Buffy animated Series happening!!!!!!!!

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UPDATED: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 16:46
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HEB

Tuesday, June 1, 2004 2:02 PM

Check out this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy/news/cult/news/buffy/2004/06/01/11568.
shtml

Here I was getting all depressed about it being the penultimate episode of Angel tonight and nearly the end of the buffyverse and then I spotted this!

I really loved the early seasons of buffy when they focused on the writing more than the plot arcs and I think that they'll be able to do that with the animated series seeing as they already know what the arcs are.

Excited!!!

Well, my sister's a ship... we had a
complicated childhood

CREVANREAVER

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 7:13 PM

It's good to know we'll be able to see something else connected to the Whedonverse again. Let's just hope this show isn't too cartoonish and is at least somewhat adult-oriented. At least to the point where both children and adults can enjoy it.

DARKHOOD

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 7:26 PM

I hoped to God this wouldn't happen. Buffy is not Saturday morning material. These are the reasons why I don't want it to happen.

1. The arcs were a big part of the Buffy show and will have to be taken down to a minimum so young kids don't get confused.

2. Because it is set in Sunnydale High it won't have that feeling we are going anwhere. The characters will be stuck in this loop.

3. Character development was a HUGE part of the show and that will be lost due to the fact there will be no big arcs.

4. We will go over storylines we already explored in the live action show (Willow the witch for example).

5. A LOT of stuff will have to be toned down or even removed for the cartoon show. Can you imagine them putting Angelus on Saturday morning TV? Or even Spike, Dru and The Master for that matter. The bad guys will be waterd down into a pale reflection of their former selves. I also don't see Willow the Lesbian happening either.

Why can't they just make a Spike spin-off?

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Mal: Nice shot.

Jayne: I was aiming for his head.

HEB

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 10:37 PM

No I think it's gonna be great.

The dialogue was always the most important thing for me and this series will allow them to do that. It wont have all the aspects of Buffy like the character development but getting more dialogue is enough for me. Plus as it's set in the first series we wont get to the later Willow/Spike storylines.

Also animated doesn't always mean its for children (think South Park/Simpsons/Spirited away, although I haven't actually seen any of these but I'm pretty sure they appeal to adults as well) and I wouldn't have thought they'd put it in a Saturday morning slot.

Plus if there's one thing I've learnt over the last seven years it's TRUST JOSS. I doubted him when I heard about the Dawn storyline I thought it would be really weird to fit in a new character but whether you like the character or not I think Joss fitted her in perfectly. I doubted him when I heard about the premise for Firefly and we all know how that turned out.
I don't think Joss would do anything to compromise the quality of the Buffyverse.

I trust him. Plus any script that's written by Joss, Marti Noxon, Jane Espenson etc. has got to be good.

I could be proved wrong but I'm putting my trust in him to deliver a fourth quality television programme.

Well, my sister's a ship... we had a
complicated childhood

IDEFIX

Thursday, June 3, 2004 1:38 PM

according to this 'news' (it's rather old) this might not be for children at all.

Quote:

Author: Alan Stanley Blair
Date: 05-25-2004
Source: Aint It Cool News
It has been in perpetual limbo for the last few seasons, but now it
seems that "Buffy: The Animated Series" is becoming a reality.

In an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Emile Posner --
the mother of "Buffy" star Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg) -- let
it slip that her daughter was currently participating in the animated
Buffyverse project.

While discussing an injury that took place in Alyson Hannigan's stage
performance in "When Harry Met Sally," she mentioned that Hannigan
had already recorded her voice for the animated series.

No information was given on the network the series would be on.

"I know we'll be putting something out there, maybe on HBO, 'cause I
like me some cussin'," series creator Joss Whedon said in a previous
interview.

Please note that none of this information has been confirmed by
Twentieth Century Fox or Mutant Enemy Productions. So please treat it
as you would any other rumor

or what do you think? if Joss wants it to be on HBO so he can have himself some cussin' it soundslike an animated series for grownups.

Idefix

CYBERSNARK

Thursday, June 3, 2004 1:52 PM

I don't usually come 'round here (I'm a "general discussions" guy), but as for what a Buffy animated series might look like, in the interview Loeb mentions tha character designer from Batman: TAS and Spawn, both dark, adult-oriented cartoons (Spawn in particular, being an HBO product).

I'd also point towards some old shows such as Invasion America (gunplay, blood, death and intrigue), Roswell Conspiracies (angst, deception, convoluted plotlines, and a character who looks like David Boreanaz, complete with vertical hair ), and Gargoyles (dark, mystical, and romantic, often tragically so).

I'm not hoping it'll be actual (Japanese) animé, but it could still be quite cool.

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AMRCANPOET

Thursday, June 3, 2004 8:29 PM

Here's something for you all to chew on, the concept art for the animated series:

http://www.ericwight.com/portfolio/buffy003.html

NESS

Thursday, June 3, 2004 11:55 PM

The Buffy animated series doesn't necessarily need to be on Saturday mornings or toned down to a kiddie level. I can't think of any cartoons off the top of my head, but there are some out there with content for an older audience. Y'know, jokes and situations that the younger audience shouldn't get. Now that I think about it, a cartoon like Justice League has a devoted following from an older audience. While big action sequences are enough to entertain a kid, Justice League has other stuff for an older viewer, like romances between characters and interesting storylines. From what I understand, Cartoon Network even shows Justice League later in the day, not Saturday mornings.

But I agree; this is Joss we're talking about. No matter the form of media, whatever he's writes is going to be great. If the animated series is going to be set during Buffy's sophomore year, then the cartoon is just going back to the metaphor that high school is hell. While a kid of ten can't relate, they can watch for the action. For people like me, who still watch cartoons Saturday mornings , I'll enjoy the great writing and appreciate the animation. And there's no guarantee that the characters won't evolve. A cartoon like X-Men: Evolution, which was similar to Buffy in concept, did see the characters going somewhere. Whatever the case, I'll just be happy to have another Joss Whedon show to watch.

Also, is Eric Radomski's stuff any good? I can't remember much of the animation from the animated Batman series and can recall even less from Freakazoid!

"Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing." - Zoe

JMARTINE3592

Friday, June 4, 2004 12:24 AM

There are plenty of cartoons that contain adult content. A lot of cartoons on the Cartoon Network Adult Swim, for example. I doubt cartoon network would pick it up, but maybe. Also Family Guy and the Simpsons deal with many adult issues, but they're for everyone.

Jayne - "It smells like crotch..."
Kaylee - "Jayne!"

CREVANREAVER

Sunday, June 6, 2004 8:48 PM

Does anyone have any idea when this series is going to be on the air?

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