By wearing the canon cap, it claims to be on the same level as the series.
I think that cap is still a little up for debate. I'd say it falls somewhere between canon and non-canon (if you can have a middle ground for a binary state, lol) - it's (partly) Joss' ideas and been given Joss' blessing, but it's never been given the same status as season 8. Wasn't Joss' final word on the subject, "If you want it to be canon, it is. If you don't, ignore it"?
The fact is, it isn't Joss writing it, but it is someone who's a fairly known quantity in the Buffyverse. If you know the quality of Lynch's Spike series (which were also enjoyable but didn't provoke much debate), but you expected ATF to be different simply because it had a whiff of canon, then that seems like an unrealistic expectation to me.
(And btw, when I say "you," I don't necessarily mean you specifically. I realize a lot of my previous response was directed more at Maggie's original post, but it happened to be your response I was replying to.)
As I was saying to Maggie in a post below, After the Fall is very satisfying to me on the initial read. It's action packed and has interesting character moments. The problem is that when I put on my thinking cap and try to peel back layers, all I get is the equivalent of a murky blank slate.
Yeah, and I guess my point is about being able to separate those two things in terms of quality. Maggie and I clearly have a different approach here - I don't think a show (or comic, or whatever) has to require detailed analysis in order to be good. If it's entertaining AND it provokes discussion, well, that's just a bonus. Whereas Maggie's view of ATF seems to be that she is unable to enjoy it unless it provokes discussion. If you're reading something that's not intended to be more than an action-packed story with some interesting character moments, that can only lead to disappointment.
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I think that cap is still a little up for debate. I'd say it falls somewhere between canon and non-canon (if you can have a middle ground for a binary state, lol) - it's (partly) Joss' ideas and been given Joss' blessing, but it's never been given the same status as season 8. Wasn't Joss' final word on the subject, "If you want it to be canon, it is. If you don't, ignore it"?
The fact is, it isn't Joss writing it, but it is someone who's a fairly known quantity in the Buffyverse. If you know the quality of Lynch's Spike series (which were also enjoyable but didn't provoke much debate), but you expected ATF to be different simply because it had a whiff of canon, then that seems like an unrealistic expectation to me.
(And btw, when I say "you," I don't necessarily mean you specifically. I realize a lot of my previous response was directed more at Maggie's original post, but it happened to be your response I was replying to.)
As I was saying to Maggie in a post below, After the Fall is very satisfying to me on the initial read. It's action packed and has interesting character moments. The problem is that when I put on my thinking cap and try to peel back layers, all I get is the equivalent of a murky blank slate.
Yeah, and I guess my point is about being able to separate those two things in terms of quality. Maggie and I clearly have a different approach here - I don't think a show (or comic, or whatever) has to require detailed analysis in order to be good. If it's entertaining AND it provokes discussion, well, that's just a bonus. Whereas Maggie's view of ATF seems to be that she is unable to enjoy it unless it provokes discussion. If you're reading something that's not intended to be more than an action-packed story with some interesting character moments, that can only lead to disappointment.