One of the many reasons to look forward to Ripper.
As for Brian K. Vaughn’s (first, but hopefully not last) run of Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Season 8″ comics, the best compliment I can give is that I hardly noticed — if indeed I did notice at all, which is doubtful — that this wasn’t written by Master Whedon. The dialogue was suave and Sunnydale’y, and all that facade stuff was all in place, but more importantly, he got the very essence of Buffy perfectly: Set up some kind of external threat, to facilitate external action, but try to let this external factor be naught but a catalyst or backdrop for internal action — i.e. inside characters, or between core characters — and have this internal action as the centrepiece of your story.
Also, fun new info about what we by now can probably assume to be the “season”’s villain. But who’s the “man on the inside”? I’m guessing this “Twilight” character isn’t entirely human (and probably doesn’t intend to eradicate magic either, just that of his competitors), so that his “man” comment can also be refering to a woman. I’ll take a wild stab in the dark with a broadsword, and guess Renee.
Just for no other reason than that poor Xander likes her. 
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Yes. ‘Cause Xander should be screwed over well and good and often, ’cause Xander’s the most heart-wrenchingly awesome when he’s in pain. Right? ;P
Btw, I see that a lot of people hope that they can take the ending of “No Future For You” as a hint that Faith will be in the “Ripper”-movie… I have my doubts, though.
11. December 2007 @ 14:55 ( Permalink )
Yeah, with Dollhouse probably coming up this spring, I can’t really see that, either.
13. December 2007 @ 14:28 ( Permalink )
However, I do wonder exactly how that’ll place Ripper in Slayerverse continuity… :\
13. December 2007 @ 14:29 ( Permalink )
Nobody knows where Ripper will be in the continuity, Joss has been (probably intentionally) very vague. There’s three obvious possibilities - it’s a prequel, taking place before he meets Buffy, it’s during his time in England in season 6/7, or it’s post season 7, most likely also taking place after the season 8 appearances so far. And by the time Ripper gets made, if it ever will, a ton more comics will be out, so I’m guessing they’ll set it up. After all, Joss’ original incentive to make the comics was to tie it in with a Spike-Illyria-movie. Maybe he’ll tie it in with the Ripper-movie instead.
13. December 2007 @ 19:49 ( Permalink )
Which one, if any, are you hoping for?
I’ll obviously be grateful for just about anything they can toss us, but pre-Buffy would probably interrupt the Slayerverse continuity the least, and it would also allow us some more of that Ethan Rayne goodness. I’d love to see a storyline or three where he and Giles becomes unlikely allies, or at least arch nemesises with a cease fire for the duration of a few weeks. Granted, it’d be awfully much like the Angel-Spike things we’ve seen in the past, but hey.
And this would be a bit hard to do post-Buffy, you know with Ethan being dead and stuff…
14. December 2007 @ 00:13 ( Permalink )
Hoping for post-Buffy, because then they won’t have to drown Head in make-up, and Joss can make more interesting dynamics between the comic and the movie. But as long as it gets made, I’m happy.
Ethan’s coming back. HE HAS TO. Don’t sully me with your lies!
14. December 2007 @ 00:35 ( Permalink )
The comics-movie dynamics doesn’t sound like a good idea; while it might seem nice from a fan POV, it doesn’t make sense from a business POV. But then again, business is rubbish, and Buffy/Whedon has such a huge fan base, they can probably earn back what they invested from DVD sales just to the most dedicated fans…
And Ethan’s not coming back, unless his corpse is raised as a zombie. Non-mystical death, remember?
15. December 2007 @ 00:39 ( Permalink )