angearia @ 08:55 pm: Re: Oh thank you for clarifying that -yes, agree absolutely! Hee. :)
Yes, sometimes I think we fans misunderstand each other because there are so many out there who criticize S8 and AtF, tossing up their hands and saying, 'No more!' So often times when a person is criticizing either comic, I sometimes think they aren't enjoying it and just want to bash it.
Exactly. We end up talking past each other instead of with each other. That's why - I'm making a point of asking for clarification before launching into a full-scale defense of ATF. When we may actually agree on the strengths and weaknesses of both it and Buffy S8.
I just see AtF as falling short of past seasons in a thematic sense. But then AtF delivers on emotional moments in more powerful ways than Season 8 - the connections between the characters in AtF feels a bit stronger and more poignant.
Yes. ATF is actually in some ways more direct. Not to mention simpler. The plot certainly is. Lynch isn't going for the ambitious and somewhat controversial social-political themes that Whedon is attempting to address.
I think the two writers have very different reasons for writing these stories. Whedon want to communicate a spefic theme and ideal through his characters. Lynch just wants to communicate how he sees these characters and what will happen next. It's the difference between I think a fan who wants to know what happens to the characters next and the original writer who is interested in a lot more than that and wants to communicate that.
I wish I could merge Whedon and Lynch together because I think their strengths would make an amazing comic.
Me too. In some regards, I like Lynch's dialogue better and the emotion feels more, intense.
In short, I am responding to the comics much the same way you are. I tend to be more critical of the Buffy comics - because I'm frustrated and Whedon keeps introducing guest characters that I would have been happy not to see again, while ignoring ones that I miss. Lynch is doing the opposite, but the story while a lot of fun and enjoyable, is a tad on the obvious side.
I more worried about the Spike and Angel comics continuing - because according to the local comic book store guy - Angel makes about half of what the Buffy comics do. And Spike makes about half of what Angel does. Also Lynch as a writer, apparently has not taken off with fans. He's not selling.
Re: Oh thank you for clarifying that -yes, agree absolutely!
Hee. :)
Yes, sometimes I think we fans misunderstand each other because there are so many out there who criticize S8 and AtF, tossing up their hands and saying, 'No more!' So often times when a person is criticizing either comic, I sometimes think they aren't enjoying it and just want to bash it.
Exactly. We end up talking past each other instead of with each other. That's why - I'm making a point of asking for clarification before launching into a full-scale defense of ATF. When we may actually agree on the strengths and weaknesses of both it and Buffy S8.
I just see AtF as falling short of past seasons in a thematic sense. But then AtF delivers on emotional moments in more powerful ways than Season 8 - the connections between the characters in AtF feels a bit stronger and more poignant.
Yes. ATF is actually in some ways more direct. Not to mention simpler. The plot certainly is. Lynch isn't going for the ambitious and somewhat controversial social-political themes that Whedon is attempting to address.
I think the two writers have very different reasons for writing these stories. Whedon want to communicate a spefic theme and ideal through his characters. Lynch just wants to communicate how he sees these characters and what will happen next. It's the difference between I think a fan who wants to know what happens to the characters next and the original writer who is interested in a lot more than that and wants to communicate that.
I wish I could merge Whedon and Lynch together because I think their strengths would make an amazing comic.
Me too. In some regards, I like Lynch's dialogue better and the emotion feels more, intense.
In short, I am responding to the comics much the same way you are. I tend to be more critical of the Buffy comics - because I'm frustrated and Whedon keeps introducing guest characters that I would have been happy not to see again, while ignoring ones that I miss. Lynch is doing the opposite, but the story while a lot of fun and enjoyable, is a tad on the obvious side.
I more worried about the Spike and Angel comics continuing - because according to the local comic book store guy - Angel makes about half of what the Buffy comics do. And Spike makes about half of what Angel does.
Also Lynch as a writer, apparently has not taken off with fans. He's not selling.