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Greg James writes...
Hi there
You have a lot of questions to answer already so I'll try to be brief but I doubt I'll succeed.
How did the Gargoyles series come to Disney? Did you aproach them?
Also, Disney has cancelled some fantastic shows in the past, what was the reason for them cancelling Gargoyles, and will it ever come back in series or movie form?
On www.imdb.com there is a Gargoyles movie with the date 1999 on it but no other info? Which one is this?
Lastly, I think we should storm the Disney execs and get them to release the Gargoyles series and movies on Special edition DVD'S! Sometimes I just can't understand their thinking!
Thanks
Greg responds...
I was already working for Disney as a development executive when my team and I created and developed the show.
As to why it was cancelled and whether it will come back...
I've answered that so many times. Did you even glance at the archives?
Briefly, it was cancelled because the syndication package was complete and the third season (on ABC) performed poorly in the ratings. And I do hope it will come back and am working conscientiously to bring it back.
I don't know what imdb.com is. So I have no response to that question.
"Storming" isn't such a good idea. But petitions wouldn't hurt. But I'll tell you, the best thing you can do is to attend the Gargoyles convention this June in Los Angeles. If we get a high enough attendance, we'll invite the Disney Execs and let them see first hand what a huge following the series has.
White writes...
Hello,
I koow a lot of people asked you wich were your fav episodes. You always answered you loved them all. I wonder, are there any episodes that dissapointed you, or that you didn't like as much. Perhaps just not feel like watching as oftenly as others. Maybe because of the drawings, maybe because of the music... I dunno.
I love your work and am a big fan too. I love to write stories and there's oftenly some parts that we like less, no matter how many times we re-write it. I guess it's the same with Gargoyles, it was verry general * magic / technologie / ufo * we're bound to have at least one that we don't like just as much.
Greg responds...
There isn't a single episode, not one, that I don't wish I could fix a few things here and there. And there are a few with really mediocre animation that I wish we could really overhaul. "Monsters" comes to mind, for example.
And there are a couple of story beats I wish we could have fixed in "Hound of Ulster" and "Grief" at least.
And I didn't produce "The Journey". I just wrote it. And there's a TON in that that I wish I could fix.
Plus I'd like to fix the other 12 Goliath Chronicles right off the map.
But generally, we made the show I wanted to make. Few complaints.
Todd Jensen writes...
Oh, and I'm glad that the "G" on Goliath's belt buckle was never used in the series. It certainly would have felt out of place in it. The mere thought of it gives me a bit of a shudder.
Greg responds...
Me too.
SEM writes...
Greg, Toon Disney has just started showing GOLIATH CHRONICLES, of which I recognize you only see "The Journey" as fully canon. In the end credits of "The Journey" I saw that NELVANA LIMITED was the animation studio for it and that surprsied me. I didn't think Nelvana was doing contract work at that point just their own stuff. Do you know any background as to how the two studios hooked up?
Greg responds...
Not really. I know that Lenora Hume who was at the time our head of international production had once worked for Nelvana. But I'm not even sure if she made the deal.
NZGargFan writes...
Q2:
I read somewhere that Elisa Maza was the cartoon drawing of actress Salli Richardson. Is this true? Were any of the other character's based on the actors/actresses voicing them? Thank you once again for your time.
Merry Xmas, and All the Best in 2001!
Greg responds...
It's kinda true.
We had a very similar drawing of the character "Elisa Chavez". Not different enough for anyone to notice in passing. But when Salli was cast, we changed her ethnic heritage from Hispanic to African/Native American to match Salli's ethnic heritage. Elisa Chavez became Elisa Maza. And we gave Salli's photos to our designers so that they could split the difference between our original Elisa and Salli. And in fact, back when Salli had long hair, there was a striking resemblance between her and her character.
People said the same thing about Xanatos and Jonathan Frakes. But that was coincidence. Xanatos was designed before Frakes was cast. Later, Jonathan would occasionally trim his beard to match Xanatos, for example when he was playing Riker's clone. Or when he did some publicity for us.
The only other time when designs were based on performers was in the episode "The Mirror". Although constrained by the basic look of our gargs, we tried to get a flavor of Keith David, Edward Asner, Jeff Bennett, Bill Fagerbakke and especially Thom Adcox Hernandez into the human versions of Goliath, Hudson, Brooklyn and especially Lex.
demona writes...
at the end of the show the credits come on and i see your name what was your job?
Greg responds...
I was one of the Supervising Producers. My specific responsibilities were largely over story. I was the Supervising Story Editor. I came up with most all of the springboards, and assigned them to our various story editors and writers. I then made sure all the premises, outlines and scripts were in good shape. I also wrote and story edited a little myself.
In addition to that primary responsibility, I supervised voice recordings. I gave notes on designs and storyboards. I co-supervised post-production, including film edits, sound mixes and video on-lines.
All this after, I led the development of the show in the first place. I was hardly a one-man band, but from inception to the end of the second season, I was the only guy who was there from beginning to end.
Kinda proud of that.
JENN writes...
Dear Greg, 12/27/2000
Why was the Gargoyles series canceled and why aren't their any reruns to be seen? Is there going to be a movie on the Disney's Gargoyles?
Jenn
Greg responds...
1. Long story. But the short answer is that it didn't perform well in the ratings in its third season.
2. Reruns do air on Toon Disney.
3. There is a live action Gargoyles movie in development at Touchstone Pictures. I hear they have a script that they like. But I haven't seen it.
Kalafarski writes...
Hunter's Moon has got to be my favorite episode, just because of it's scope, continuity, and character development. I just watched it again recently, but, and I might be crazy, I thought I noticed something weird. The beginning of Hunter's Moon Part I seems to go kind of out of its way to reintroduce the series. There's the specific dialogue of the gargs as defenders of the night, Broadway's eating habits, Elisa's comments to Matt (concerned citizens with wings), and it all seemed to briefly reintroduce the plot and the idea of gargoyles as protectors.
Again, I might be crazy and it doesn't mean anything. But was this reiteration/reintroduction of the plot intentional? Was Hunter's Moon meant to be the ep that would draw new viewers into a third season, or something to that effect? Or was it just meant to emphasize that the gargoyles have reached a very brief but happy, consistent time in their existence, just before they're revealed to the world?
Greg responds...
Mostly, the latter. That they thought they had reached a status quo with the world. NOW BANG!! We're gonna throw their lives into MAJOR CHAOS and change the situation forever.
But at one early point, we also thought that Hunter's Moon might be released as a direct to video movie. So we wanted to set up the basic situation for any new audience which the video brought in.
These two ideas worked in tandem seamlessly, so even after we knew we were just dividing the story into episodes, we still left a bit of an introductory feeling to part one.
Kel writes...
Hi Greg;
I adore the show - it is one of my all time favorites.. I particularly loved the depth of characters, the intricate storylines and the fun way you wove in characters from Shakespeare...
My question is, and I apologize if this is a huge repeat, why do stations refuse to air Deadly Force?
Also - I am absolutely THRILLED to hear there might be a live action film.... I'm already praying for it! Thanks for all your good work.
Greg responds...
ToonDisney refuses to air Deadly Force for reasons that I don't pretend to appreciate. I've been told, basically, that it comes down to it so called "Broadcast" Standards and Practices. They just feel the episode is too violent and/or heavy for their audience.
LSZ writes...
In general and on average, how long does it take to complete a whole season of say, 13 episodes of a half-hour animated show?
Greg responds...
A year.
We wrote the first season of Gargoyles (13 episodes) in ten months. Every other step in production had more or less that same ten months on a cascading schedule.
We wrote the second season of Gargoyles (52 episodes) in ten months. Every other step in production had more or less that same ten months on a cascading schedule. Obviously we had a MUCH bigger staff the second year. But we still had a harder time keeping up.
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