Das, that's why I try to not pay attention to actors too much beyond the screen. They have a tendancy to paint themselves in an unattractive light. There is a reason most of these people are actors and not politicians, although that is a line that is unfortunately crossed far too often, butidigress...

You're completely right. She has done her job and done it well. She needs to go and I think she has great intuition on the matter. But, it IS hard to let something you love go, even with the chance of it's losing the original magic, so these debates are innevitible, don't you think?

It's TV Talk ... debates are always inevitable. :)

das

My feelings exactly. I try not to let an actor's off screen attitudes, political views, etc. affect my enjoyment of their on-screen personas, but sometimes I just can't help it (J-Lo). Having said that I don't think SMG is wrong for wanting to leave now.

I completely agree. SMGPJ has been incredible on Buffy and she has put in 7 long years. I don't blame her for leaving one bit and the fact that "rumors" persist that she isn't nice to the other Buffy castmates are just that. Rumors. And, even if true, I would never let that get in the way of enjoying her performance. Buffy is Buffy and Sarah is Sarah.

If I were in her situation (and god knows I wish I were), I would leave too. I think, as much as I'll miss it, that it is time for it to end. And, while I doubt she'll ever be a big movie star, I am not rooting against her. Just her husband. Why should anyone begrudge her if she wants to do other things?

She does come across as conceited (especially about all things Buffy), but so do a lot of celebrities. The debate about what some of us here think will come of the cast's careers is just speculation and opinion. It's a pretty natural thing to do when an ensemble cast moves on to other things. The same kind of things will go on when Friends comes to and end. In fact, people already do it now.

It's not meant as a personal attack against SMGPJ or the quality of work she has put in doing Buffy. She has been AMAZING. And should have at least 2 Emmys. I just don't see any Oscars in her future.

I think its great that she didnt sign on for another 3 or 4 years because as Ive said before, I dont think the show should be run into the ground.
Sure people dont understand this and they feel they need someone to blame and still I see the boards going on and on with spinoff after spinoff ideas because they cant deal with "An End" but truth be told the show is showing is age and even though it's leaps and bounds better than the horrible Season 6, it needs to go away while its still halfway good.

This is what SMG says:

Dateline: Thursday, February 27, 2003
>
> By: MIKE WHYBARK
> By: News Editor
> Source: Entertainment
>
<http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,4...ybuffy,00.html> Weekly
>
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY reports that BUFFY THE VAMPIRE
SLAYER is over. The show
is definitively coming to a close this season after
seven years on the air.


In an interview, star Sarah Michelle Gellar says,
"This is how I want to go out - on top, at our best." The show will end with a five-episode arc, the actress says.

They're true. I've heard very similar tales from at least three friends who have visited the Buffy set for journalistic purposes over the years. (Note: these are not fans, but journalists who covered Buffy for various sources over the years.)

Well, like most posting here I think that it's time for Buffy the series to come to an end. I'd like to see a Faith spin off, but that may depend on the success, or lack thereof, of Eliza Dushku's new pilot/series.

If there isn't another spin off, I'd like to see more characters come to Angel for recurring visits (but not as regulars). That might help prop up Angel's ratings, and keep it on the air for another 2 or 3 years - and the recurring roles could make for some really good episodes.

I can't see myself rushing out to see any of SMG's movies - unless she just happens to be in a movie that I'm already predisposed to be interested in regardless of her involvement.

It's going to be weird not having Buffy on the air, but it was weider for me not to have Babylon 5 to look forward to (or TNG, or DS9, etc) - so I'm getting used to losing shows that I look forward to seeing. I find myself watching less and less new TV shows, and more and more DVDs.

We will always have Buffy on DVD.

Thought all fans might like this.
These are scans of the Entertainment weekly article about Buffy ending. Shes on the cover too!!!
Faith is there too. What a treat.

http://www.smgboard.com/iboard/index...=ST&f=1&t=4493

It's funny how one person can make all the others un-employed :p

I thought it was interesting that SMG thought that Season 6 wasnt very good either.
Go Sarah!

Yeah, it was interesting to find out that she thought there were some serious flaws with that season. Even more interesting that Whedon apparently waved her off with the same, "If you don't like it, you just don't understand the darkness." line he was giving fans.

Of course, the interview also confirms something that Whedon and Noxon were denying all last season--that Whedon had essentially abandoned the show to go work on Firefly.

This article did a lot to improve my opinion of SMG; it was a very interesting read.

Not much new here but I haven't seen it posted yet. A friend sent this to me, said it was from IMDB (I haven't actually confirmed that)...

It's official - Sarah Michelle Gellar's hit TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer is set to end once its current season wraps. After seven years, the massively popular cult series is set to come to an end in May. Gellar concedes, "Buffy, in this incarnation, is over." The series will wrap up with a five-part story, which will include
. Gellar says, "We're gearing up to tell a fabulous, huge, great arc. It's going to be pretty spectacular." But the show may come back to life in some form - its creator, Joss Whedon, is planning a spin-off that may include some Buffy cast members. Gellar gained fame on the cult hit as Buffy Summers, a perky high school student burdened with the responsibility of killing vampires in the seemingly idyllic town of Sunnydale, California.

That was posted already.
I enjoyed the Sarahs interview too.

Interesting pics from Angel episode with


http://www.forums4fans.com/ultimateb...017&p=5#000118

Do not click if you don't want to be spoiled. - Static

Willow in those pictures: :drool:

Willow looks so sweet! :)