Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[scifisam]

Reboot is just the catch-all marketing term now for selling something old as new again.

It has a specific meaning though. Sequels aren't reboots.

 

[Reno]

It has a specific meaning though. Sequels aren't reboots.

It does, but nobody uses it in the right way anymore. Now everything that gets revived gets referred to as a reboot. It’s the cool media term, remake and sequel are considered not as sexy. It’s lazy journalism which parrots what the publicity puts out.

In any case, the new Buffy as planned now, takes place in the original Buffyverse and centers on the current Slayer. That makes it a sequel to the original.

 

[May Kasahara]

I couldn't sleep (again) so I got up and am watching Checkpoint

 

[SpookyFrank]

It has a specific meaning though. Sequels aren't reboots.

Except Casino Royale which was a sequel, a reboot and a remake

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Except Casino Royale which was a sequel, a reboot and a remake

And a prequel.

 

[spirals]

The whole of Buffy and Angel is back on amazon video, I'm up to season 3 of Buffy already!

 

[belboid]

Just did a couple. Blood Ties, from season five, where everyone discovers who Dawn is.

Then episode 617, the best of all 142.

No gods or monsters ... just three pathetic little men who like playing with toys.

 

[Rebelda]

Me: watching double meat palace
9 year old: oooh is this Buffy?
Me: yes! Wanna go back and watch s1e1? *been waiting for this day since i spawned*
9yo: blah blah blah
Me: SHUT UP THIS IS MUMMY'S RELIGION
Buffy: kills her first vamp
9yo: OMG *dog's name* get out the way im watching mama's religion
Me: told you so

 

[scifisam]

Me: watching double meat palace
9 year old: oooh is this Buffy?
Me: yes! Wanna go back and watch s1e1? *been waiting for this day since i spawned*
9yo: blah blah blah
Me: SHUT UP THIS IS MUMMY'S RELIGION
Buffy: kills her first vamp
9yo: OMG *dog's name* get out the way im watching mama's religion
Me: told you so

I remember introducing J to Buffy at around the same age.

Put off the college seasons till puberty, though.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Thread is over SIX YEARS OLD!

 

[Rebelda]

Thread is over SIX YEARS OLD!

And sixty pages <3

 

[kittyP]

Me: watching double meat palace
9 year old: oooh is this Buffy?
Me: yes! Wanna go back and watch s1e1? *been waiting for this day since i spawned*
9yo: blah blah blah
Me: SHUT UP THIS IS MUMMY'S RELIGION
Buffy: kills her first vamp
9yo: OMG *dog's name* get out the way im watching mama's religion
Me: told you so

love love love love xxx

 

[PursuedByBears]

Me: watching double meat palace
9 year old: oooh is this Buffy?
Me: yes! Wanna go back and watch s1e1? *been waiting for this day since i spawned*
9yo: blah blah blah
Me: SHUT UP THIS IS MUMMY'S RELIGION
Buffy: kills her first vamp
9yo: OMG *dog's name* get out the way im watching mama's religion
Me: told you so

Still waiting here, mine isn't capable of shutting up for long enough yet

 

[Rebelda]

It's a clean clown! I have my own fun.

season 2 Willow <3

 

[May Kasahara]

Just started watching S1 with my boy He loves it.

 

[May Kasahara]

Now onto S2 - just watched Halloween. The boy has not been such a fan of the straight up vampire episodes, so I was delighted when he said "oh, looks like it's another vampire episode still, maybe Spike will be in it "

 

[kabbes]

I am randomly feeling the need for Once More With Feeling

Fortunately, I am at home.

 

[The Octagon]

Older and Far Away seems appropriate at the moment too (though not a great episode)

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I am randomly feeling the need for Once More With Feeling

Fortunately, I am at home.

I am no Buffy fan, but Ive been known to do once more with feeling three times in a row.. . . alcohol is usually involved.

 

[kabbes]

... and done.

Once again, I am left feeling it might be the best thing ever made. The perfect piece of entertainment! So funny and poignant, great songs and it even makes perfect sense why the plot is being advanced entirely in musical numbers.

I want the feeling back!

 

[Glitter]

It is amazing but I think the most perfect piece of television is The Body.

 

[kabbes]

It is amazing but I think the most perfect piece of television is The Body.

You’re right. The only piece of television that beats the second best Buffy episode is the best Buffy episode

 

[kabbes]

It also made me sad that things have to end and we all have to get old. But I think that’s just the mood I’m in.

 

[Reno]

It's still "Hush" for me. It's the episode which made me a convert, after having watched a few Buffy episodes and not getting it.

 

[kittyP]

It's still "Hush" for me. It's the episode which made me a convert, after having watched a few Buffy episodes and not getting it.

 

[CNT36]

I guess the remakasequelboot is off?

 

[Reno]

I guess the remakasequelboot is off?

No news in a couple of years. It was to be a straight continuation with new lead characters, which would have left the door open for the original characters to make appearances. Would have loved to see that. Josh Whedon seems to be working on something else now. He appears to have kept a low profile since the Justice League movie/debacle.

 

[kabbes]

Interesting question: what do you call a continuation? It’s not Buffy any more but calling it something else destroys the IP benefit.

 

[belboid]

Taggart?

 

[Reno]

Interesting question: what do you call a continuation? It’s not Buffy any more but calling it something else destroys the IP benefit.

It was to take place in the same universe, just in the present with a new slayer, so call it a sequel or a spin-off if you like. I'm not sure it would have had Buffy in the title. They did the same with Dallas.