Do you think the comics are canon?

[elisi]

Go take jamalov29's very simple poll!

(Incidentally, how many people consider the movie canon? Because I certainly don't. And the movie is *much* closer to the show than the comics. There was more to the show than Joss - as is by now blatantly obvious! *g*)

ETA: Actually - what do y'all think about the movie in canon terms? Joss disowned it, yet it is obviously where everything started, right down to (S)Pike.

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Actually - what do y'all think about the movie in canon terms?

To me, the movie is clearly not canon since it blatantly contradicts the show in various ways (eg: vampires fly!).

If I'm reading a fic and I see a nod to specific events in the movie, I'll smile. But if I'm reading a fic that's consistent with the show and establishes a pre-Sunnydale background for Buffy that contradicts events in the movie, I won't even blink.

I guess pretty much the same goes for the comics, at this point! I mean, they're not really consistent with the show (um, Warren?). They look different from the show, they feel different from the show. So defininitely not canon.

[elisi]

To me, the movie is clearly not canon since it blatantly contradicts the show in various ways (eg: vampires fly!).
Very true.

If I'm reading a fic and I see a nod to specific events in the movie, I'll smile. But if I'm reading a fic that's consistent with the show and establishes a pre-Sunnydale background for Buffy that contradicts events in the movie, I won't even blink.
Same here. The movie is sweet, but even the show ret-conned it directly.

I guess pretty much the same goes for the comics, at this point! I mean, they're not really consistent with the show (um, Warren?). They look different from the show, they feel different from the show. So defininitely not canon.
*nods* We seem to be in perfect agreement!