Sure. They don't even have it cast yet, and no network is attached. Even if they shoot a pilot, there are no guarantees, but I still feel oddly bothered, which is dumb. It's not like I'd have to watch (but I would a little, at least at first).
Do you all think they could do a sequel? I'd love to see that. With more slayers in the world, it could be fresh, some new rules, rather than just a retread with updated dialogue, hair, wardrobe, and the addition of cell phones.
(If the apocalypse comes, beep me.)
The TVLine article says they're looking for a black actress to play Buffy.
Yeah, I think I said that. At least I meant to. I am all in for a black slayer and the showrunner is a woman of color. Those things are great. Remaking Buffy isn't.
I feel the same. It's too soon for a full-on remake. Revisiting the setting with a continuation, a prequel, or unrelated stories playing in the same sandbox would be just fine. But I'm not ready for an actual Buffy TV show where it's not SMG and Tony Head as those characters.
I wish sometimes I were still Crossover Girl because I'd love to put Nicki in the world of The Deuce.
You know, if the world weren't on fire.
Here's how they could make it work -- Scene of black woman in labor with a chiron that says "2003". Cut to flashback scene of the spell/Buffy's speech from "Chosen". As the spell hits, the baby is born. They give the baby to the mom, and say "What's her name?" Mom says "Buffy".
Cut to scene of young black woman getting out of the car in front of a college dorm in Cleveland with a chiron that says "present day". Mom from before (with some age lines and a grey wig) also gets out of the car.
And voila! New Buffy in college on a hellmouth!
Yep, that would certainly work.
The prospective for the "reboot" has already gotten so much better than when I first heard about it, I'm cautiously optimistic that whatever ends up on screen may very well please me.
My gut feeling is that they will do a reboot/reimagining.
Our new black Buffy will be First Of Her Name. She will have a Giles and a Willow and a Xander and one of them will be gay, and maybe her watcher is a woman etc.
In a way they could do it like the Dini animated version of Batman which just cherry picked the best stories and smoothed them out into one timeline. And this way they could correct some of the bigger mistakes such as Spike's rape attempt, or Dead Lesbian Trope, or Willow's power grab equated with addiction.
I think the interesting angle is that you could find the metaphorical angle on black experience in America as Hell in the same way OG Buffy explored High school as Hell.
Vortex, I like your plan!
I think the interesting angle is that you could find the metaphorical angle on black experience in America as Hell in the same way OG Buffy explored High school as Hell.
Certainly very possible
