This new Buffy doesn't have to "equal or surpass" the original, though; it just has to succeed based on its own merits.
Buffy TVS Reboot Confirmed
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This new Buffy doesn't have to "equal or surpass" the original, though; it just has to succeed based on its own merits.
Actually the last original idea was "To many Cooks" on Adult Swim. Still you are right in that we need less remakes because their are plenty of ways to make old idea's feel new. I worry about this one being able to do it. Even if it's good I especially have doubts of it even being in the same league as the first show. I wonder if solid but average version might be even worst than a total trainwreck?
Jason
Reboots arguably provide a better jumping-on spot for a new generation of TV viewers.
Rule of thumb: if you fondly remember the previous version of something, you are NOT the target demo for the reboot.
Well, Buffy wasn't perfect. There were plenty of areas a new show could improve upon. As I noted above, they could always make Xander better. I mean they couldn't possibly make him any worse.
Reboots arguably provide a better jumping-on spot for a new generation of TV viewers.
Rule of thumb: if you fondly remember the previous version of something, you are NOT the target demo for the reboot.
We will see. It's possible the new show might be set in the 80's. I never loose hunger for nostiga feedings.
Jason
Reboots arguably provide a better jumping-on spot for a new generation of TV viewers.
Rule of thumb: if you fondly remember the previous version of something, you are NOT the target demo for the reboot.
Nonetheless, if things start to go south for said show the producers will start larding it up with call-backs and plotlines that only geezers attached to the original will get excited about.
The show only ended in 2002 I think. That's not to old. I don't think 42 is quite a geezer.
Jason
Sarah Michelle Gellar is 41, she could play the mom on the show now.
May 2003 in the UK? I think.
The ending of the original series was great. The themes of female empowerment against the male dominated Watchers who were limiting the number of Slayers at any one time was well done and left the Buffy Universe with a multitude of Slayers.
A continuation of the series probably would serve to undermine this ending out of necessity--not to say it can't be done (it was done in the comics) especially if Geller returned as a Watcher or something similar. However, I think a reboot would be much more appealing as it would serve to reach a new generation of young men and women and have the opportunity to deal with more contemporary themes.
A continuation of the series probably would serve to undermine this ending out of necessity--not to say it can't be done (it was done in the comics) especially if Geller returned as a Watcher or something similar. However, I think a reboot would be much more appealing as it would serve to reach a new generation of young men and women and have the opportunity to deal with more contemporary themes.
In media years? A 42 year-old has been dead for three years.
So I'm still thinking that this might be a continuation based on this tweet from the new head writer. I really wish we'd just get a straight answer.
http://ew.com/tv/2018/07/26/buffy-reboot-writer/
http://ew.com/tv/2018/07/26/buffy-reboot-writer/
We find out, at the last moment, there was an all woman society that tried to guide the Slayer instead, forging the Scythe, before the Watchers forced them into hiding.
Let's actually have something of that, given the entire council, their collective libraries etc were all destroyed in Season 7.
I thought it was odd to put that statement out and then go wishy-washy at the end about will they/won't they.
Some commenters on The Mary Sue had an intriguing idea about how to let the new Buffy reboot be its own thing while keeping the name "Buffy" to help with brand recognition.
I'm not convinced that this means what people think it means.
That's a terrible idea. The new show needs to stand on its own two feet and giving the new slayer the same name as the previous protagonist would kill any chances of that. It would be like if back in 1987 they named Patrick Stewart's character James Tiberius Kirk.
What else could it mean?
That's how I feel. How do you get backlash so quick. If they do keep it in the new universe I wonder about other things. I guess LA is destroyed in the universe isn't it? I thought it was overrun by demons in the series final of "Angel" and they went with that in the comics. Also if the show is going to be around a Hellmouth I guess Cleveland might be the setting for the show.
Jason
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