I have high hopes. I'm not expecting the same show, of course, or even the same attachment to it, but I think there's a possibility for some good entertainment.
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
Wesley ,'Chosen'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
JenP - Sep 05, 2025 5:44:12 am PDT #10477 of 10486
Laura - Sep 05, 2025 6:42:52 am PDT #10478 of 10486
Our wings are not tired.
It is quite the challenge to satisfy those who loved the original, and at the same time attract a new generation of fans. I am cheering for them to get it right.
DavidS - Sep 05, 2025 8:35:39 am PDT #10479 of 10486
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just can't imagine how they're going to manage that tricky tone with the quippy one liners and deep emotional beats and the HSQ.
I'll certainly check it out, but they need a lot of really good comic actors who can play richer material too, not just cute faces.
-t - Sep 05, 2025 9:25:33 am PDT #10480 of 10486
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I will certainly watch. I have no idea what to expect and will try to keep it that way as I feel like that will be the only way to manage my expectations (that is, to strive not to have any at all).
I was thinking I haven't seen any Chloe Zhao movies, but I have seen Eternals. I don't think that tells me anything, though. I just looked up the Zuckerman sisters and they are associated with Poker Face and Fringe and some other things that sound positive, so that's promising
Trudy Booth - Sep 05, 2025 9:47:58 am PDT #10481 of 10486
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I want to love it and likely will.
Tom Scola - Sep 05, 2025 9:49:36 am PDT #10482 of 10486
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Chloé Zhao’s movie, Hamnet, currently in the film festival circuit, is at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Although it is Most Emphatically Not a Light Comedy.
-t - Sep 05, 2025 10:14:10 am PDT #10483 of 10486
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also, I am reminded that I wouldn't have thought the American Pie guys would have been a good choice to bring us Murderbot and they are knocking it out of the park, so who even knows?
Kalshane - Sep 06, 2025 8:07:48 am PDT #10484 of 10486
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
As long as it doesn't engage in character assassination of the original gang I'll be at least ambivalent towards it.
Jessica - Sep 06, 2025 2:05:53 pm PDT #10485 of 10486
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I finally convinced Aeryn it was time for them to watch the original series with the argument "I want to rewatch it again before the new one comes out," so even if it turns out horribly disappointing it's done one good thing!
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 06, 2025 2:59:25 pm PDT #10486 of 10486
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Based on Eternals I don't have high hopes of Zhao knowing how to catch lightning in a bottle for romantic chemistry, which was one of the strengths of the original show. Of course, I'm not nearly as focused on that aspect as I was 25+ years ago, so its lack may not detract too much for me personally.