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guy44 · 05-27-2009, 10:02 PM

Wow. This is the most horrible idea since I don't even know what. I still can't believe that anyone would intentionally do a Buffy reboot.

Everyone has pretty much already expressed my feelings towards this, but there's one more thing: reboots have to be for moribund or terrible franchises. BSG worked because, lets face it, the original wasn't very good. And it was essentially dead. The new Star Trek reboot worked because that franchise hadn't done anything right in like 15 years. Buffy, on the other hand, is basically perfect (more or less) and is still running in comics. And the show was a reboot of - a terrible, moribund movie!

Besides, hasn't anyone seen Twilight? That's basically Buffy for 11-year old girls. And then Alan Ball made True Blood, which is like a southerner who loved but didn't quite get Buffy trying to remake it for HBO. (True Blood features a young heroine with superpowers who's surrounded by helpful friends, included a were-thing, and falls in love with a centuries old mysterious brooding vampire who is good in contrast to all of the evil vampires. She even reads minds, but can't read her lover vampire's mind. This is also known as the episode "Ear Shot" from Buffy Season 3.) So crappy versions of Buffy are already littering the media landscape.

By the way, my avatar is taken from a Buffy comic cover. It's of Buffy strangling her own image. Somehow I think it is appropriate here.

05-27-2009, 10:02 PM	#12 (permalink)
guy44 Somnabulist Location: corner of No and Where	Wow. This is the most horrible idea since I don't even know what. I still can't believe that anyone would intentionally do a Buffy reboot. Everyone has pretty much already expressed my feelings towards this, but there's one more thing: reboots have to be for moribund or terrible franchises. BSG worked because, lets face it, the original wasn't very good. And it was essentially dead. The new Star Trek reboot worked because that franchise hadn't done anything right in like 15 years. Buffy, on the other hand, is basically perfect (more or less) and is still running in comics. And the show was a reboot of - a terrible, moribund movie! Besides, hasn't anyone seen Twilight? That's basically Buffy for 11-year old girls. And then Alan Ball made True Blood, which is like a southerner who loved but didn't quite get Buffy trying to remake it for HBO. (True Blood features a young heroine with superpowers who's surrounded by helpful friends, included a were-thing, and falls in love with a centuries old mysterious brooding vampire who is good in contrast to all of the evil vampires. She even reads minds, but can't read her lover vampire's mind. This is also known as the episode "Ear Shot" from Buffy Season 3.) So crappy versions of Buffy are already littering the media landscape. By the way, my avatar is taken from a Buffy comic cover. It's of Buffy strangling her own image. Somehow I think it is appropriate here. __________________ "You have reached Ritual Sacrifice. For goats press one, or say 'goats.'"