Random thoughts on the Buffy reboot

[sombrefan]

I've identified two people who actually want it.

Is it just me or is that writer being prepped as the sacrificial lamb if it all goes wrong?

A Jane Espenson reboot would have been better and would get more of the online fandom on board.

Joss Whedon is still trending highly worldwide on Twitter. At one stage he was getting more tweets written about him than the North Korean war. Which is a somewhat sad indictment of our pop culture crazed world.

They can only ruin Buffy and none of the other existing characters.

Since it's not a Whedon project, it'll be getting very limited coverage at Whedonesque.

Comments

[simonf.livejournal.com]

"And I think Whit is already being roasted over the pit"

There is a lot of vitriol being thrown her way by the fandom and everyone else writing about it. But the conspiracy theorist in me thinks the Warner Bros is pushing her to the forefront so she and not they will get the flak. They can take the money and run and Whitney is left dealing with the online attacks. The corporate machine is very fond of those tactics.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

I wish she had a blog or something. I get the impression she's a nice person and I liked what she had to say about Buffy.

Would they really do that to her? Eh. I suppose it's possible. I'm distrustful enough of corporations to entertain the idea.

[simonf.livejournal.com]

"I wish she had a blog or something."

That would help. There does seem to be a lot of suspicion regarding a writer who has come out of nowhere to reboot a beloved character. I find it a bit odd myself. Though I suppose writers have to start somewhere.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

But the conspiracy theorist in me thinks the Warner Bros is pushing her to the forefront so she and not they will get the flak.
Yes, putting her interview in the "Hero Complex" column was strange. They usually make interviews with well-known people.

I want to root for her but I can't get rid of the feeling that TheWB plans to produce a very Meyeresque reboot.