The New Buffy Movie Has a High Bar To Clear

[WaderiAAA]

My relationship with Buffy is pretty much like my relationship with Star Trek. I have seen a few episodes - enough to understand that I've missed out on something great - and I have no interest in the movie.

 

[Lyndraco]

I was under the impression that the reboot was ONLY doing the original movie, and not including anything from the later series. Perhaps I'm wrong? But I don't think whoever is doing this project is going to be taking anything from the series into account.

While the original movie was less than stellar, and more than a little cheesy, my opinion is to leave it alone and come up with something original. I'd much rather see a creative, inventive, and fun new movie than another remake.

 

[bigdork]

As a general rule, it's more dangerous to follow success than failure. If the new series is about average in quality (and most new series are, that's what "average" means), it will suffer from comparison to Whedon's series. Fans will think it's kinda good, but not as good as the "real" Buffy.

I'm curious to see what they do about cell phones, which were not yet ubiquitous in 1997.

After the series finale, there were dozens of slayers running around. Following one of them seems better than rehashing Buffy's story. Supposedly there were other Hellmouths. It could work.