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BUFFY civil war?

posted 13 years ago by marcusman48
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I can already tell from this board that there exists GREAT controversy over whether the cinematic or small-screen BUFFY is the "superior" version. But something I've been wondering for a long time is, do the creators and stars of those respective franchises also have their claws bared for each other?

Seth Green is the only person - as far as I know - who is linked to both the movie and the series, so if there were indeed a big civil war going on he'd probably be the wild card. But other than Joss Whedon's falling-out with Fran Rubel Kuzui, Kaz Kuzui, et. al., has anyone from the two camps ever commented - positively or negatively - on one of their counterparts?

I found out some time ago that Kristy Swanson once appeared at the popular Dragon Comic Con in Atlanta, Georgia, with various stars of the TV series based on her movie (and before you ask, no, Sarah Michelle Gellar was not among them). So Swanson, at least, bears no ill will. But what about Gellar? I've heard she's pretty outspoken, so what were her opinions - if any - on the movie?

[–] TheKonrad821 13 years ago

Basically from what I've heard and read, the TV series was created to be something that the movie was not. Apparently Joss Whedon was not happy with the movie, though it was his creation, and took the opportunity to make the show something HE wanted it to be.

With that said, I always assumed everyone knew the series was superior to the film...?

[–] marcusman48 13 years ago

That's not necessarily so, as you could find out from perusing the "Better than the series" thread on this board.

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