Reboot yuckiness: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

mousepod · 05-26-2009, 09:11 AM

With all the hoopla over and success of the "rebooted" Star Trek, I've been thinking: while a reboot might be preferable to a crappy sequel, what's the point of hauling out old franchises anyway?

Here's the latest:

Buffy Reboot. No Whedon. No Gellar.

yay.

LSPoorEeyorick · 05-26-2009, 09:21 AM

WTF????????

I could handle a reboot if Joss was involved. But I don't think Joss would ever be involved in a reboot. Spinoff, maybe. No reboot.

Stupid Kuzui.

Snowflake · 05-26-2009, 09:31 AM

Yeech (in Mad Magazine vernacular)

innerSpaceman · 05-26-2009, 09:38 AM

Um, can you reboot something this relatively new?

Batman, Superman, Star Trek, James Bond ... all at minimum 40 years old.

Buffy? Sorry, too new to reboot. Retarded.

I'm not upset about not involving the original talent. The reason original talent's not typically involved in a reboot is because they're all dead.

Besides, if the original talent is involved, how is that a reboot as opposed to a remake?

Alex · 05-26-2009, 09:39 AM

If they think they can do something original and interesting, then I'm all in favor of them trying.

It'll suck or it won't. The first Buffy movie sucked and most people have never seen the TV show, so have at it and good luck (though they'll likely fail to accomplish anything worthwhile), says I.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-26-2009, 09:39 AM

Batman and Superman had been rebooted many many times in their 40 year history before their latest.

innerSpaceman · 05-26-2009, 09:43 AM

But how old were they when they first rebooted?

Superman in 78. Nothing prior could have been considered a reboot. The TV show was not a reboot of the comic. It was an adaptation. So Superman was already hella old in 1978 when, arguably, the Chris Reeve series rebooted that franchise by starting over in a somewhat different direction.

The Batman TV show, on the other hand, was such a wild reimagining of the comic and any prior adaptations, that I'd consider that 60's show a reboot by today's standards. How old was Batman in the 1960's?

JWBear · 05-26-2009, 11:06 AM

Well... The prevailing attitude here is that a reboot merely needs to be "fun" and have a hot lead in order to be good. So lets wait and see...

mousepod · 05-26-2009, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

But how old were they when they first rebooted?

Superman in 78. Nothing prior could have been considered a reboot. The TV show was not a reboot of the comic. It was an adaptation. So Superman was already hella old in 1978 when, arguably, the Chris Reeve series rebooted that franchise by starting over in a somewhat different direction.

The Batman TV show, on the other hand, was such a wild reimagining of the comic and any prior adaptations, that I'd consider that 60's show a reboot by today's standards. How old was Batman in the 1960's?

As a comic geek, I could enumerate the multiple reboots of Batman and Superman through the decades.

But I don't want to distract iSm from his appropriate Prop 8 outrage.

innerSpaceman · 05-26-2009, 12:02 PM

oh, i don't read the comics. From what i understand, rebooting has been going on in the comic world for decades.

My comments are about visual media only. Reboot is a fairly new concept.

05-26-2009, 09:11 AM	#1
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Reboot yuckiness: Buffy the Vampire Slayer With all the hoopla over and success of the "rebooted" Star Trek, I've been thinking: while a reboot might be preferable to a crappy sequel, what's the point of hauling out old franchises anyway? Here's the latest: Buffy Reboot. No Whedon. No Gellar. yay. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	WTF???????? I could handle a reboot if Joss was involved. But I don't think Joss would ever be involved in a reboot. Spinoff, maybe. No reboot. Stupid Kuzui.
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Yeech (in Mad Magazine vernacular)
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Um, can you reboot something this relatively new? Batman, Superman, Star Trek, James Bond ... all at minimum 40 years old. Buffy? Sorry, too new to reboot. Retarded. I'm not upset about not involving the original talent. The reason original talent's not typically involved in a reboot is because they're all dead. Besides, if the original talent is involved, how is that a reboot as opposed to a remake?
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	If they think they can do something original and interesting, then I'm all in favor of them trying. It'll suck or it won't. The first Buffy movie sucked and most people have never seen the TV show, so have at it and good luck (though they'll likely fail to accomplish anything worthwhile), says I.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Batman and Superman had been rebooted many many times in their 40 year history before their latest. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	But how old were they when they first rebooted? Superman in 78. Nothing prior could have been considered a reboot. The TV show was not a reboot of the comic. It was an adaptation. So Superman was already hella old in 1978 when, arguably, the Chris Reeve series rebooted that franchise by starting over in a somewhat different direction. The Batman TV show, on the other hand, was such a wild reimagining of the comic and any prior adaptations, that I'd consider that 60's show a reboot by today's standards. How old was Batman in the 1960's?
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	Well... The prevailing attitude here is that a reboot merely needs to be "fun" and have a hot lead in order to be good. So lets wait and see... __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	oh, i don't read the comics. From what i understand, rebooting has been going on in the comic world for decades. My comments are about visual media only. Reboot is a fairly new concept.
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