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The Season Finale is here, and Buffy must face the ultimate betrayal! Seems like a perfect time for Spike to come back.Series creator Joss Whedon writes the final story arc of Buffy Season 8, taking his greatest characters to places only he can! Teamed with series artist Georges Jeanty, Joss reunites the dysfunctional gang of Buffy, Angel, and Spike, in the thick of it together for the first time since Season 3, and gives the Scoobies their gravest challenge ever — defending reality itself from an onslaught of demons. It’s the biggest Buffy finale ever!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Moments of brilliance but still a big mess, Sep 18 2011
By Kid Kyoto - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 8: Last Gleaming (Paperback)
After 8 volumes and 1000 pages of story Buffy's 8th season finally lurches to a close with this book.Nearly all the major characters from the original series play a role and there is the obligatory death. There's some good scenes and occasionally snappy dialogue. But the story is still a big mess.
Things happen for no real reason, except maybe because it would be cool. Everything just seems half-baked and half explained. Which is not too surprising since Jos Whedon is occupied by other projects and surely cannot give this his full attention.
Whedon seems to understand this and in an unusual afterword explains that Season 9 will be more down to Earth and more of a return to the spirit of the show.
It was a fun ride and this is a decent enough conclusion, but in the end it's still a mess.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wiccans and Slayers and Demons, oh My!, Oct 27 2011
By shadolrds - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 8: Last Gleaming (Paperback)
Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 8: Last GleamingPublisher: Dark Horse Comics
Imprint: Dark Horse Books
Pub Date: 06/01/2011
ISBN: 9781595826107
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming
Pages: 168
Trim Size: 7" x 10"
List Price: $16.99
Authors: Joss Whedon
Jane Espenson
Scott Allie
Category: Fiction - Adult: Humorous, Comics & Graphic Novels
Contributors: Inked or Colored by: Andy Owens & Michelle Madsen
Drawings by: Georges Jeanty & Karl Moline
Cover Design by: Jo Chen
Those fearing that they might be lost by jumping into the Demon Infested Finale of Season Eight need not Fear, for Buffy, Spike, Angel are back together again in a story arc that could only be attributed to the inimitable style of Joss Whedon. Back but not nearly alone, they have brought along just about darn near every main character from seasons past to season this Chef's Surprise, which Francis Scott Key would surely have made allowances and overtures by lending this firework laden flag waving finale to this titles "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 8: Last Gleaming".
Demonic Threats from Beyond, Bugs flown Steampunk Spaceship Death from Above, Big Betrayals from Within, all to be faced and defaced in a race where it all leads back to Sunnyvale and the elusive "Seed of Wonder".
Wiccans and Slayers and Demons, oh My! Oh Oh My indeed, best lest not to forget the Gods on High, for all have age old agendas, and someones got to Die!
Read it yourself if you think my tongue could Lie!!
Get in Line for Season Nine!
Loren Foster aka shadolrds
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK but lacking...., Jun 26 2011
By Andy Shuping - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 8: Last Gleaming (Paperback)
I received this as a free e-book ARC from NetGalley.We finally reach the end of Buffy Season 8 and it's been a wild ride. Old friends have returned and some have come back in roles that no one expected. And we've said goodbye to some old friends and this issue is no exception. It begins with a bang as Angel now has superpowers and fly's into the night to save a crashing plane and it only continues from there. Spike makes a return appearance, with the help of some bug aliens, determined once again to prove he's better than Angel. And Buffy and the gang gather together for one last fight. You'll be on the edge of your seat as the final battle starts and the ending...probably won't make at least half of the fans of the series happy.
Joss is a fantastic writer. He's created universes that even long after the show ends fans are still playing in and enjoying and this season 8 was a way to let the fans continue to see what was happening in the Buffyverse. But after a strong start in the first few three or four issues the series started to falter a bit. It would around in a meandering way, some issues seemingly having no point or plot to them till we get here...the final battle. The end of the biggest battle that Buffy has ever faced. And to me...it's just got some big plot holes that make no sense, including the creation of the other world and what the heck happened to Angel. And it also bugs me how the whole final battle scene played out. Maybe I don't like it because it challenges my expectations of what I think should happen and that's always been one of Joss's strengthens, but here...it feels like it failed.
Even with its faults it's still a good ending to the series and seems to reset the gang and series back to before the last two big battles, back to where Buffy was a slayer, not a superhero. And...I'll still give season 9 a read, as long as its still Joss writing.
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