Buffy: the Origin comic (SPOILERS)

[dragonyphoenix]

So I just finished reading the Buffy origin graphic novel. I haven't seen the movie in a good while, but it's fairly close. All in all I thought it was okayish. Having seen the movie, I didn't really need to read the comic.

My least favorite bit about the comic is that it lost my favorite line from the movie: Pike's response when his vamped friend asks to be invited in. "Invite you in? Man, you're floating!" Not only is it hilarious but it's a fun reference to Salem's Lot.

My favorite scene from the comic is when Buffy tries to pray after her Watcher killed himself to prevent Lothos from Turning him. She starts out with "Our Father who art in Heaven" but doesn't know the prayer and starts talking, as her prayer, to her Watcher. Blew me away when she ended her talk to her Watcher with "Amen." 

I think Lothos should have looked like a young, hot Rutger Hauer but that could be just me.

At the end of the comic, we suddenly learn that Buffy is telling her story to Xander and Willow. Eh, I'd have been okay with that if Sunnydale scenes had bookmarked the story, been shown at both the start and the end rather than just being a surprise at the end. I also wasn't thrilled with "What happened to PIke is another story." 

All in all, not worth the read.

But look at how awesome a villain Rutger Hauer makes!

Comments

[kerkevik_2014]

Any changes from the movie were to be welcomed for me and, while I could have done without the Buffy talking to Willow and Xander bit that had more to do with the quality of the artwork.

The only really jarring moments were the drawings of the vamps themselves; they just look silly.

[dragonyphoenix]

Yeah, they tried to do more with the vamps and it didn't work.

[double_dutchess]

Rutger Hauer makes a fabulous villain! Nice pic.

[dragonyphoenix]

He really does. ;-)

[baronjanus]

I very much agree re Rutger Hauer. Oh, my childhood.

[dragonyphoenix]

Mmm, young Rutger Hauer.

[feliciacraft]

Buffy: the Origin sounds intriguing! Is it a long comic? IDW or Dark Horse?

[dragonyphoenix]

According to Wikipedia, Dark Horse. I borrowed it from the library. I love my library! One of the first things I did after I moved was get a library card. ;-)