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Faker:
Ok, this doesn't seem to have been posted yet, so here goes.

The title of this thread probably got your hopes up, seeing the headline of the story got my hopes up, but then reading this article destroyed all hope I had, in the film, and humanity.

A Buffy movie without Joss? Didn't really work too well the first time, I think I'll pass

Ozymandias:
When was the first time?

Faker:
I was under the impression that the original movie had minimal involvement from Whedon, that he basically sold them the characters and they changed his script to the point of it being unrecognisable.

Surgoshan:
The original Buffy movie was based on a script that Whedon wrote.  The original script was closer to the TV show than to what eventually got made.  At the time, Hollywood didn't see a lot of marketability in the idea of a badass, strong female character.  So instead they made a parody of both horror movies and girl movies.  Instead of grrl power, we got... a very mediocre movie.  They brought in script doctors and a director and the end result was a very different Buffy.  It came out back in '92, I believe.  Whedon fans generally pretend the movie never happened.

At first, I, too, was excited by the prospect of a Buffy movie.  Then I, too, saw that it's by the guys who made the original.  Fuck it, ain't gonna see it, not unless Joss gives it a thumbs up.

RobbieOC:
Well, to be fair, the Kuzuis have had a lot to do with pretty much everything Buffy related (I guess except maybe the comics), so there's a pretty good chance this could be much better than the old movie. Besides the fact that Buffy is now a high-profile franchise, and the kind of thing you don't fuck up unless you want to really upset a lot of the fans. I don't know, are there enough Buffy fans for Hollywood to worry about upsetting them? Or just enough that they hope they'll make a profit no matter what they do?

I think it could be cool. Especially if it's set in the same time-frame as Season eight where there are hundreds of slayers running around. Maybe we can at least get Andrew? Please?

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