Re: Actors/actresses who made career-defining mistakes

no one important

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Oct 17, 2011, 5:53:45 AM10/17/11

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On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:20:56 -0400, sproing
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>On 15/10/2011 3:16 AM, no one important wrote:
>> Sarah Michelle Gellar leaving "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (?)
>
>She was in every season (that actually happened) of that show.

Was refering to the following:

"While the seventh season was still being broadcast, Sarah Michelle
Gellar told Entertainment Weekly she was not going to sign on for an
eighth year;"
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(TV_series)

...some rumors suggested that was the reason for the show ending (?)

Joseph S. Powell, III

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Oct 17, 2011, 10:52:11 PM10/17/11

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Seriously?
The show went on for SEVEN SEASONS - that's extremely successful by any
standard.
I can't really think what Joss would have done for subsequent seasons (the
comic storylines seem a bit silly at times, moreso than the series at any
rate).
ATS should have had at least one more season, but after 7 seasons, BTVS was
pretty much complete - mission accomplished.

sproing

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Oct 17, 2011, 11:45:08 PM10/17/11

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On 17/10/2011 10:52 PM, Joseph S. Powell, III wrote:
> ATS should have had at least one more season,

"ATS"?

> but after 7 seasons, BTVS

7? ;)

DavidW

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Oct 18, 2011, 5:39:03 PM10/18/11

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Joseph S. Powell, III wrote:

In the commentary on the DVD for the last episode Whedon sounded like he'd had
quite enough of it, or was even sick to death of it.

One Bit Shy

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Oct 18, 2011, 6:56:11 PM10/18/11

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"DavidW" <n...@email.provided> wrote in message
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I think that was largely hangover from his Firefly experience. It was hard
for him to put his heart into anything then. Plus he was just plain worn
out.

I think Season 7 wraps up the series quite well - especially the final
episode. But it was designed to do that. If they wanted to continue the
series, Season 7 would have ended differently and the things would have
moved forward fine. Assuming, that is, a network was willing to pay for it,
and SMG hung around. It would have been a challenge without Buffy.

OBS

DavidW

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Oct 18, 2011, 7:42:25 PM10/18/11

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One Bit Shy wrote:
> "DavidW" <n...@email.provided> wrote in message

>> Joseph S. Powell, III wrote:
>>> "no one important" <no-one-i...@nowhere.net> wrote in message

It was interesting that although he was exhausted, even calling off shooting one
time because he was too tired, he was still careful and thoughtful enough to
wrap things up properly for all the characters. I forget what he said on that
now, but I remember being impressed during the commentary with his reasoning for
doing certain things certain ways.

David

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Oct 19, 2011, 4:37:21 PM10/19/11

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It still could have ended like it did, and in the first
episode of S8 they had relocated to the Cleveland Hellmouth to take care of
business there.

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