Five Reasons the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reboot Won't Work
It's like remaking The Dark Knight without Nolan and Bale -- and without Batman and the Joker.
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Back in the early nineties, director Fran Rubel Kuzui bought a script from an unknown Roseanne writer named Joss Whedon. The result was the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, and Pee-Wee Herman, a kitschy flop. Five years later Whedon brought Buffy to TV, and the rest is history -- solid ratings, critical acclaim, and the most rabid fan base this side of a Star Trek convention. Buffy ended in 2003, and fans have been clamoring for a return to the screen since. So when Kuzui announced that she'd be rebooting Buffy that should have been good news. Unfortunately, her plan is pretty much the worst idea ever: She's doing it on her own, with no connection to the series. Here are five reasons why there's no way this is going to work. 1. No Joss Whedon 2. No Actors From the TV Show 3. No Characters From the TV Show 4. An Inexperienced Director 5. The Fans Will Explode So Kuzui's remaking a movie without using the writer, actors, or characters that made the franchise so popular, guaranteeing that she'll scare off the hordes of rabid fans that make the whole idea feasible in the first place. What could go wrong? Most Popular Stories
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