Xander ,'Get It Done'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Tim does pain and suffering like nobody else (hey, a joss quote, I really am a fanboy). Spike needs pain. And suffering. Like nobody else.
Bwah! Well, I'd see a Tim-helmed Spike movie, or even a Tim-helmed Andrew and Kennedy movie. But I'm not sure respect for talent alone could get me in the theatre to watch characters I loathe without the made-by-a-friend factor, even if such were Jane's or Joss' baby instead.
Campaign to get Tim to kill off Spike begins here. I'll give you $4 and a waffle, Tim. (Although, note, you'd totally get some craxy fan hate mail).
As Buffy said, wouldn't help.
I'm unfortunately convinced that the Woobie that Ate Fandom would resurface despite even Tim's best efforts at fatality.
I'd watch a Spike movie by Tim. I don't want to sound like a snob (I TOTALLY AM) but if one of the Buffy writers had done it, I don't think I would to be honest.
I'd not be fooling anyone if I didn't say I'd watch anything either by Tim or starring any Buffyverse characters -- curiousity would win above all, if nothing else -- but, to my knowledge, Tim never actually wrote Spike before. So it would be interesting to see a fresh take.
Tim does pain and suffering like nobody else (hey, a joss quote, I really am a fanboy). Spike needs pain. And suffering. Like nobody else.
Actually, Spike works best when he's pretty much running on sarcasm. Too much pain and suffering turns him into Michael Bolton!Spike.
No, too much badly written pain turns him into Michael Bolton!Spike.
Sarcastic funny Spike is fun, but it's a careful balance - he soon becomes The Fonz. In my opinion, anyway.
Naw, Spike's leather jacket is better.
Tim, I think you'll give great Spike movie. I just hope I see it, unlike the murder of my husband.
Mebbe Tim could kill Scott off in the Spike movie. There's got to be some victims in there somewhere.
They could do like Stephen King and auction off the opportunity to be a Spike victim. The fen alone could finance the entire film.
Hush, you. I'm broke, and I've been waiting a long time. After this summer, Scott will be glad to die, too. I think the Lyme Disease has left a visible mark on how he carries himself, but I'm trying to let it go, because finishing the course of anti-biotics, he does seem to feel more like himself.
I would so much rather see a Faith movie, then Spike. But hey maybe she can be incorpertated into it OR given her own as well.
I see her story, much like Giles as being the really untold. I just find it hard to find something new Spike could do, that Angel has not already done. I love Tim, but I am not sure even he can erase the "Fonze" Spike that was all that was left of that great evil guy.
But then again maybe a movie with Dru could bring Spike back to who he was. If anyone can write twisted love/hate it is Tim. Look at his Darla/Angelus.