Clueless comic & some Buffy trivia

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Boom Studios is bringing back the girls from Beverly Hills for an all-new adventure, written by total Betties Amber Benson and Sarah Kuhn, and illustrated by fellow Betty Siobhan Keenan. According to the press release, the comic continues the journey of Cher, Dionne, and Tai as they surf the metaphorical crimson wave of senior year at Bronson Alcott High School. They struggle to figure out their plans after high school, and discover what they want to do with the rest of their lives.

Benson, who actually auditioned for the role of Tai back in the day, said she wasn’t surprised the movie became a pop-culture phenomenon, and is excited to continue the movie’s legacy with an all-new story. She told Vanity Fair they’re using research from the U.C.L.A Linguistics department to stay true to the time period, with a “slang book” of terms kids (like me!) used during the ‘90s. Even though the movie is old enough to legally drink now, Kuhn added that its modern interpretation of Jane Austen’s Emma has helped it achieve its status as a modern comedy classic after over 20 years, instead of becoming a full-on Monet.

In case you couldn’t already tell, Clueless basically defined my teen years. I saw it as a double-feature with The Babysitter’s Club in 1995, which I would consider one of the Top 10 coolest moments of my life so far. Clueless was, in the end, about girls becoming women... and how they could (and should) do so on their own terms. Knowing that Tara from Buffy, who happens to be an excellent writer, is helping bring Clueless back to life... with a brand-new story? It’s like I get to watch the Clueless TV show all over again! Yeah, you heard that right, I watched the TV show. And I loved it.

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Whatever!

No, actually, this is kinda cool, I just had to be the one to say it. 😀
 
I'd have to say I'm very excited to read this. Because I love the film. Is it just me or does that guy look like Jughead from Archie?
 
Sarah could've played Cher in Clueless. But she but turned it down to scheduling conflicts with All My Children.
 
I can totally see Amber Benson as Tai.

I remember the Clueless TV show launched in the UK as a double feature on Saturday afternoons with Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Sabrina took off and moved to weekday after-school kids' TV but Clueless just kind of disappeared.
 
I remember the Clueless TV show launched in the UK
I remember that too. Didn't it have most of the cast from the movie? Other than Alicia Silverstone. She went on to do more movies (I think it was True Crime and The Babysitter, both quite awful, before going on to be in Batman & Robin and Excess Baggage).
 
I remember the TV show too, but I didn't like the new Cher.

I could possibly read this, for the nostalgia of it 🙂 And to keep dreaming about that yellow outfit which I just love, lol.
 
Athena
Athena
The outfit I have....? :-p
She was pretty terrible. I think Silverstone is kinda irreplaceable. The Cher from the TV show went on to be in Peep Show; she was better in that, lol.

Haha, terrible quality but

Just the intro makes me feel like maybe it wasn't all the new Cher's fault. It feels like the movie had a something to it, while the show was just basically Sweet Valley High or something else that was on tv at the time, just so innocent and sweet and devoid of any kind of substance. Might've been a 90s thing, so let's hope for better from the comics! 😛
 
oh-my-god-for-real?

oh-my-god-wow!

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That's my Clueless impression.

But this is nice, Amber Benson is indeed a gifted writer so I'm sure she can do something interesting with all that '90's speak.

EXTREME!
 
She was pretty terrible. I think Silverstone is kinda irreplaceable. The Cher from the TV show went on to be in Peep Show; she was better in that, lol.

I don't remember her in Peep Show at all! 😵

Silverstone is irreplaceable. It makes me kinda sad she didn't make it big after Clueless, she really deserved to.
 
Skanky Vamp
Skanky Vamp
Silverstone... on the set
She was pretty terrible. I think Silverstone is kinda irreplaceable. The Cher from the TV show went on to be in Peep Show; she was better in that, lol.

Oh yeah, the American girl Jeremy was seeing? She was also in Flight of the Conchords?

I've seen Stacey Dash pop up on Fox News bits. She seems a bit loopy these days.
 
Athena
Athena
Stacey Dash hasn't aged a DAY though - she looks incredible!
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