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Anonymous writes...
Who is Nought?
Greg responds...
Who isn't?
Anonymous writes...
Hey, again! I have to say, your "City of Stone" short story was delightful! We clannies have been going into gargs withdrawl over the past few months - not fun I assure you. But when I read that brief little passage, it was like seeing a new ep again. My question is this: You've mentioned scenes dropped from several eps ("Hunter's Moon", "Avalon II", etc.) and dismissed them as being unimportant. Still..would it be too much trouble to write just a few of them out? You wouldn't be giving anything away, and it'd be a real treat for the fans. *gets down on knees* PLEASE!!!
Greg responds...
I'm glad you liked that stuff. I've included a couple of missing snippets from "Hunter's Moon, Part Three". The "Avalon, Part Two" stuff would be harder to reproduce without reproducing the entire script. I don't have any way of doing that now, short of retyping the whole thing in. And guess what, I'm not going to do that. Sorry. Maybe someday.
Anonymous writes...
Hey Greg, I know Macbeth is strong but he has taken on the Gargoyles in hand to hand combat. Since Gargoyles have inhuman strength one would think this is impossible. How exactly is Macbeth able to take on the Gargoyles?
Greg responds...
Superior fighting skills and armored clothing. You'll notice he doesn't arm- wrestle Goliath. He uses Goliath's own momentum etc. against him.
Anonymous writes...
Heh, Sorry Greg. Just read the board on why. Nevermind my last question.
Here's a real one. So Demona is 35, eh? Is that Gargoyles oR Human Years? Cause if it's Gargoyle, then that would make her a ripe 17 1/2 year old equivalent (And
she DOES look like it)
Greg responds...
She's biologically 35. That is the human equivalent of 35. And before you say how she doesn't look THAT OLD, remember that I'm 34 myself.
Anonymous writes...
You mentioned writing a "Gargoyles Encyclopedia." Can you give us some general idea of the contents? (P.S. I hope that you can publish it someday; I'd gladly buy a copy).
Greg responds...
It's just what it sounds like. Look up "Boudicca" or "Avalon, Part Two" or "Brooklyn Botanical Gardens" and you'll get as much pertinent info as I could figure to include.
Anonymous writes...
If there are three races on Earth according to the Gargoyles , then what are the New Olympians?
Greg responds...
A hybrid. But keep in mind who told you that there were only three races.
It was Broadway. What the hell does he know?
Anonymous writes...
Have you ever thought about doing a REAL Gargoyles Movie, not just AWAKENING on tape? After all, a movie that answers all of the questions you left hanging might just save the show...or at least satisfy we fans.
Greg responds...
I'm not sure what you mean. Answers "all" of the questions? Everytime I answered any question, I made a conscious effort to raise a new question. As to the Movie thing -- well, there is a live-action movie in the works that I have some very limited peripheral involvement in. Both "City of Stone" and "Hunter's Moon" were originally planned as "movies" for home video, but neither were picked up for that format, so we made them into episodes.
Anonymous writes...
Before I ask anything I'd like to thank you for coming to the Gathering and putting up with our enthusiastic attention so well. Now to questions. I meant to ask this at the con, were there every any notable times where the animators goofed completely without misdirection being at fault? [I was thinking of things like (maybe) the scale of the Cloisters in Temptations, I am not tall, but in that place I bump my head on doorways, or my favorite pet peeve, the scarflike prayer shawl in Golem- (most of the ones I have seen are about the size of a middling to large flag, and strike a far more romantic image when worn). Another question I would have asked at the con had I remembered it at the time: Are you ever surprized at certain strong preferences common in fandom? Things like preferring the 5 part opener to straight to video version, or the original ending of Vows instead of the intended one that replaced it in later showings?
Thanks.
Greg responds...
You're welcome. I had a great time.
The animators made tons of mistakes. Only natural given our extremely tight production schedules. Most mistakes were fixed with retakes. Some slipped by us.
Surprised? Yeah, sometimes. Preferring the 5-parter to the video doesn't come as a shock. As I've mentioned before, the video was put together for one specific purpose, and a home video wasn't it. The Vows thing does surprise me. It's such an obvious error. Like the kind you mentioned in your previous question. They put the wrong background in.
It infuriated us at the time. I don't know why anyone would prefer this mistake. I'm not sure I understand the "interpretation" that fandom has read into that mistake that makes it more attractive than the true intent, which was Goliath remembering that one special moment when he and Demona exchanged vows.
Anonymous writes...
Like, hi, and stuff. One question. *loud clanking and yelling as he looks for the list* Ah, here it is. *clears throat* 1. Why am I constantly hearing "Gargoyles is Cancelled, Gargoyles is cancelled!"?
2. Is it cancelled?
3. If so...WHY?! A TON of people love this show, man!
4. General comment here...could you tell the higher ups in Disney that A.
John Smith was a jerk B. That Quasimodo was a NUT. and C. JOHN SMITH.
NEVER. GOT. SHOT!
5. Um...are there scripts fer eps you kin buy?
Greg responds...
1. Uh. Cuz it was.
2. Depends on how you define "cancelled" I guess. They aren't making new episodes. Reruns are now showing on USA. But by any standard definition, yes, Gargoyles was cancelled.
3. Define "TON". Ratings weren't high enough to keep it on the air.
4. No.
5. No.
Anonymous writes...
A couple of questions for one of the greatest showbiz guys I've communicated with.
1. In a previous answer, you mentioned negative recommendations for the Goliath Chronicles (suggestions taken the wrong way, things you said not to do that were done, etc.) What were some of these negative suggestions?
2. If you ever had the chance to tell us the story you had in mind about the clocktower (also mentioned in a past question), would you?
3. If a publisher wanted to do your Gargoyles encyclopedia, would you?
4. Would you someday tell us more about the original (comedy) premise?
5. What was the inspiration for "Future Tense"? I think that's all for now. Thanx in advance for answering these.
Greg responds...
1. I think you misunderstood. I gave them a loose outline of what I was planning for season three. They took that info and ignored some of it and went other ways with the rest of it. "Timedancer" for example became "Runaways". An idea for a multi-trickster story became "Ransom". But when I talked about negative recommendations, I was referring to my paid consultancy work on the series. I had a contractual consultant's credit, which I waved, because I felt I hadn't made any real ADDITIONS to the content of TGC. I did kibbitz on their premises. When it seemed to me that characters were behaving out of character, I advised them not to do that out-of-character thing. In particular, the original premise of "Angels of the Night" (or whatever it was called) had the Gargoyles abandoning Manhattan at the end.
Elisa changed her name and moved to Chicago with Goliath. Lex and Brooklyn went on their own world tour. I forget what happened to everyone else. I advised them NOT to do that. They took that advice, thankfully. Still the only contributions that I made of any real merit were negatives. "Please don't do that." Things you didn't see on the screen, because I advised against it. Giving me credit for what you did see seemed unfair, both to me and to the people who actually did the work.
2. Given the opportunity and the resources and the time, I'd eventually tell all the stories I had, until I just didn't have any more.
3. Of course.
4. There isn't too much more to tell. It didn't go, so we didn't develop it further.
5. "Future Tense" the episode or the proposed series idea?
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