In the past few years we have been subjected to reboot television shows and movies of old franchises (and in some cases just characters) and it is rare when it proves to meet the level of its original. The Superman reboot leaps to mind, and the list continues with Knight Rider, Charlie’s Angels, Transformers, Land of the Lost…ad nauseaum. For every 10 things, there are gems as well Firefly/Serenity and its latest incarnation Browncoats (more to come about them on our podcast this weekend) or Battlestar Galactica/Caprica. So it is literally a crapshoot to find the gems among the–for lack of a better term–pile.
All of which brings me to this weeks rant, the impending reboot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. In many ways this could be a good idea. Joss gets back into movies binging back “his” iconic Buffy Summers and the Scooby Crew, perhaps Faith returns, Cordelia. No, this isn’t what Hollyweird wanted to do. Setting the WayBack Machine for stun, Hollywierd went to the movie, with Kristy Swanson and Donald Sutherland and said THIS IS THE REBOOT WE WANT, and by “we” one can only infer they meant the viewing public. Read More






