'Buffy' relaunches without Whedon

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HAKEN

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:06 AM

A new incarnation of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer[ could be coming to the big screen.

"Buffy" creator Joss Whedon isn't involved and it's not set up at a studio, but Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment are working with original movie director Fran Rubel Kuzui and her husband, Kaz Kuzui, on what is being labeled a remake or relaunch, but not a sequel or prequel.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i666afabc28
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TUJIAOZUO

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:50 AM

The movie?

(The link doesn't work for me, as I am on dial up. Dial up makes many things not work, as well as makes me die a little inside)

Strangely, as long as it's a reluanch of the movie, I'm cool with it. The movie, was not Joss's vision anyways (nor is it a favorite of mine) so to have someone remake that is alright. Perhaps they will mold it more closely to what he was going for. Who knows.

Now if it was the series, them there's fightin' words.

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

DEWRASTLER

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:34 AM

I read about this over at Superherhype.com and I think to make a Buffy movie that ignores the 7 seasons that were on TV and didn't have SMG is just ridiculous. That's not Buffy. That's just another vampire movie. You can't have Buffy without Joss or any of the original cast. I don't see what the problem would be to keep it in line with the series.

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BULLETT

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:19 AM

why would they do that? it just seems kinda dumb to "remake or relaunch" a movie that was cute, and then had a very successful tv series. makes no sense to me.

KWICKO

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by bullett:
why would they do that? it just seems kinda dumb to "remake or relaunch" a movie that was cute, and then had a very successful tv series. makes no sense to me.

Sounds to me like the Kuzuis are desperate for money!

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

STORYMARK

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:26 PM

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Originally posted by Dewrastler:
I read about this over at Superherhype.com and I think to make a Buffy movie that ignores the 7 seasons that were on TV and didn't have SMG is just ridiculous. That's not Buffy. That's just another vampire movie. You can't have Buffy without Joss or any of the original cast. I don't see what the problem would be to keep it in line with the series.

That would be my first instinct as well, but then again, there are many who said you couldn't do Star Trek with a new cast and new creators, and that turned out pretty kick-ass.

SO, I'm not jazzed for this new take, but I'll give it a shot. If it sucks, I'll forget it as quickly as the original movie. If it's good... cool.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:36 PM

Nope. Can't be done. Old fans won't buy it & new ones won't dig the idea- it was new at the time but it's been done to death now.
Just a cash-grab at the current "Twighlight" wake.

The laughing Chrisisall

KWICKO

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:42 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Quote:
Originally posted by Dewrastler:
I read about this over at Superherhype.com and I think to make a Buffy movie that ignores the 7 seasons that were on TV and didn't have SMG is just ridiculous. That's not Buffy. That's just another vampire movie. You can't have Buffy without Joss or any of the original cast. I don't see what the problem would be to keep it in line with the series.

That would be my first instinct as well, but then again, there are many who said you couldn't do Star Trek with a new cast and new creators, and that turned out pretty kick-ass.

SO, I'm not jazzed for this new take, but I'll give it a shot. If it sucks, I'll forget it as quickly as the original movie. If it's good... cool.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

My take is that it will suck - just like the original movie sucked, with Fran Rubel Kuzui as director. Maybe she thinks that NOW she gets Joss's original concept a little better, since he took seven years to flesh it out for her, but my bet is it will still suck, and I won't be in any rush to go see it.

You wanna get me interested in more Buffy? Let Joss do it, include Spike, and if you really wanna find a new audience while bringing in a lot of the original audience, make it a Broadway musical!

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

STORYMARK

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:25 PM

I'm not saying it will be good - yeah, it will probably suck. But what good is complaining about it going to do. It's on them to make a movie - good or bad. I'll wait till I see it to judge it. Not going to waste my time fretting over it.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:35 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Not going to waste my time fretting over it.

Fretting is what we do, darlin', it's what we do.

The laughing Chrisisall

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