Joss is Boss, so GTFO.

[rogueslayer452]

Unfortuately, it looks like the Buffy reboot movie will be happening after all, much to everyone's dismay.

This has been rumored for a while, however to have confirmation that it'll actually be happening is rather distressing, because there simply cannot be Buffy without Joss Whedon involved. I'm sorry, but it's true. While sometimes certain reboots can be good and take on an entirely different entity of their own, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a cult classic and shouldn't be touched no matter what. Besides, the entire fanbase is gonna rip this to shreds, which is why I'm laughing and scoffing at the "active fan base waiting for Buffy to return to the big screen" quote because we do, just WITH JOSS WHEDON ATTACHED TO THE PROJECT. IT'S JOSS OR NOTHING BITCHES, GET IT RIGHT! Seriously, I want to know where this "active fan base" resides and how they interpret that into new movie that deals with nothing we want to see.

I predict this to flop and fail harder than anything, because it is just utter blasphemy. Also considering the entire description of what they want to do with it, I'm fearing they'll do what Joss desperately tried to avoid in creating Buffy Summers as a character. :/

This will not end well, at all.

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[silverusagi]

"There is an active fan base eagerly awaiting this character's return to the big screen."

NO, THERE'S NOT. Geez. WHAT IS WITH ALL THE REMAKES? Remakes of old shows, old movies, old ideas. And there's a difference between a show still having a fanbase and wanting to see a DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE CHARACTER OTHER THAN THE ONE WE FELL IN LOVE WITH.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Apparently Joss doesn't agree with this decision either (http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b212644_joss_whedon_reacts_buffy_movie_news_i.html#ixzz164EOjj8t), and thank goodness for that. The fact that you've got the original creator of Buffy mortified and saddened by the idea of a reboot should say something. I'm not entirely sure how the whole "rights" to a creators ideas works in the business, but it must be really insulting to see Hollywood take something you created and muck it up into their own "newer and fresher, non-high school possible Twilight'd" version of such an iconic character. It must be like watching his script/character getting misinterpreted from the first original movie all over again. :(

HOLLYWOOD GET YOUR OWN IDEAS AND STOP REBOOTING/REMAKING/RECREATING THINGS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE MESSED WITH. There are times when certain remakes can be good, but this is a recipe for unpleasantness and tons of people are gonna be beyond pissed off at this entire idea.