Everyone. Let's say this together.
Worst. Idea. Ever.
Apparently some bimbo named Whit Anderson is planning on remaking Buffy. Okay, that would be fine except... Joss Whedon wants no part of it. Apparently he's said that it is something better left untouched by him. I'm guessing this means, "I can't believe someone would remake this character after I perfected it. Now there's nothing I can do to stop them, but I'm certainly not going to help either. I'll sit back and watch the train wreck."
Let's be real. Buffy sans Whedon is like Fargo without snow. It just doesn't happen. It wouldn't be the same and it certainly can't be better. (Yes I realize what this is implying about Fargo, but I don't care. I like snow. It's nice here, even if it does get to -40 F... and C!)
Who wants to see anyone but Sarah Michelle Gellar play Buffy. SMG is Buffy. Buffy is SMG. Watching another actress (pah. more like wannabe) try to create this character anew is a fidiot. Also, if they pick someone famous to play her, well then they're totally screwed. If you're going to reinvent Buffy make everything about it new including the actress. Every person that's part of the production had better be a fan of the show and know how to give credit where credit is due.
How will she create a love interest that gets even close to reaching the throne of Angel or the seat of Spike? She won't. So already we have strike one.
Who is this villain going to be? The First? Already done it. Someone close to her? Been there. Done that. Twice. A super evil vampire? ooo... original. Give me a break. (Seriously though, if you have kit-kats, I'll take 'em.)
Also, try to make her best friends as awesome. I dare you.
If you do want to pay tribute to the show, wanna maybe give her a sister, name her Dusk, and then kill her off in the beginning, which is what Whedon should have done with Michelle Trachtenberg (who, by the way, has her own detective show coming out on the CW... seriously CW... you've just become that lazy that you're giving her her own show? [ Which apparently is just like Veronica Mars starring Kristen Bell, who is infinitely better in every way than Trachtenwhore.
Ultimately. Shame on you Whit Anderson for even considering doing this project.
As for whether I'll go see the movie or not... Undecided. I would love to go and rip it apart, but I also don't want it to taint my memories of the show. (BTW I haven't seen the original movie which the show is based off of [both by Whedon], but that's only because it doesn't have SMG... we might get married.).
Fennopian
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