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Scorsese2002
02/03/25 4:28:01 PM
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https://x.com/variety/status/1886512484460470741?s=46&t=kblUHjD14Xk4ieJPFAQ81A

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Raiden2909
02/03/25 4:30:17 PM
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I have no real faith in it

I loved Buffy and later Angel, But i dont think a modern attempt at it will succeed unless they manage to both capture and maintain the spirit of the original(Which is never easy) while managing to update it for the current generation(also never easy)
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Zikten
02/03/25 4:34:53 PM
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Could be good. No harm in trying so I will be hopeful and check it out when it's out
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pinky0926
02/04/25 1:10:51 PM
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Raiden2909 posted...
I have no real faith in it

I loved Buffy and later Angel, But i dont think a modern attempt at it will succeed unless they manage to both capture and maintain the spirit of the original(Which is never easy) while managing to update it for the current generation(also never easy)

Yeah. Say what you will about joss Whedon the man, but joss Whedon the writer/director...

That's a tough act to follow.

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UnfairRepresent
02/04/25 1:11:53 PM
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Raiden2909 posted...
I have no real faith in it
I c wut u did thar

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yusiko
02/04/25 1:31:25 PM
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im rooting for this as buffy was one of my all time favorite shows
but im pretty sure xanders actor isnt really welcome back since last i heard his serious issues with drugs and alchohol are still a problem.

eliza dushku would be great to have return. but after she was sexually harassed on the set of bull and was fired for complaining about it she retired from acting. she is now a therapist
i would hope she would be willing to reprise her role

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JaiCSC
02/04/25 2:48:49 PM
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I love Buffy and Angel but a continuation... 20+ years later?

I'd rather they go for a full on reboot with no ties to what we had. Just start fresh. Admittedly that comes with it's own potential pitfalls.

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UnfairRepresent
02/04/25 2:50:45 PM
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JaiCSC posted...
I love Buffy and Angel but a continuation... 20+ years later?
Plus there being thousands if not hundreds of thousands of slayers worldwide now kinda makes the fight against evil al ittle one sided.

Andrew was literally building a private army of hot killer babes.

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AvlButtslam
02/04/25 2:53:40 PM
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Theyve been saying this like forever, and I thought the last I heard about it, it was on pauseindefinitely

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wanderingshade
02/04/25 2:59:26 PM
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They aren't even going to have Joss Whedon involved.

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Smiffwilm
02/04/25 3:00:07 PM
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wanderingshade posted...
They aren't even going to have Joss Whedon involved.
Good?

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wanderingshade
02/04/25 3:03:49 PM
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Smiffwilm posted...
Good?

It's a blessing and a curse.

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Vyrulisse
02/04/25 3:08:40 PM
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No thanks.

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FrozenBananas
02/04/25 3:12:46 PM
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wanderingshade posted...
It's a blessing and a curse.

same. Sure he was a bit of a jerk but he was an amazing writer and director and even though the writers table was very big, he was a major heart of the show.

i think its best to leave the show be; I think it would try too hard to cater to the YouTube / TikTok generation

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Vyrulisse
02/04/25 3:18:48 PM
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I just can't see a new cast comparing to the originals. The cast of Buffy was one of those rare groups where everyone clicked and it worked wonderfully.

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UnfairRepresent
02/04/25 4:03:08 PM
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Vyrulisse posted...
I just can't see a new cast comparing to the originals. The cast of Buffy was one of those rare groups where everyone clicked and it worked wonderfully.
Dawn

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DodogamaRayBrst
02/04/25 4:08:37 PM
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Zikten posted...
No harm in trying

There is nothing but harm in trying.
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Bringit
02/04/25 4:41:22 PM
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Buffy is my top show but I really doubt this will be good. Without Joss (and for good reason) to guide it, I doubt it'll feel inspired and instead likely follow modern trends which will ultimately end up with a Buffy who hates us for loving her as she deconstructs everything that made the original show great before finally relenting to whatever mentee they cast who manages to change Buffy's mind at the last minute resulting in her sacrificing herself and passing the torch.

Then get cancelled.

I don't know, my emotions say I don't want this because as much as I can see some of the good parts of the sequel trilogy of Star Wars, I can't unsee so much of what they did to characters I loved. But logically, there IS a chance they can make a good Buffy follow up and if they never try, it will never happen.

If this goes ahead I'll be kinda scared to watch it.

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pegusus123456
02/04/25 4:46:13 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Plus there being thousands if not hundreds of thousands of slayers worldwide now kinda makes the fight against evil al ittle one sided.

Andrew was literally building a private army of hot killer babes.
There were comics that just escalated the threats enough that an army of them was kind of necessary.

But the comics are of questionable quality.

I don't have faith in this one either.

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Xerun
02/04/25 4:48:58 PM
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Im going to need the Angel cast in this too (spoilers for all of Angel) with a way better ending for Cordelia please

but I could see this being fun from where Buffy ended. Have the cast as mentor cameos could be cool

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Compsognathus
02/04/25 4:54:40 PM
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I'm guessing this thing just ignores the sequel comics (probably for the best) and finds some way to drastically reduce the number of slayers in play.

I'm cautiously optimistic. Having SMG gives me a lot of hope and Chloe Zhao is a genuinely talented filmmaker.

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pegusus123456
02/08/25 7:14:02 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

The wiki has Whedon as one of the writers and a good number of the others credited at least wrote some episodes. And actually the guy that wrote Runaways and Y: The Last Man also did a few issues.

From what I read, I don't know that the comics are actually bad, they're just...weird. At least in context of the show. The change in media allowed them to be a lot wilder in terms of plotlines and character design than they could do on a network TV budget and with 90s effects. Like this is not something you'd see on BtVS:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7239dd40.jpg

I think this worked to their detriment because it's just so not BtVS. It didn't feel like I was reading a Buffy comic, it felt like I was reading DC a comic with SMG's face on the main character.

Also, Angel and Buffy get superpowers (even by their standards) and have superspeed, mid-flight sex so hard that they crash through a mountain and birth a new dimension. I think that's where I kinda checked out.

And Xander and Dawn get together. I hate that.

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TheSavageDragon
02/10/25 2:58:26 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
Also, Angel and Buffy get superpowers (even by their standards) and have superspeed, mid-flight sex so hard that they crash through a mountain and birth a new dimension. I think that's where I kinda checked out.

That's Season 8 with the whole Twilight nonsense. Easily the worst Buffy has ever been, but Season 9 is a proper return to form with especially the Angel & Faith spin-off being damn good. You should check it out if you ever get the chance.

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AceMos
02/10/25 3:00:27 AM
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this show will have people screaming WOKE

all while ignoring what a monumental thing willow was

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Necronmon
02/10/25 3:12:29 AM
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Chloe Zhao may have written good things but , she does not seem to have anything close to the same kind of humor Whedon had so, this could be a lot less humorous sequel.
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Zergrush80
02/10/25 4:24:51 AM
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Unless theyre using cgi, I doubt Angel or Spike will appear seeing how David and James have aged and giving their characters are ageless vampires..them showing up as old men would kinda kill the show.unless they claim some magic fuckery like Wolf Ram and Hart pulled some shit and the end of Angel we didnt see.

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AceMos
02/10/25 4:41:33 AM
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cordelia was the best character in either show IMO (also had a far more healthy relationship with angel)

i hate how joss butchered her character just cus her actress got pregnant and he was pissed (even tried to low key convince her to get an abortion)

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Auto_Chrisbot
02/10/25 8:22:10 PM
#31:


Zergrush80 posted...
Unless theyre using cgi, I doubt Angel or Spike will appear seeing how David and James have aged and giving their characters are ageless vampires..them showing up as old men would kinda kill the show.unless they claim some magic fuckery like Wolf Ram and Hart pulled some shit and the end of Angel we didnt see.

Just make a comic book sequel series where you can draw the Vampire characters looking the same age forever. That'll put butts in the seats.

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Compsognathus
02/11/25 12:47:32 PM
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pegusus123456 posted...
The wiki has Whedon as one of the writers and a good number of the others credited at least wrote some episodes. And actually the guy that wrote Runaways and Y: The Last Man also did a few issues.

From what I read, I don't know that the comics are actually bad, they're just...weird. At least in context of the show. The change in media allowed them to be a lot wilder in terms of plotlines and character design than they could do on a network TV budget and with 90s effects. Like this is not something you'd see on BtVS:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7239dd40.jpg

I think this worked to their detriment because it's just so not BtVS. It didn't feel like I was reading a Buffy comic, it felt like I was reading DC a comic with SMG's face on the main character.

Also, Angel and Buffy get superpowers (even by their standards) and have superspeed, mid-flight sex so hard that they crash through a mountain and birth a new dimension. I think that's where I kinda checked out.

And Xander and Dawn get together. I hate that.
Yeah, the post-show comics definitely fell into the problem of doing things just because they could and as a result completely losing the tone the show had.

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Ivynn
02/11/25 12:55:21 PM
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pegusus123456 posted...
The wiki has Whedon as one of the writers and a good number of the others credited at least wrote some episodes. And actually the guy that wrote Runaways and Y: The Last Man also did a few issues.

From what I read, I don't know that the comics are actually bad, they're just...weird. At least in context of the show. The change in media allowed them to be a lot wilder in terms of plotlines and character design than they could do on a network TV budget and with 90s effects. Like this is not something you'd see on BtVS:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7239dd40.jpg

I think this worked to their detriment because it's just so not BtVS. It didn't feel like I was reading a Buffy comic, it felt like I was reading DC a comic with SMG's face on the main character.

Also, Angel and Buffy get superpowers (even by their standards) and have superspeed, mid-flight sex so hard that they crash through a mountain and birth a new dimension. I think that's where I kinda checked out.

And Xander and Dawn get together. I hate that.

Oy. I did not like any of those words.

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TheSavageDragon
02/11/25 4:38:34 PM
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Ivynn posted...
Oy. I did not like any of those words.

It's even worse in context tbh.
The Season 8 big bad is some superpowered guy in a full face mask calling himself Twilight. Due to the existence of Slayers being publicly known he's able to manipulate the military to start hunting them. He personally murders Giles.
Later on it's revealed that it's Angel under the mask. Not Angelus, Angel. And the aforementioned superpowers, sex and birthing a new universe thing is what it was all building up to.

Also...Dawn gets a magical STD from some guy in college causing her to transform into all sorts of magical halfbreeds the entire season. That's before she ends up with the guy who used to babysit her.
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MC_BatCommander
02/11/25 4:39:13 PM
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What are next?

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Rotterdammerung
02/11/25 4:42:13 PM
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Itll be interesting to see how Buffy works in the era of readily available mobile phones

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BewmHedshot
02/11/25 4:47:29 PM
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I would imagine they're not going to even try to match the tone and flavor of the original because the world is 30 years removed from that.
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Mr_Karate_II
02/11/25 4:51:34 PM
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That's great and all but where's the Angel sequel series?

I want to see what happened after the end of Season 5. Yes I know there's comic books/graphic novels that continue the story.

All I know is this Buffy sequel series better have Spike in it or we riot.

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Auto_Chrisbot
02/11/25 5:16:12 PM
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@Mr_Karate_II posted...
That's great and all but where's the Angel sequel series?

I want to see what happened after the end of Season 5.


Why? According to Joss Whedon that wasn't a cliffhanger. There's no more, that was it, that was the ending. Team Angel goes out fighting.

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Jiek_Fafn
02/11/25 5:22:35 PM
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TheSavageDragon posted...
Also...Dawn gets a magical STD from some guy in college causing her to transform into all sorts of magical halfbreeds the entire season. That's before she ends up with the guy who used to babysit her.
Then she latergets magical amnesia and proceeds to fall in love with him all over again. So we get to see it twice to really nail down the point, like Elons nazi salute

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creativerealms
02/11/25 5:24:23 PM
#41:


pinky0926 posted...
Yeah. Say what you will about joss Whedon the man, but joss Whedon the writer/director...

That's a tough act to follow.
Yeah I don't want Joss involved in the show but also fear it won't be nearly as good without him.

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Prismsblade
02/11/25 5:34:38 PM
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The target demographic is probably in their mid-late 30s now at the least.

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pegusus123456
02/11/25 6:29:58 PM
#43:


TheSavageDragon posted...
Also...Dawn gets a magical STD from some guy in college causing her to transform into all sorts of magical halfbreeds the entire season.
The guy in question was the picture I posted lol. Though he was a shapeshifter. Apparently though it turned out that it wasn't an STD, he cursed her because she cheated on him.


Mr_Karate_II posted...
That's great and all but where's the Angel sequel series?

I want to see what happened after the end of Season 5. Yes I know there's comic books/graphic novels that continue the story.

All I know is this Buffy sequel series better have Spike in it or we riot.
From what I remember, After The Fall is actually pretty good. Runs into a bit of the same problem S8 has of going wilder in terms of character design, but it works better because Angel was often a bit more out there in that way than Buffy was.

The premise is also that Wolfram and Hart sent the entire city of LA to hell because of what Angel did, so more nonhumanoid designs make more sense.

Angel befriends the dragon you see in the finale btw.

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wanderingshade
02/11/25 6:30:47 PM
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Just give me Alyson Hannigan.

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pegusus123456
02/11/25 6:32:16 PM
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Oh, the thought struck me as I hit post. A good choice might be Jac Schaeffer. She was the show runner on Agatha All Along and I think that kinda humor isn't too far off from Buffy.

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Mr_Karate_II
02/11/25 6:58:50 PM
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Auto_Chrisbot posted...
Why? According to Joss Whedon that wasn't a cliffhanger. There's no more, that was it, that was the ending. Team Angel goes out fighting.
according to the Angel: After the Fall, Angel survived,Wesley got resurrected by Wolfram and Hart among all kinds of other shenanigans.

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Auto_Chrisbot
02/11/25 7:35:32 PM
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Mr_Karate_II posted...

according to the Angel: After the Fall, Angel survived,Wesley got resurrected by Wolfram and Hart among all kinds of other shenanigans.


Lol the comics don't count. Especially since one of the main appeals of Buffy and Angel was seeing this type of stuff in live-action on a weekly basis. A comic can be anything at anytime. It's just not the same.

"Oh we know you've been enjoying this show and these actors for 5 years, and may be frustrated about the open-ended nature of how things ended, so now please buy some drawing that continue the story."

lol no

I flipped through the first TPB of the Angel comic at a shop, and was like that's cool and all, Angel riding the dragon over an L.A. that's been turned into Hell on Earth, but like, I'd prefer that to be presented in live-action in a new season. Not... this.

Oh well.

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Mr_Karate_II
02/11/25 10:22:57 PM
#48:


Auto_Chrisbot posted...
Lol the comics don't count. Especially since one of the main appeals of Buffy and Angel was seeing this type of stuff in live-action on a weekly basis. A comic can be anything at anytime. It's just not the same.

"Oh we know you've been enjoying this show and these actors for 5 years, and may be frustrated about the open-ended nature of how things ended, so now please buy some drawing that continue the story."

lol no

I flipped through the first TPB of the Angel comic at a shop, and was like that's cool and all, Angel riding the dragon over an L.A. that's been turned into Hell on Earth, but like, I'd prefer that to be presented in live-action in a new season. Not... this.

Oh well.
The comics absolutely do count

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Auto_Chrisbot
02/12/25 2:10:50 AM
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Nah

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thekosmicfool
02/12/25 2:17:38 AM
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Mixed. Buffy is probably my favorite show ever, so the thought of continuing it over 20 years after it ended both excites and terrifies me. SMG seeming passionate about only doing it if they can make it great is encouraging, but I can't muster up much faith that it will be.

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