*update 04/03/07 Apparently the link was originally supposed to be super secret (i.e. for reviewers only) but word got out and Dark Horse have been sending emails (well, to at least one person) “chiding” people for posting the link. Dark Horse have changed the file to only the first six pages. I haven’t received any notice as of yet, so the link remains for now, but the whole comic is no longer available*
For those of you out there still not convinced of the viability of moving Joss Whedon’s creation “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” to comic format, try this free copy in PDF format available from Dark Horse available here.
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To Whom It May Concern,
I believe Mr. Wheddon would profit considerably
if he developed a “Spike” based show. The guys want to
be him and the girls Love him too.
Thanx,
William F Matters Jr 10/09/2007
whoever u r u posted this years ago
and the chances at u ever seeing this response r small
but i wanted to point out that the creators of buffy and angel are not dumb
they already considered doing a Faith based show and Spike would be on it too and work with her. However that fell through and instead when Buffy ended Spike was moved to Season 5 of Angel.
Just saying they already knew everyone loved spike, thats why he stayed alive, even after he burned to death.
I think that everyone would have loved Joss to make some “Spike” TV, everyone except the television executives that is. 😉
Joss tried long and hard to get that project off the ground, also a “Faith” series was very much talked about at one point, the idea being something along the lines of Faith on a motorbike traveling the US righting wrongs in the style of the old David Carridine “Kung Fu” series.
I know I woulda watched it!
Angel and Buffy in my mind were the best couple, how they got spike as the best still puzzels me. Making a show all about spike would be fine but i would much rather see another one of Angel or buffy
In my opinion making Spike a hero, and more importantly, Buffy’s lover was a huge mistake. Spike made a good villain but a pathetic hero, especially since he never showed remorse for his past wrongs, and continued doing horrible things like attempted rape.
At the time I stopped watching and considered the show dead to me. Only now years later I’ve started to watch the last 2 seasons, which I’ll admit are okay, but nowhere near what Buffy once was.
Spike was a good person.
This is the guy who fought and earned his soul.
For anyone who watched the second episode of season 7, the last scene where Spike and Buffy are in the church shows pretty much what kind of person Spike really was. He did feel guilt, and he wanted to be forgiven. He wanted to be loved. Not just by Buffy, but by the people around him. He wanted to be a “man”.
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Spike: …and and now everybody’s in here (his head) talking. Everything I did…everyone I…and him…and it.
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Buffy: Why…? (tears) Why would you….
Spike: Buffy, shame on you. What does a man do that he must’nt? For her. To be hers. To be the kind of man who would nev… To be a kind of man………….. (approaches the cross) And she shall look on him with forgiveness, and everyone will forgive and love. And he will be loved. (rests on the cross)
Thank you for the good post. I really love this tv seasons. Can’t wait for the next season ! Keep up the good work with that 🙂
I just finished re-watching all the buffy episodes and decided Stephenie Meyer is soooo un-original!
Forbidden love?
Buffy and Angel were as Forbidden as it gets! And then Spike to add onto that makes Twilight look like crap!
Also, season three when Angel leaves, second book of Twilight, The writer made Edward leave!
I think Joss Whedon is revolutionary, and he is the most original person ever!
I Love Buffy!!!!!!!!!!!
She rocks!
Small chance of you actually reading this, but let’s not forget Buffy in Earshot – can hear everyone’s thoughts except for Angel’s, and Edward can hear everyone’s except for Bella’s… ridiculous.
I must Agree with Katie!
Stephanie Meyer is highly unoriginal!.
Example…
Angel=Buffy=Spike. all together, that makes a love triangle, which in Twilight. Edward=Bella=Jacob!
Stephanie meyer confesses she’s never read or watched anything to do with vampires, then why is her ‘Twilight Saga’ the same story lines as Buffy and Angel!
yes! my people! i found you!
anyways…
i saw those reeeally old posts about spike, and i just wanted to point out that as far as spike vs angel goes, in Any respect
SPIKE was the better man.
1.he was the better man when he was HUMAN. SPIKE was a well-mannered gentleman who loved and cared for his mother during her illness. ANGEL was a drunken slut scoundrel.
1. he was the better man when he was a VAMPIRE. SPIKE tried to turn his mother to save her. he STOPPED doing evil-y things and fought on the good side-WITHOUT a soul. he himself went and fought for his soul. ANGEL killed his entire family, even his little sister. he was CURSED with his soul, he never wanted it. he even went back to his vampire family AFTER he had his soul and didnt leave till Darla kicked him out.
3. the whole “attempted rape” thing…. not really real. the writers made the decision to have spike do something really terrible because the show was becoming too spike-centered and that was not the direction they wanted to take it. they made a character do something OUT of character to give them an easy way out. which really isnt good writing but whats done is done.
that was fun.
oh and as far as the stephanie meyer crap-
anyone here ever read a buffy/angel highschool fan fic? well…. its exactly the same thing as twilight. i am convinced to my very core that stephanie was/is a fan fic writer. shes a lying hack when she says she never saw buffy or read vampire literature.
and i have an inkling that joss named future-angel in the comics “twilight” to poke fun at the ridiculous mess that is miss meyer. lol
i did 1., 1., 3., um oops hehe. i hate typos
Wow, buddy, you are maybe too obsessed, but hey, i’m with you. And, yes, i do think Stephanie Meyer is very full of it, and she’s turned into such a stuck up bitch, thinking she’s all high and mighty because she wrote a world wide best seller,,which by the way reading and watching it, makes her sound like a love crazed psychotic who is very sick in the mind! but hey, nothing compares to Harry Potter!
you could do spin offs with any of the characters, willow one would be ace, but have to alyson hannigan as it just would not be the same, with kennedy by her side fighting the bads..
anya would be good but put her in a helping type thing where she would help people vengance demon but not a really bad one, more helping than bad.
yes spike would work, but the only one that would not is xanda, unless he went with anya and helped her..
miss the show as it was ace xxxxx
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