, and #11 - 14 will be the third "episode".
I love Angel by liljuniorbrown	Jul 26th, 2007 04:01:15 PM
I love lamp. I love Angel. Seriously though I miss Angel and the whole mythos of that show.I think the guys Whedon hired to write and produce it were all top notch and really made some epic storytelling. There were some missteps like the muppet episode and the Luchadore /mail clerk episode in the last season, but I think we deserve a mini series or something.
Issue five was pretty great by Charlie Murphy	Jul 26th, 2007 05:02:49 PM
and the art was good... at least as good as georges jeanty's.
I have the first issue, but maybe i should wait by Novaman5000	Jul 26th, 2007 06:30:04 PM
for the graphic novel compilation.
I like the art by Neo Zeed	Jul 27th, 2007 01:59:57 AM
The artwork is very solid and gets the job done. I can tell who's who, and the artist can draw pretty much any situation. It's WAY better than the Angel books at IDW.
As Much as I liked .... by Lain Of The Net	Jul 27th, 2007 11:18:26 AM
...the first four issues I find I am somewhat disappointed in this one. I read somewhere that this was a story "near and dear" to Josh's heart. I had the impression that it touched on the Rome "double". Not!! Yeah she is a good person but to be sent willingly to your doom as a bleached blonde. Wow ...who wouldn't want that for themselves. The "Paul Lee" variant is selling for around 15 bucks here. I wrote to Darkhorse about what they think of such things. They must be quite fine with it but I am not. I actually liked the other variant cover better anyway. I'm not so sure that the Slayers should be looking quite so far down their noses at the Angel group anymore. Some of Buffy's people are real cold.

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