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Christopher · 05-13-2003, 10:38 AM

For the week of May 17 - 23 TV Guide has put Buffy & Angel on the cover. I kind of expected it, being Buffy's last year.

DarleneIllyria · 05-13-2003, 09:39 PM

I got the tv guide. I hope Buffy is on the Macon Telegraph and Atlanta's tv guide. I better not set my heart on them being on the Macon and Atlanta tv guides. When that Batcave movie was airing, I was so hoping Adam and Burt would be on the cover of one of those tv guides. It didn't happen though.

Christopher · 05-13-2003, 10:35 PM

I bought 2 issues, I love Buffy

spunkygirl · 05-13-2003, 11:13 PM

Good I am glad they did that, can't wait to get mine, should receive it tomorrow.

DarleneIllyria · 05-14-2003, 12:26 AM

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Originally posted by *Chris*
I bought 2 issues, I love Buffy

I thought I would have 2, also. See, I bought one issue at the store and my family subscribes to TV Guide, so I thought I would have 2 with the same cover. No, when I got home I saw the judges from Amercian Idol on the tv guide they send out. It's a big AI pic on this tv guide and it has kind of yellow strip on the top right hand side and the strip has Buffy The Killer Ending. I gotta go out tomorrow and get another tv guide. I want another Buffy cover.

DarleneIllyria · 05-18-2003, 07:58 PM

Okay, Sarah was on the Macon Telegraph tv guide. I'll type out the article and scan the cover. I don't think they had a pic on the article page. Can't remember. Anyway, here we go....

The Sun sets on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'

The late-April setting sun gilds the main street of Sunnydale, with its brick facades and vintage movie theater. The light also falls on hanging bits of wood and flapping blue tarp, because Sunnydale-that fictitious haunt of demons, vampires and all manner of evil-is now just a deserted TV set.

It's been about a week since production wrapped on the final episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in Santa Monica, Calif. While producers finish the last episodes for air, the cast already has scattered, including star Sarah Michelle Gellar, who is off to Vancouver, Canada, to work on the "Scooby Doo" sequel.

After seven seasons, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" signs off for good Tuesday on UPN, where it moved two years ago after a successful run on The WB Network.

"Buffy" turned an intorspective screenwriter into a cult hero, a former soap-opera star into a pop icon, and a misunderstood and dismissed genre into fodder for everything from Internet mania to scholarly dissertations.

"The biggest surprise," says executive producer Marti Noxon, who joined the series as an entry level story editor, "was how much this became part of pop culture. Even though 'Buffy', let's face it, is a relatively small scale television hit- it ain't 'American Idol'-but at the same time, it became woven into the fabric of pop culture.
And given the fact that when I first got the job, people were feeling really sorry for me, that was some surprise."

"Buffy" began as a feature film written by Joss Whedon, who was not satisfied with how his concept was translated to the screen. He took back his idea-essentially transforming the blond, teen victim of horror films into an uber-warrior against evil and reworked it into a TV pilot, which didn't sell. Following some tweaks and recasting, Whedon shot another pilot, which premiered in the spring of 1997.

"When I started the show," Whedon says, "I didn't know its full potential, because I just had the basic notion of 'It's hard to make it in high school,' and it'll be funny and involving and scary and really hip on things people can relate to. "The basic idea that I think we're very true to, especially in the last episode, the empowerment of girls and the toughness of this life, was always there, but it grew beyond my best intention."

"It introduced a new kind of female hero," Noxon says, "one who was both super and super-real. She had a lot of human failings, but could also kick ass to save the world, which is something I didn't see a lot of growing up. I saw either idealized women with no problems who saved the world or women who were basically taking care of families and getting hit in the nose with footballs."

In its high school years, "Buffy" happily mixed wisecracks, kung-fu fighting and every possible horror-movie cliche as it magnified ordinary teen problems to apocalyptic proportions.

That was literally true when Buffy's first sexual experience, with soulful vampire Angel (David Boreanaz), began a chain of events that nearly ended the world. Unsafe sex, indeed.

When the story moved to college and young adulthood, life got more complicated, and Buffy suspected the source of her power to do good might be rooted in the darkest evil.

Buffy's struggles with love, loss and maturity escalated until the only release she could find was in self-sacrifice. And even death in the fifth season finale was not enough to free Buffy, as UPN picked up the show and Buffy's witch friend Willow (Alyson Hannigan) defied nature to drag the Slayer back from paradise.

This season, Buffy again faces an apocalypse, with little more than her ex-lover, the reformed vampire Spike (James Marsters); a few friends; a gaggle of barely trained potential slayers; and her own fierce determination to sustain her.

"Buffy's taken on the mantle of being the general in this army," Noxon says, "and she's taken it very seriously. I've often said that I feel like this season is the Joss Whedon story. It's not easy being a genius. It's not easy being in charge. There are costs. It's lonely up there."
"It's tough to be a leader," Whedon agrees. "At one point, they voted me out. That was weird."

Whedon had a great deal of artistic freedom on "Buffy", and with this show more than many others, the creator and his creation cannot be seperated. But whatever part of him is Buffy, Whedon always has asserted that his true alter ego is Buffy's insecure friend Xander (Nicholas Brendon), who has no superpowers. In a recent episode, Buffy's sister Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg), talked to Xander about that. "We pretty much made the statement when Dawn said, 'Maybe that's your power, seeing everything, knowing, being the person who observes and reports,' " Whedon says. "Basically that's like saying, 'You're the writer, not the star.' You couldn't have made him more mine and the writers' proxy than that."

With all the words generated by "Buffy," whether in magazines, books or enough Internet postings to fill volumes, none are more important than the words on the script pages.

*I'll scan the cover of the tv guide in a few minutes.*

Christopher · 05-18-2003, 08:03 PM

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Originally posted by Jenny
Okay, Sarah was on the Macon Telegraph tv guide. I'll type out the article and scan the cover.

*I'll scan the cover of the tv guide in a few minutes.*

What's a Macon Telegraph TV Guide? Also thanks Jenny

DarleneIllyria · 05-18-2003, 08:03 PM

Okay, here's the cover. Btw, the caption says The critically acclaimed series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' starring Sarah Michelle Gellar in the title role, ends its seven-season run Tuesday on UPN. The caption got a little cut off, so that's why I'm typing it out here.

DarleneIllyria · 05-18-2003, 08:05 PM

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Originally posted by *Chris*

What's a Macon Telegraph TV Guide? Also thanks Jenny

It's the tv guide for the Macon paper. Your welcome, Chris. Sorry the pic is kind of blurry. The pic on the tv guide had kind of a bad quality and my scanner makes the quality even worse for some reason.

Christopher · 05-19-2003, 12:06 AM

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Originally posted by Jenny
Sorry the pic is kind of blurry. The pic on the tv guide had kind of a bad quality and my scanner makes the quality even worse for some reason.

I am surprise you can even upload the pic here, it's kind of big. I am glad it let you though. Thanks Jenny for sharing

Remember to watch the series finale this Tuesday

DarleneIllyria · 05-19-2003, 01:56 AM

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Originally posted by *Chris*

I am surprise you can even upload the pic here, it's kind of big. I am glad it let you though. Thanks Jenny for sharing

Remember to watch the series finale this Tuesday

I know. It's kind of a miracle some of the pics I've scanned even fit. I've had some problems scanning other stuff before and had to shrink it up before loading it on here. The Buffy tv guide didn't give me any problem though. I didn't have to shrink it up or anything. Your welcome. I'm just glad I had a scanner to scan it with and she was on the cover.

I've got my fingers crossed about the finale. I hope the electricity doesn't go out during Buffy. It's a very light recording week this week, so if it has to go out, I hope it goes out any other day, but Tues.

Christopher · 05-19-2003, 09:50 AM

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Originally posted by Jenny
I hope the electricity doesn't go out during Buffy.

You and Slayer Faith keep mentioning that. Keep all the bad things out of your head and focus about how sad your going to be to see the show end

DarleneIllyria · 05-19-2003, 08:39 PM

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Originally posted by *Chris*

You and Slayer Faith keep mentioning that. Keep all the bad things out of your head and focus about how sad your going to be to see the show end

Okay, I'll try to keep the bad junk out of my head. I just won't think about it at all, the electricity, I mean. Yep, I'll stop thinking about it.

I'm gonna miss Buffy.

05-13-2003, 10:38 AM	#1
Christopher The OG Core Four Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 15, 2001 Posts: 14,833	Buffy & Angel on the cover of TV Guide This Week For the week of May 17 - 23 TV Guide has put Buffy & Angel on the cover. I kind of expected it, being Buffy's last year.

05-18-2003, 08:03 PM	#8
DarleneIllyria Gone Forum Star Join Date: Oct 15, 2000 Posts: 19,086	Okay, here's the cover. Btw, the caption says The critically acclaimed series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' starring Sarah Michelle Gellar in the title role, ends its seven-season run Tuesday on UPN. The caption got a little cut off, so that's why I'm typing it out here. Attached Images

05-13-2003, 09:39 PM	#2
DarleneIllyria Gone Forum Star Join Date: Oct 15, 2000 Posts: 19,086	I got the tv guide. I hope Buffy is on the Macon Telegraph and Atlanta's tv guide. I better not set my heart on them being on the Macon and Atlanta tv guides. When that Batcave movie was airing, I was so hoping Adam and Burt would be on the cover of one of those tv guides. It didn't happen though.

05-13-2003, 10:35 PM	#3
Christopher The OG Core Four Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 15, 2001 Posts: 14,833	I bought 2 issues, I love Buffy

05-13-2003, 11:13 PM	#4
spunkygirl Member Moderator Forum Celebrity Join Date: Apr 26, 2003 Posts: 21,563	Good I am glad they did that, can't wait to get mine, should receive it tomorrow.

05-18-2003, 07:58 PM	#6
DarleneIllyria Gone Forum Star Join Date: Oct 15, 2000 Posts: 19,086	Okay, Sarah was on the Macon Telegraph tv guide. I'll type out the article and scan the cover. I don't think they had a pic on the article page. Can't remember. Anyway, here we go.... The Sun sets on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' The late-April setting sun gilds the main street of Sunnydale, with its brick facades and vintage movie theater. The light also falls on hanging bits of wood and flapping blue tarp, because Sunnydale-that fictitious haunt of demons, vampires and all manner of evil-is now just a deserted TV set. It's been about a week since production wrapped on the final episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in Santa Monica, Calif. While producers finish the last episodes for air, the cast already has scattered, including star Sarah Michelle Gellar, who is off to Vancouver, Canada, to work on the "Scooby Doo" sequel. After seven seasons, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" signs off for good Tuesday on UPN, where it moved two years ago after a successful run on The WB Network. "Buffy" turned an intorspective screenwriter into a cult hero, a former soap-opera star into a pop icon, and a misunderstood and dismissed genre into fodder for everything from Internet mania to scholarly dissertations. "The biggest surprise," says executive producer Marti Noxon, who joined the series as an entry level story editor, "was how much this became part of pop culture. Even though 'Buffy', let's face it, is a relatively small scale television hit- it ain't 'American Idol'-but at the same time, it became woven into the fabric of pop culture. And given the fact that when I first got the job, people were feeling really sorry for me, that was some surprise." "Buffy" began as a feature film written by Joss Whedon, who was not satisfied with how his concept was translated to the screen. He took back his idea-essentially transforming the blond, teen victim of horror films into an uber-warrior against evil and reworked it into a TV pilot, which didn't sell. Following some tweaks and recasting, Whedon shot another pilot, which premiered in the spring of 1997. "When I started the show," Whedon says, "I didn't know its full potential, because I just had the basic notion of 'It's hard to make it in high school,' and it'll be funny and involving and scary and really hip on things people can relate to. "The basic idea that I think we're very true to, especially in the last episode, the empowerment of girls and the toughness of this life, was always there, but it grew beyond my best intention." "It introduced a new kind of female hero," Noxon says, "one who was both super and super-real. She had a lot of human failings, but could also kick ass to save the world, which is something I didn't see a lot of growing up. I saw either idealized women with no problems who saved the world or women who were basically taking care of families and getting hit in the nose with footballs." In its high school years, "Buffy" happily mixed wisecracks, kung-fu fighting and every possible horror-movie cliche as it magnified ordinary teen problems to apocalyptic proportions. That was literally true when Buffy's first sexual experience, with soulful vampire Angel (David Boreanaz), began a chain of events that nearly ended the world. Unsafe sex, indeed. When the story moved to college and young adulthood, life got more complicated, and Buffy suspected the source of her power to do good might be rooted in the darkest evil. Buffy's struggles with love, loss and maturity escalated until the only release she could find was in self-sacrifice. And even death in the fifth season finale was not enough to free Buffy, as UPN picked up the show and Buffy's witch friend Willow (Alyson Hannigan) defied nature to drag the Slayer back from paradise. This season, Buffy again faces an apocalypse, with little more than her ex-lover, the reformed vampire Spike (James Marsters); a few friends; a gaggle of barely trained potential slayers; and her own fierce determination to sustain her. "Buffy's taken on the mantle of being the general in this army," Noxon says, "and she's taken it very seriously. I've often said that I feel like this season is the Joss Whedon story. It's not easy being a genius. It's not easy being in charge. There are costs. It's lonely up there." "It's tough to be a leader," Whedon agrees. "At one point, they voted me out. That was weird." Whedon had a great deal of artistic freedom on "Buffy", and with this show more than many others, the creator and his creation cannot be seperated. But whatever part of him is Buffy, Whedon always has asserted that his true alter ego is Buffy's insecure friend Xander (Nicholas Brendon), who has no superpowers. In a recent episode, Buffy's sister Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg), talked to Xander about that. "We pretty much made the statement when Dawn said, 'Maybe that's your power, seeing everything, knowing, being the person who observes and reports,' " Whedon says. "Basically that's like saying, 'You're the writer, not the star.' You couldn't have made him more mine and the writers' proxy than that." With all the words generated by "Buffy," whether in magazines, books or enough Internet postings to fill volumes, none are more important than the words on the script pages. I'll scan the cover of the tv guide in a few minutes.