Discussion of 8.01 "The Long Way Home Part 1" - Released 3/14/07 (Dark Horse)

I Loved the comic and can't wait for the next one!

Any theories on who's boots they are? i was thinking willow but then thought why wouldn't she have made an appearance at the castle? so who else could it be?

I was also intrigued by who Amy's boyfriend is and i quite like Mr. Pointy's idea that it could be Rack or Warren, perhaps reanimated with magic or something. Whatever it is, it's obviously pretty hideous and needs a weapons lab! curious and curiouser.

I'm really impressed with the artwork and how much emotion the pictures convey and i love that we get to hear Buffy and Xanders thoughts.
 
I'm thinkin Rack is the other guy they captured. Theoretically, I guess Amy could have resurrected Warren, maybe...but Willow burned his body up. Amy woulda had to have done something really elaborate, like what WR&H did to retrieve Darla, you'd think...

Rack was just left there, floating in his hideout...presumed dead I guess (is that not right?). But maybe just in some kind of mystical coma or something.


Now, to go down a major geek tangent, I don't understand Sunnydale geography. It's north of LA - on the Pacific coast, I'd always assumed. There's some kind of a Sunnydale port, I'd thought. How far away is the coast from town? When we see the massive crater in the earth, the ocean must be "behind" us. I want a map of old Sunnydale.
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One thing I wondered when I saw all this technology and then their headquaters was "Where the hell did they get the money for all this?"
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Yeah, I wanna know who's funding this and if and how Riley is connected to all this. Buffy had very high high-techery.
 
Mr. Pointy
Mr. Pointy
I refer you to my theory on the elasticity of fictional locations :)
i have just got my copy from forbidden planet in london, cant wait to read it tonight.

Wow i am so glad Buffy is back!!
 
i got my copy today, and i loved it!

I'm liking Xander so far. I'm glad they kept his maturity from season seven. Buffy is also a lot more likeable than she was in the last season.

The demons were cool. Now that they don't have to worry about the special effects budget, they can make as many bizarre/cool monsters that they want.

When the army guys said that Amy requested a weapon's lab for her "boyfriend", i immediately thought of Warren. It could also be Rack,but he's a warlock, it don't see what he needs a lab for. But i thought of him when i saw the person floating above the castle. we'll have to wait and see.

Andrew better hope Angel and Spike never find out the whole Immortal thing was his idea, lol.
 
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goldenboy
yeah, weapons lab, hmm..
Oh man, so many things to love, so many questions.
- Even without Andrew directly in the comic yet he made me LOL indirectly. The "make sure he sends his ten best and not ten best dressed" was absolutely hilarious, I can't wait till he shows up.
- Xander is the man. The badass yet still heart of gold guy that I knew he could always be. Wonder where his love interest is going to come from.
- I have no theories on the person floating above the slayer squad. All I can say is that I don't think it's a vampire because it looked like it was still day in that scene.
- Can somebody please tell me what a "thricewise" is? I can't find any reference to it anywhere.
- What's up with the Buffy/Dawn tension? Like more then just sister stuff.
- Muppety Odin? But admitting she misses the sex was cool. Gives evidence to my Xander/Buffy hook-up, I still wanna see that.
- Amy still being alive, not a huge shock. But I can't believe that the "boyfriend" is either Wrack or Warren, that just doesn't make any sense to me. I think it's either going to be someone we've never heard of or someone who's only been mentioned in the show and was never a real character.

Whatever happens I'm stoked Buffy is back. God I love this show.
 
Finally layed hands on a copy today. (While on duty. I love being a sergeant. Oddly enough, the rookie I'm training wanted me to pick him up a copy too...).

I'm impressed. A little Buffy/Dawn bickering. Xander stepping up into a leadership position. I'll be happy to get Giles back into the mix though.

Floaty Feet? Dracula, mabye?
The "Boyfriend". Well, being held together by magic. Apparently quite repulsive in appearance. I've got three candidates:
1.Warren-Genius. Sicko. Would need to be held together after being flayed alive. But didn't Willow incinerate him?
2.Caleb-Don't know what he would need with a weapons lab, but I'm guessing being bisected by way of crotch to head would require some magical mending. And he's going to be pretty damned pissed.
3.Adam-Longshot here. But did they ever say what was done with his body after he was taken out by uberBuffy?
 
the nearest store that sells buffy comics is MILES and MILES away (KILOMETERS and KILOMETERS for you European folks 🙂), so i probably wont be able to get it...but i did enter in the contest at Darkhorse..so maybe i can win? *fingers crossed*
 
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you could subscribe to it...
I finally got my hands on a copy yesterday, and I have to say I was surprised by how much I liked it! I had never read a comic book before and so I wasn't holding high hopes for me to like it, but I did. I think that Joss has written the characters perfectly, and I'm glad he's left in the humour that BtVS wouldn't be the same without.
 
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you should check out Fray :D
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Mr. Pointy agrees: I refer you to my theory on the elasticity of fictional locations 🙂
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I had never consulted Wiki on the subject...it's a fun (comprehensive) entry...

Sunnydale's surroundings

Sunnydale is somewhat isolated, and is not adjacent to other urban or suburban areas.[14]

Sunnydale is adjacent to several acres of woods and forest, including Miller's Woods.[15] An ocean port with several docked ships is nearby[16], and the nearby Kingman's Bluff is on a tall cliff overlooking the sea.[17] There is a nearby beach.[18] Either in or in the immediate vicinity of Sunnydale, there is, as well, a large hydroelectric dam. [19]
A short drive from Sunnydale there is a desert.[20] Breaker's Woods is 45-minute drive from town...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnydale
 
goldenboy said:
I had never consulted Wiki on the subject...it's a fun (comprehensive) entry...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnydale
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I liked Wiki's article 'cos it kind of hinted that my conclusion that Sunnydale was loosely based on Santa Barbara was right...I like to think it was influenced on our discussions here on the BB 🙂 I'll have to dig up the link to the original thread which is buried somewhere in our cemetery...
 
So, tomorrow is the day. Hopefully. My comic guy said last week that it was on his list for this week. Diamond sold out so we got shafted and had to wait an extra week.

Now it had better not be a variant cover!!!

If it is...grrr, arrgh!
 
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i feel your pain :(
it is offical...i can't get my hands on this comic anywhere in Belfast! lol
so i just ordered the first for issues online. don't know when the first issue will get to me, but there it is.
as usual, Lyri is left out in the cold!
 
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Jenny
Jenny
I had to order online too hon..it didn't take that long though!
i've already ordered them from a comics website. i'm just a little annoyed. the guy in the comic store in town promised me that they would be getting this and now they don't have it. something about them not being able to meet demand, so they're not gonna bother. jerks.
 
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That blows.
With all the good things you guys are saying maybe I *will* try to read Buffy season eight, even if it is in comic form (I hate comics). I think I might wait until the entire "season" is released though.
 
Randy, that's gonna take forever!! aren't there supposed to be, like, 20 plus issues?
 
Yeah somewhere between 20 and 30 within a year, and a
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, so you don't want to miss that. 😉 I was coming in here just to say how jealous I am of you people who have the comic already, but a lot of you haven't got it either yet 😛 I should get mine on Monday... was suppost to get it today.
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Well I'm no longer in the cold! :biggrin2: don't know what happened but it just arrived at my house.

I loved it, but don't think I'll spoil myself so much in the future.. I forget how short 1 issue is so I'd already seen most of it. My favourite scene was between Xander and Buffy: 'You're a terrible watcher' 😛 I have no clue about what was the deal with the monsters and the dead people wanting to be with them.. and the upside down frown thing. Dracula is the only vampire that I think can fly... the boots looked like Spike or Angel to me, outfit wise, but seriously doubt that.
I don't know if I like the whole terrorist angle.. but I suppose it is realistic that the government would be after her. I agree that Amy totally looked like her mother, but she did ask for cheese so I guess it is her.
I'm thinking it's more likely that her boyfriend would be Warren because of him wanting the weapons lab... somehow kept/brought alive with magic... unless it's just some weird ass demon thing that we haven't met.
Woot the Buffyverse lives! 😀
 
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