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.
Faith: A kid. Angel's got a kid. Wesley: Connor. Faith: A teenage kid born last year. Wesley: I told you, he grew up in a hell dimension. Faith: Right. And what, Cordelia spent her last summer as… Wesley: A divine being. Faith: Uh-huh. Can I just ask--What the hell are you people doing?
'Why We Fight'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[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.
Kevin - Sep 18, 2005 6:54:46 am PDT #3988 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
tommyrot - Sep 18, 2005 7:02:22 am PDT #3989 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Naw, Spike's leather jacket is better.
Narrator - Sep 18, 2005 7:54:29 am PDT #3990 of 10001
The evil is this way?
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.
Cashmere - Sep 18, 2005 7:57:44 am PDT #3991 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
They could do like Stephen King and auction off the opportunity to be a Spike victim. The fen alone could finance the entire film.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 18, 2005 8:46:26 am PDT #3992 of 10001
What is even happening?
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.
Got Life - Sep 18, 2005 9:49:11 am PDT #3993 of 10001
Life is eternal, Love is immortal, and death is only an illusion.
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.
AnthonyDe - Sep 18, 2005 10:36:02 am PDT #3994 of 10001
A One that isn't cold, is scarcely A One at all.
Never Fade Away was on network TV. This was only the second time I've seen it. So many interesting things happen. +Angel signs away Shanshu. +Spike's perfect day is performing poetry. +Lorne leaves the team. +The Godfather killing all your enemies in one night strategy. +Does anyone survive the alley? It's the perfect ending. Anytime you talk about it you have to debate who makes it and who doesn't.
As for Spike's future can anyone see him semi-retired and mellowed, wearing a blazer and teaching poetry for an adult education night class? Then Willow shows up at the door and says, "Spike, we need you." And then they do a whole pulling the leather duster out of the trunk scene. That would rock.
Nearmiss - Sep 18, 2005 10:39:02 am PDT #3995 of 10001
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter.
Or better than Willow, Faith.
Kristen - Sep 18, 2005 10:42:22 am PDT #3996 of 10001
So Spike is a poor man's Indiana Jones, then?
DebetEsse - Sep 18, 2005 10:53:50 am PDT #3997 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I think Spike can be a poor man's anything, without stretching too far from canon characterizations.