Finally we get to the end of the Buffy Season Eight comics with the final issues in this TPB. These issues started off quite slowly with a lot of exposition as opposed to any action. It's true that there were a lot of plot threads to deal with but I found myself a little lost at times. That's possibly because there is such a gap between each paperback release that many of the minor details get forgotten. I shall have to read through again from the beginning at some point and see if that makes a difference. Still it was an interesting conclusion even if it wasn't as action packed as some of the earlier issues. We had one unexpected character death which seemed to go by very quickly and not be dealt with much. However that will definitely change things in the Buffy universe, although of course the other events of the finale will have much bigger repercussions over a much longer period of time. We know this because we've already seem glimpses in to the future. The setting for Season Nine (which has been commissioned already) seem like it will be closer to the standard Buffy format rather than some of the more extreme things that have happened in Season Eight, but it seems like Joss has an interesting plan. The first single issue of that is due in September I believe, so it will probably be Spring next year before the first paperback is out. Too long!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Last Gleaming
Finally we get to the end of the Buffy Season Eight comics with the final issues in this TPB. These issues started off quite slowly with a lot of exposition as opposed to any action. It's true that there were a lot of plot threads to deal with but I found myself a little lost at times. That's possibly because there is such a gap between each paperback release that many of the minor details get forgotten. I shall have to read through again from the beginning at some point and see if that makes a difference. Still it was an interesting conclusion even if it wasn't as action packed as some of the earlier issues. We had one unexpected character death which seemed to go by very quickly and not be dealt with much. However that will definitely change things in the Buffy universe, although of course the other events of the finale will have much bigger repercussions over a much longer period of time. We know this because we've already seem glimpses in to the future. The setting for Season Nine (which has been commissioned already) seem like it will be closer to the standard Buffy format rather than some of the more extreme things that have happened in Season Eight, but it seems like Joss has an interesting plan. The first single issue of that is due in September I believe, so it will probably be Spring next year before the first paperback is out. Too long!
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Ah, another thing to look forward to, then. You could work out how long it would take you to re-read, and time it so you finished just before the new paperback comes out!
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