New Buffy

The trend these days is to reboot things isn't it? Batman, Star Trek, Bond, any number of old horror movies and slasher flicks have all been rebooted.

I'm pretty open minded about people taking some older works of fiction and rethinking it to suit contemporary tastes. But when I heard that a Buffy reboot is in the works I initially thought, WHAT!!? WHY reboot?! What's wrong with the old Buffy?? Why don't they just do a Buffy movie using the TV series time line? Or even do a Fray movie?

Then I went outside for awhile and after calming down a bit I'm deciding that this is actually a very interesting idea. Unfortunately, people who don't follow the Buffyverse will probably feel like they're watching an Underworld or Blade clone.

If done properly, viewers will notice that this is not the case at all.

The idea and concept of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is very, very different. The Buffyverse is all about subverting tropes and stereotypes, under the creative leadership of Joss Whedon anyway.

Whoever is going to develop the new Buffy franchise had better get this right especially since Joss Whedon will not be involved with it to my dismay. I hope it doesn't end up being your typical vampire movie. It should be a vampire movie with all the normal conventions turned on its head. This is the core of the Buffy universe. This was what made the TV series so much fun to watch.

From what I read so far, the new timeline with have little to do with the Buffy that we know and love. There will be no SMG. No Giles. No Scooby Gang. No Angel. No Spike. From what I've read so far, the intention is to make the film darker.

Which is quite good provided they stay faithful to the idea and point of the whole Buffy story. A darker Buffy might draw a larger fanbase and that is a good thing.

So now we arrive at a very important question. Who on earth is going to play Buffy and can she be as good as Sarah Michelle Gellar?

Any ideas?

Whisper it Quietly...

...Buffy is back. (Pic from Darkhorse Comics)

According to the information that I've been reading. Issue #1 of Buffy Season 8 will come out on 7th March 07.

Sure they've been other comics, but this one is extra special as it is written as a direct continuation of the TV series and will be written by the same people i.e Joss Whedon and co.

Hence, it will be 100% canon!

I'm very excited. This is very good news.

So far, all I know is that Buffy is in Italy and the rest of her old crew are scattered all over the world looking for new Slayers.

I wonder who the Season 8 Big Bad will be...

Too much water or not enough

Last week, it rained. A lot. In fact it rained so much that it flooded. In town. And I couldn't go to work on Monday. Which sucked because I woke early and got stuck in traffic for two hours from 5.30 in the freaking morning. Also, there was no electricity for like 20 hours. So what can one do at home when one is cut off from town and having no electricity. Nothing that's what. No Buffy DVDs. No Championship Manager. Heck not even regular TV. Boy that was a sucky day.

FYI, that was the second time in a row we had a flood that big here in Kuching. Last year same thing happened. Also around Chinese New Year. In a way, it was good that it happened that way. Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to teach people not to take things for granted. Like electricty. Or the potholed, uneven road that connects my house to town. Or some other thing like that. I'm sure there's a lesson in here someplace....

Funny how boredom makes people get all rambly heh..

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PS Say, did anyone catch this week's episode of Angel ? The one where Andrew was supposed to come to LA. That would be so cool. And I have to say, putting Spike in LA was a really good idea. And Harmony.! Really, Angel is a good show but they really need more chicks on it.

I miss Buffy :(.

How do we do this again ??

OOOkkaaay. How do you do this ? Thoughts and random ramblings, right. Okay2

I'm sitting here in a cybercafe and yes I'm quite bored thank you. It isn't raining and that's a good thing since if it rained like last week I'd get flooded out and get cut off from town again. Plus, there would be no electricity and I'd be really cranky.

I'm also browsing a Buffy website now and if you ask all my friend's, they'd tell you I'm a biggish fan (they should know, I told them, incessantly, over the last 7 years..) Why did I write that ? Dunno but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

I can't wait. I just applied for broadband at my house. That means I can do this blogging thingie at my house instead of a cybercafe. Yay ! Plus, I need to find a DSl router so I can hook up all the PCs in my house (we have three).

So what to do this evening ? Hang out and try to think of something important to write. That's it for a first post.

See ya.

mac