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Alaxk writes...
Had to do over again, what would you change about the series? (have I biased you yet :>)
Greg responds...
Alaxk --
No you haven't biased me yet -- except maybe against this approach to asking questions.
No. There are details I'd like to fix and change. There are additional stories I'd like to do. There's more, more, more, I'd like to do.
But no, I wouldn't make the changes that this series of not-too-subtle questions is suggesting.
I don't agree with your point of view.
(Man, I hope this is the last of these. What a downer.)
Alaxk writes...
Why do you feel that it was necessary to include every mythology in the world in the series?
Greg responds...
It wasn't necessary. It was simply what I wanted to do. And I think, for the majority of our audience, it was a great and wonderful thing.
Clearly, it didn't work for you. Which is also fine. You know what you do and don't like. So do I.
Alaxk writes...
Alright Greg, a question. Do you feel the quality of the series went down after Avalon?
Greg responds...
No. Although I'm assuming you do or why would it even occur to you to ask the question.
But I look at M.I.A., Future Tense, Hunter's Moon, plus a few great moments in literally every other episode and I have no quality complaints.
Or rather no more complaints than I had regarding the episodes that preceded Avalon.
Still everyone's entitled to his or her opinion.
Zeliard writes...
1.Will tell us the content of the Gargoyle episode that never aired?
2.Why did this episode never aired?
Greg responds...
What episode is that? They aired every episode we made. Though Toon Disney currently refuses to re-air "Deadly Force".
Idea-wise, I had a bunch of ideas that didn't air. Most of them because I only had an order for 66 shows (total) and I had more than 66 story ideas.
Kraken writes...
Did you had any difficulties to promoted the Gargoyles project to your superiors at Disney?
Greg responds...
I'm not sure I understand the question...
Or rather, I'm sure I don't understand it....
Kraken writes...
Almost every Gargoyles fans doesn't carry Disney in their heart, but I'd like to know, were there anyone among your superiors in Disney that really loved Gargoyles and regretted that the show was cancelled?
Greg responds...
Sure. I think Gary Krisel and Bruce Cranston and Jay Fukuto were all very fond of the show. But Gary and Bruce left for DreamWorks before the end of the second season. And Jay left for MGM (and now Netter) shortly after I departed.
Darkling writes...
A couple of questions about the multi-talented Jeff Bennett...
1) How did Jeff end up being cast as so many different characters? Was it because the Magus and Owen (and others) were a bit too 'minor' (I use the term loosely) to warrant getting an actor in to play just those characters?
2) Which character (if any) does Jeff most sound like when he's not acting?
Greg responds...
1. The short answer is yes. But the truth is that both Jamie Thomason (our voice director) and I knew just how talented Jeff was/is. We auditioned and cast him as Brooklyn, knowing we'd have a very versatile actor for a number of other rolls. Magus and Owen were the first.
2. Probably Brooklyn, though Jeff's voice isn't quite so raspy. Also he's from Texas, so occasionally you can detect a slight accent.
Snow writes...
In watching Bushido, I noticed among other things that the village/town of Ishimura seemed to be located in a fairly flat area of Japan, not located among many hills or mountains. Living in the country for a while, it seemed to me that a tiny away place like that would be somewhere up in the mountains...
Therefore I was wondering how much researching of other countries was done for these Avalon-traveling episodes?
Greg responds...
Quite a bit, but I don't know that I agree with your assessment of Ishimura's locale. Gary Sperling wrote and researched that show. Not everything makes it onto the screen, but we try...
Michael Norton writes...
Were any of the physical characteristics, mannerisms, or other traits of the Gargoyle characters modeled after or inspired by the actors who supplied the voice talents? For instance, is it just a coincidence that both Ed Asner and Hudson are older, portly gentlemen?
Greg responds...
It's not a coincidence. Hudson was modeled on Lou Grant.
Jalapeña was something Keith David liked to say.
The human versions of the characters seen in "The Mirror" were definitely influenced by the actors.
And Elisa was (somewhat) modelled after Salli.
But keep in mind we had the basic characters first. Then we cast the parts. I believe the actors added a huge dimension to each character, but it's not like we modeled Goliath to look like Keith.
Siren writes...
Some questions about you and your feelings on Gargs,
1.) When Gargoyles first aired on national TV, how did you feel?
2.) Did you and the rest of the cast and crew have a party?
3.) Did you get any episode ideas from your own life or life of other's you knew?
Greg responds...
1. Elated, excited. You name it.
2. We had a premiere party a few days before the launch. As I've mentioned before, that was the party where Laurel Whitcomb our publicist met Marc Perlman our music editor. They're married now.
3. Inevitably.
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