But...could he really let go of being the one storyteller? And there were people out there abusing the story, as well as people making something beautiful out of it. Wasn't Chosen asking the viewer to be strong and take control? Why is he back in charge, when the story should be in the hands of every viewer?
Joss’s own version of how he came back to write Buffy is rather different and less angst ridden. Scott Allie badgering him about the comic line got him thinking about Buffy and Co again and he heard their voices speaking to him again. I really don’t think it was about showing fans who’s da man, more the fun of reconnecting with his characters. S8 just doesn’t feel to me like he’s destroying his creation, I can sort of see why people might feel that but I don’t. I still love the Buffy he’s writing and I don’t find her out of character, I don’t need to invoke a glow effect to understand why she did what she did and said what she’s said. There’s a joy to S8 and all its absurdities that feel more like someone playing than breaking. It doesn’t feel like the characters or the story being deconstructed, more like they’re being remixed. That said, I’ve used Frankenstein metaphors for remixing (aka vidding) and how it feels before. There always is a certain violence to cutting up and sticking back together but it’s also like dancing, call and response. Joss is dancing with the voices in his head, setting them to different music but underneath all the new harmonies the old song is still there. In the interview with Wizard he said with S8 he wanted to do something similar to “All Star Superman” and that book was pitched as:
Our New Superman approach is an honest attempt to synthesize the best of all previous eras. Our intention is to honor each of Superman’s various interpretations and to use internal story logic as our launching pad for a re-imagined, streamlined 21st century Man of Steel. The ‘cosmic reset’ notion has been replaced by a policy of ‘include and transcend’ with regard to past continuity.
Several of S8’s arcs are re-imaginings of classics from the TV series, most obviously the whole sleeping with Angel destroys the world. It’s being down epic, done comic book style but simple emotional underpinning is still there. Angel wanting to create a happy ever after Twilight for Buffy to live in is absurd and grandiose on a world destroying scale but at heart it’s the same as Xander’s desire in the latest preview to take Dawn away from it all, to make a place for us, to retire from all the world saving. It's very human.
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Joss’s own version of how he came back to write Buffy is rather different and less angst ridden. Scott Allie badgering him about the comic line got him thinking about Buffy and Co again and he heard their voices speaking to him again. I really don’t think it was about showing fans who’s da man, more the fun of reconnecting with his characters. S8 just doesn’t feel to me like he’s destroying his creation, I can sort of see why people might feel that but I don’t. I still love the Buffy he’s writing and I don’t find her out of character, I don’t need to invoke a glow effect to understand why she did what she did and said what she’s said. There’s a joy to S8 and all its absurdities that feel more like someone playing than breaking. It doesn’t feel like the characters or the story being deconstructed, more like they’re being remixed. That said, I’ve used Frankenstein metaphors for remixing (aka vidding) and how it feels before. There always is a certain violence to cutting up and sticking back together but it’s also like dancing, call and response. Joss is dancing with the voices in his head, setting them to different music but underneath all the new harmonies the old song is still there. In the interview with Wizard he said with S8 he wanted to do something similar to “All Star Superman” and that book was pitched as:
Our New Superman approach is an honest attempt to synthesize the best of all previous eras. Our intention is to honor each of Superman’s various interpretations and to use internal story logic as our launching pad for a re-imagined, streamlined 21st century Man of Steel. The ‘cosmic reset’ notion has been replaced by a policy of ‘include and transcend’ with regard to past continuity.
Several of S8’s arcs are re-imaginings of classics from the TV series, most obviously the whole sleeping with Angel destroys the world. It’s being down epic, done comic book style but simple emotional underpinning is still there. Angel wanting to create a happy ever after Twilight for Buffy to live in is absurd and grandiose on a world destroying scale but at heart it’s the same as Xander’s desire in the latest preview to take Dawn away from it all, to make a place for us, to retire from all the world saving. It's very human.