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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[keestone.livejournal.com]

I'm late to the party, but I think I consider the comics sub-canon or secondary-canon. I have layers to my concept of canonicity. (This is probably thanks to being a long time Star Wars fan. A lot of the Extended Universe has entered canon, but I'll consider the Holiday Special canon before I even think of entertaining the prequels, which are a betrayal of canon *grumblegrumblecontinuityandcharactarmotivation*.)

The Buffy movie I do not consider canon at all, primarily because my memory of the movie was nearly the cause of me missing out on the TV show. As it was, I only started watching Buffy because Angel was well-written, so the show it had spun off from might not be as bad as the movie I remembered.

[elisi]

I'm late to the party, but I think I consider the comics sub-canon or secondary-canon. I have layers to my concept of canonicity.
Layers are good. I think I once decided that the comics were the apocrypha of the Buffy verse. :)

but I'll consider the Holiday Special canon before I even think of entertaining the prequels, which are a betrayal of canon *grumblegrumblecontinuityandcharactarmotivation*
Hee! I know what you mean. I'm not a Star Wars fan by any means, but the prequels definitely made me sit up and go 'Huh?' Creators should NEVER be allowed to do whatever they want!

The Buffy movie I do not consider canon at all, primarily because my memory of the movie was nearly the cause of me missing out on the TV show.
Aw, poor movie. My husband LOVES the movie (he has a thing for daft teen flicks), so it's his fault we decided to check out the show. Unfortunately (for him) I ended up with a severe case of obsession, and he's only got himself to thank! *g*

[keestone.livejournal.com]

Creators should at the very least be pinned down and asked questions like:

"If this character says she remembers her mother, why are you having the mother die giving birth to her?"

"Why would an eight year old slave boy on a backwater planet build a freaking Protocol Droid to help his mom out when the mom has nothing to do with translating millions of languages?"

"Didn't Obi Wan Kenobi originally bring baby Luke to Tatooine to hide him in a backwater planet in the middle of nowhere because nobody would think to look there? In that case, why is Tatooine the center of half the politically important events in recent memory instead of the previously described backwater?"

Not to mention, "Why are you suddenly trying to give a really crappy pseudo-scientific explanation for a mystical Life Force that is part of everything when everyone was perfectly happy with it being mystical, and WTF do you think you're doing with this virgin birth shit?"

At least Joss is still actively involved in caring about the plot instead of sitting back and counting the money because he's dead certain he'll get plenty from the collectible toys no matter what.

[elisi]

Creators should at the very least be pinned down and asked questions like
Heh. I think George Lucas and Joss have diametrically opposed ways of approaching the 'I can do anything!' situation. Lucas decides to do nothing but FiTBs and added continuity which makes no sense, and Joss thinks that jumping ahead a few years with no explanations is a fabulous idea, and no one will mind that the characters' actions make no sense.