Emmlei writes...

man, it's amazing what kinds of coincidences just pop in your head. while reading previous posts about the naming of the cast, i *finally* made the connection between *David* Xanatos vs. *Goliath* and the twisting of their roles versus their Biblical "namesakes" (yeah, i'm slow, but i often don't think about stuff like this. heck, i might have done it before and forgot. oh well). was it intetional or did it just occur?

Aris Katsaris writes...

You said: <<At the recording session, Marina Sirtis pointed out that the name didn't work for some reason that I can no longer recall. (Aris, any thoughts?)>>

<shrug> Stefan doesn't sound at all Greek. To me atleast it sounds Scandinavian or French or something. "Stephanos" or "Stefanos" would be Greek but changing these to Stefan (or Steven) would be similar to having Petros anglicizing his name into "Peter".

I don't know if that's what Marina Sirtis had in mind, though.

zakhur writes...

Hi greg, thanks for answeering my last question.
my question are
1- Did you have a specific reason for giving the gargoyle eggs a ten year period for them to hatch? and if so could you please explain what were your reasons
2- Is a new born gargoyle more independent than a new born human?
thank you for your time, and such a wonderful show

Tim writes...

Eye of the Beholder: Always loved this episode, from Fox's transformation scenes, to Xanatos's spilled milk and Plan D, E and F, to Owen's smile and the revelations of the Eye of Odin. One question: What WAS that sound of Fox's roaring at the end of the episode when she's transforming back to herself? If you turn your volume up it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and it is VERY disturbing. Great sound! Just wondering if you knew what that sound was.

Can't wait until you cover City of Stone!

Elisa writes...

okay then Greg, where did the name Xanatos come from?
and the suggestion for Goliath...
i mean... "Atlas..." *blink* where did THAT come from?

Todd Jensen writes...

You mentioned that when you and your fellow production team members were originally working on "Gargoyles", there was some concern that it might be perceived as a "Batman" rip-off. Was there ever any similar concern that it might be perceived as an "X-Men" rip-off? I ask this because when "Gargoyles" first came out, I did find myself thinking occasionally of "X-Men" while watching it - I was only familiar with it through having seen some episodes of the FOX animated series, but I did see the thematic similarity of the main characters being members of a group that was different than humans, and who were consequently feared and persecuted by humans, and in that some members of this group wanted to make peace with the humans while others wanted to repay them in kind (indeed, the dialogue between Goliath and Demona on the subject in "Awakening Part One" reminded me of a slightly similar scene between Xavier and Magneto in one of the early FOX episodes - both Goliath and Xavier taking the attitude that humans only treat them this way because they're afraid, and both Demona and Magneto extremely bitter and wanting retaliation).

Of course, I didn't think that "Gargoyles" was a copycat of "X-Men" (except maybe during the "Goliath Chronicles" period), and saw the similarity that I mentioned above as more just a case of the use of the same theme, but I thought that I'd ask you if there was any concern at the time about that.

Aris Katsaris writes...

Todd> Such scenarios have their root in reality - whereever a minority is oppressed by a majority, you'll get the individuals who'll fight back hatefully and the individuals who'll want to live in harmony.

In my opinion it's *extremely* silly to think that Gargoyles could be copying the X-men when both were obviously copying the real world...

Now X-Men and the *New Olympians*... well that's a whole other story. :-)

Hamster Boy writes...

So why exactly did gargoyles get canceled? I mean I always assumed that a good plot wasn't exactly the type of thing seven-year-old disney afternoon viewers where looking for in there action cartoons,(I as a seven year old viewer at the time, shamefacedly admit to the aformentioned crime.) But also I was lured in by cartoon network and such things springing up at the time. But also maybe gargoyles contradicted disney's cutesey appearance. Whatever the problem was I figured that you would know best O great one.

Sapphire writes...

Why did Disney cancel Gargoyles? It was making them a lot of money, maybe thats why Time Warner is much more successful then Disney, Time WArner makes smart choices Disney doesn't

Man Mountain writes...

Greg... I like your idea of, on the air, leaving the date of the episode ambiguous and then telling us here the actual dates. Its a brilliant idea for two reasons... First, it keeps most people happy with how they want to view what is canon, and second, it would really be the first true multimedia series. Other shows put "behind the scenes" info on their pages and fans certainly keep records of every little event that transpires. But your show would be the first to actually ADD to the storu via the internet. I would hope you would include scenes cut for time and any other story elements that you would wish to add. Just wanted to let you know, that not only is this a great idea of solving some problems, but certainly a groundbreaking idea for telling a story... ...but then thats nothing new for you, as we all well know.