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1. No network and no airdate means I'll believe it when I see it. We've been here before, people.
2. So much for Joss moving on to new things, I guess.
3. If it does to the comics what JJ Abrams did to the Star Wars EU, I'll be over here in the corner practicing my best smirk.
4. It's a different show. There are plenty of new shows I don't watch, and there's plenty of Buffy fanfic I don't read. There's some I do. If it's good, it's good. If not, there's no reason to watch.
5. I kinda like the idea of a new generation (not that Monica Owusu-Breen is completely new to the business or anything) getting to do their take on Buffy. That's part of the point of the "Chosen" spell, after all. I'm sure there were horror fans in the 50s grumbling that my Dracula is Bela Lugosi, who's this British twerp? That said, SMG's are some might big tiny shoes to fill, and I don't envy the actress who gets the job.
Anyway, I'm halfway tempted to do something with this old sketch for a Buffy reboot that I wrote one of the other many, many times this was discussed.
1. No network and no airdate means I'll believe it when I see it. We've been here before, people.
2. So much for Joss moving on to new things, I guess.
3. If it does to the comics what JJ Abrams did to the Star Wars EU, I'll be over here in the corner practicing my best smirk.
4. It's a different show. There are plenty of new shows I don't watch, and there's plenty of Buffy fanfic I don't read. There's some I do. If it's good, it's good. If not, there's no reason to watch.
5. I kinda like the idea of a new generation (not that Monica Owusu-Breen is completely new to the business or anything) getting to do their take on Buffy. That's part of the point of the "Chosen" spell, after all. I'm sure there were horror fans in the 50s grumbling that my Dracula is Bela Lugosi, who's this British twerp? That said, SMG's are some might big tiny shoes to fill, and I don't envy the actress who gets the job.
Anyway, I'm halfway tempted to do something with this old sketch for a Buffy reboot that I wrote one of the other many, many times this was discussed.
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Date: 2018-07-21 01:51 pm (UTC)That said, SMG's are some might big tiny shoes to fill, and I don't envy the actress who gets the job.
I think there would be A LOT less pushback to this idea if it were being presented as a new slayer, not Buffy. I do understand the name recognition is part of what they're selling, but SMG inhabited that role so fully that I feel sorry for any actress who is going to follow her up. No matter how good she is, she's never going to escape the comparisons. A new character would be more interesting ground to tread, and also give everyone involved the chance to make something unique, without constant comparisons.
All that said, I also recognize the value of your #5: A reboot would not be for me, it would be to bring in new fans. I don't want to become the equivalent of one of those rabid Star Wars fans embarrassing myself on the internet.
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Date: 2018-07-22 08:07 am (UTC)Yeah. Obviously there are perfectly valid reasons to be upset about this too, but so far there's so little we know that I prefer to perch cautiously on the fence. But I agree, I'd much rather see a new character.