I think it's quite likely that Joss got the idea by watching Night of the Comet,
I'm pretty sure he's specifically cited Night of the Comet for the tone of Buffy's character.
Buffy: How was school today? Dawn: The usual. A big square building filled with boredom and despair.
Buffy: Just how I remember it.
'The Killer In Me'
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DavidS - Apr 14, 2015 7:51:20 pm PDT #28717 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - Apr 16, 2015 10:35:30 am PDT #28718 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
That new Star Wars teaser makes me think it might not be hopeless bullshit. Old Man Han Solo and Chewie made me SO HAPPY.
Connie Neil - Apr 16, 2015 12:05:32 pm PDT #28719 of 30000
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I am so conflicted about Ultron and the new Star Wars movie. Star Wars was my first fandom, the one that started me writing. I probably turned out a few hundred thousand words in it. And each new movie took the characters in directions that put cracks in the world in my head. I loved them and resented them,. And now I'm writing and reading extensively in Avengers, and the same thing is happening. The people who are actually in charge of the story are upending everything we've been thinking about.
It's the nature of ongoing stories, of course. We ficcers all saw it happen with Buffy and all the other shows we've gotten involved with, and being anxious about it is more than a little silly. But still. I don't want to try to get in on the first weekend of Ultron, I think I'll wait to see how big a rock is being thrown into pool of the story we think we know.
Beverly - Apr 16, 2015 12:30:51 pm PDT #28720 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Brian Daley wrote a few tie-in novels for Star Wars. In them, Han referred jokingly to "the Old Spacemen's Home." Back then, I never really expected that to be relevant.
Gris - Apr 16, 2015 5:26:25 pm PDT #28721 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I have been consistently hopeful about The Force Awakens - a weird case where putting a universe in the hands of a soulless corporation rather than the creator actually seems like an improvement to me - but yeah that teaser helps.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 16, 2015 6:27:09 pm PDT #28722 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Just having so much of the original cast present is a huge good sign, as they were able to spin gold out of George Lucas' awful dialog previously.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2015 12:01:04 am PDT #28723 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I saw IT FOLLOWS tonight. Damn good creepy horror movie, and one that has a lot of fun with the you-have-sex=you die cliche.
SailAweigh - Apr 17, 2015 2:47:01 am PDT #28724 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I have no desire to see the new Star Wars movie. I resent the way J.J. Abrams totally trrashed the new Star Trek franchise with the Wrath of Khan rewrite. His deliberate misportrayal of Kirk and whitewashing of Khan just makes me want to strangle him. If he liked Star Wars so much better, he should have turned down the Star Trek franchise.
Tom Scola - Apr 17, 2015 3:25:50 am PDT #28725 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
In addition to what SailAweigh said, I feel that Abrams' ability to tell a story is so bad that he either has some sort of cognitive defect, or outright contempt for his audience. (I've felt this way going all the way back to Alias).
So I might see The Force Awakens, but I will go in with extremely low expectations. It will be a very pretty simulacrum of a Star Wars picture.
SailAweigh - Apr 17, 2015 4:55:27 am PDT #28726 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
If I went, I would just wait for the big red ball to show up. Maybe it will be the source of the midichlorians, whatever that was meant to be.