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Thought some might be interested.......SPOILERS
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Whedon Tips Buffy Spoilers
Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, told SCI FI Wire that he will revive the titular character--who died at the end of last season--in the show's two-hour premiere on UPN Oct. 9. "When you bring somebody back to life, ... you havea lot of disbelief," Whedon said at UPN's fall preview meeting in Pasadena, Calif. "You have to always make the characters feel the way the audience does. You have to make it difficult. You have to earn it. You have to just get in there and make it very visceral. ... It's not going to be simple. It's not going to be breezy. It's not going to be a cheat. We did this knowing that we were going to have to bring her back, and ... we're going to have to do it legitimately and with integrity." Whedon added that the show won't rely on a Dallas-like gimmick to bring Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) back to life. "No," Whedon said. "Dallas was lame." The premiere will contain a brief recap of the show for viewers new to the series since its move from The WB. Whedon added that the show will likely not have any crossoverswith its sister series, Angel, which remains on The WB. "We had a couple of notions that were a little embryonic, but it was never crucial," Whedon said. "And I very much wanted the shows to stand on their own." Among other changes in the upcoming season: Willow (Alyson Hannigan) will assume more of a leadership role in the Scooby Gang, as well as returning more to her computer-geek roots; Willow and Tara's (Amber Benson) relationship may undergo changes; and Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) will appear only as a recurring character. Anya (Emma Caulfield) will take over the Magic Shop in the wake of Giles' return to England, and there will be no new Slayer called as a result of Buffy's death--the line now goes through Faith, who was the last Slayer called, Whedon said. (In response to a question about spoilers on the Ain't It Cool News Web site, Whedon said some were accurate and others were not, but didn't detail which were which). Whedon also said he was aware of The WB's decision to shut down the official Buffy.com Web site and its fan message board, The Bronze. "I haven't been in town,so I said to them early on, 'Get that thing ready.' ... So I'm hoping that it will be soon," Whedon said in an interview. "But I don't have any information on how that is working. But it's a big priority. My hope is now, or, worst case scenario, it must be up before the season starts." Adam Ware, chief operating officer of UPN, told SCI FI Wire that the network is working with Buffy the Vampire Slayer production studio Fox to revive the site and was talkingwith the same company that created the original site. _____________________________________________ "I'll live at sea! The sea forgives all! Not like thosemean,
old mountains! I hate them so much!" (Homer J. Simpson)
"You think you know? What's to come? What you are? You haven't
even begun."
(Tara and Dracula to Buffy, BTVS) "Man, atonement's a bitch." (Angel,
ANGEL)
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