Three... uh, Five quick thoughts on the Buffy reboot

[beer_good_foamy]

https://deadline.com/2018/07/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-series-reboot-in-works-black-lead-monica-owusu-breen-joss-whedon-1202430592/

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.

Comments

[beer_good_foamy]

I'll be surprised if it gets picked up.

Really? They have a studio, they have the funds, they have a showrunner, and they have name recognition. I wouldn't say it's a sure thing, but it's pretty far along.

Right now, I'm watching the second seasn of Wyonna Earp.

If all the people who want a Buffy reboot would just watch Wynonna Earp instead, we wouldn't be in this mess... :)

[shadowkat]

Well, if you knew how many pilots and reboots that had a showrunner, funds, and name recognition but didn't get picked up each year...

Cagney and Lacey -- was a reboot of an old show. They had a showrunner, they had name recognition, they had funds, they'd filmed five-six episodes. It did not get picked up.

Wonder Woman had a showrunner (a bigger one than Whedon - top-rated David E. Kelley, who had Emmy's behind him and Top Neilsen ratings), it had name recognition, it had funds, it even had a potential distributor -- filmed several episodes didn't get picked up. (Bad buzz, they dropped it.)

The list goes on. Each year there are about a million shows they do, roughly half get picked up. (I have had a lot of actor friends over the years. Also followed a lot of actors. They are always jumping on a show as a lead...thinking it's great, and it's gone.)

Right now they are testing the market, seeing if there is any interest and if it sparks. If it does, they'll run with it. If not? They won't.

Charmed got picked up, but reactions to the trailer by the fandom (and yes, apparently, there is a Charmed fandom), hates it. I have feeling it will be gone before it airs. It's not gotten good buzz.

[shadowkat]

Ugh. For some reason whenever I type a post any longer, my fingers forget to type certain words or my brain jumps over them. I go back and read over it -- and yep, that word is missing, when I could have sworn I put it in there.

Example: "I have feeling it will be gone"

For some reason my brain decided an "a" was not necessary for that sentence.

[shadowkat]

If all the people who want a Buffy reboot would just watch Wynonna Earp instead, we wouldn't be in this mess...

LOL!

But on a serious note...

Unfortunately it still doesn't quite meet the necessary requirements...apparently the lead has to POC. (The key point in the Buffy Reboot that has a lot of people reacting is that it will be a "Black Buffy". Some people think this is a great idea, finally. Others find it insulting that they want to remake it just for that reason, why not create a show with a black slayer who isn't Buffy? Or a black female action hero?)