Buffy the Vampire Slayer...or not?

Crystal: I was super excited when I saw the headline on AOL today - 'Buffy Reboot in the Works'....until I read the story: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i666afabc28491e6a5d5861d83ae30855

So....it's another Buffy movie...but not? So...they're not using the same characters...possibly not even Buffy herself...has nothing to do with the tv show...but yet they want to use Buffy the Vampire Slayer as reference just because the same people who OWN the rights want to make a new movie...I feel like they're just playing with us loyal Buffy fans and taking advantage of us by throwing the Buffy name around but in the end just making another vampire movie.....right?

Or am I misunderstanding this?

I do get that you shouldn't ruin a good thing by taking the tv show and making it into a movie...especially since they're not even using Joss Whedon to make it...but it should still have some of the same basis around it....right? Otherwise it's not Buffy.

Thoughts?

Jen: I heard about this yesterday :( You know what a massive Buffy fan I am, so I'm sure you already know my feelings on this! PUKE!

Aside from being a Buffy fan, I'm a Joss Whedon fan. Poor Joss gets screwed in every project he takes on it seems. He's an absolute genius and the networks put him through the ringer, show after show. And in the end, what you have is a new cult following for every one of his endeavors. I honestly don't think he's ever had a single failure, so why is he excluded from his own creations?

On a happier note, his new show that premiered last season, Dollhouse, is awesome and has been picked up for another season! He had a long battle to get the show up and running (as always) because of the network and them wanting to change everything about it, but in the end he won and it's a hit! Hopefully he'll change his mind about this being the last TV series he ever works on, because everything he does is golden!

P.S. Crystal, I remember you making a comment before about how maybe Joss has a crush on Eliza Dushku because she's his leading lady in Dollhouse and being a big character on Buffy, but as it turns out, they created Dollhouse together- he didn't just choose her! She's actually the producer!

TV Please?

CH: Have you watched The Wire before? Do you like shows like that? It's basically set in Baltimore in the projects and based around a gangster drug dealing kingpin and his peoples. :) :) It's a really good show if you like that sort of stuff...kinda like The Sopranos in the Projects...? We're about to watch our next episode right now...it's addicting. :)

JH: I actually didn't know much about The Wire until just now, but I loved The Sopranos so I would probably like it. I'm in a mega-TV mood these days. TV on DVD that is. I really need to upgrade my Netflix!

I'm just super excited for the premiere of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse on Fox. Apparently it's going to be his last television project because he continuously butts heads with the networks and is sick of it. He did so well with Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog during the writer's strike that he plans on going that route from now on. Interesting.

CH: I have no idea what Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is....I guess I should check it out? Hooray for Joss though...without him, I would not know Mr. Borreanaz and my teenage hero Buffy. :)

I only seen short previews of Dollhouse...didn't catch my attention besides the fact that what's-her-name is in it from Buffy....I think Joss has a crush on her considering this is his 2nd show he's given her, right? :) :) If it's not on dvd yet though, I probably won't watch it.....

I've decided that tv on dvd is the only way to go...commercials suck to sit through...and I hate cliffhangers...I need to know what's going to happen next as soon as the last episode is over! :)

Was that Doogie Howser on that Sing Along Blog thing?

JH: I have to agree with the TV on DVD movement! I love pummeling through a whole season of a show over the coarse of a lazy weekend. I rarely watch TV in bed, but I will make an exception for this genre.

If you go back and watch all of Joss' shows, you will see tons of reoccurring characters. In fact, one of the characters in the sing-along blog has been in Buffy and Firefly! And yes, NPH (Neil Patrick Harris of Doogie Howser) is the star of the blog. Allow me to quickly endorse the greatest show of all-time, How I Met Your Mother! He's in that too, along with Allison Hannigan. It all comes full circle ;)

Note: It's a goal of mine to meet NPH. Joe's sister sees him at lunch all the time because she works at Fox studios, so it's a definite possibility!

CH: NPH...like old buddies :) I still haven't watched How I Met Your Mother either...someday. Love Ms. Hannigan...although the transition from Willow to Band Camp girl was a bit strange for me...

Can I correct your spelling? I'm actually in shock you didn't catch it...but you wrote 'coarse'...when you probably by now know it should be 'course'......gasp....Jennifer had a spelling error. :)

And I wrote this but I think you posted over it...we're doubling up. :) You can change your font color if you want...I just picked it for no reason... :)

JH: *GASP* I will be more careful from now on! For shame, self! My typing fingers just got carried away :)

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