There's another way of looking at this, however. The more that the proposed reboot differs from the TV series, which we all love so much, the easier it's going to be to let the movie stand on its own merits. Make the new Buffy Summers as different from Sarah's interpretation as night to day. No Sunnydale, no Watchers, no scoobies, a totally different character with a totally different background and a totally different reason for being the Slayer. Have vampires who can turn into bats or clouds of smoke, with the closest thing to a "game face" is the baring pf snake like fangs.
Let's face it, Joss can tell a helluva tale, but he's not the only writer in Hollywood capable of writing a story about somebody intentionally hunting vampires. Everybody raved about Daniel Craig's new interpretation of James Bond, and Jeff Bridges' portrayal of Rooster Cogburn has the critics swooning. Neither Sean Connery or John Wayne are in any way threatened by the new portrayals. WE know who the "real" Buffy is, but that doesn't mean that we have to blindly condemn something that we haven't even seen yet. This movie, from everything that I've heard about it, is just another attempt to cash in on the current vampire craze. It's being made for the general public, not just the fans of Joss and Sarah, because, let's face it, there aren't enough of us to really make or break any movie.
If for no other reason, I'm looking forward to the production and release of the new Buffy movie, just for all of the cussing and DIScussing that we're going to have here on the Boards. I think that we should all resolve to be in the audience the first time that this movie is played. Then we can hiss at the screen or cheer, as the situation presents itself. We all know that this movie isn't going to be about "our" Buffy. That doesn't necessarily have to mean that it won't be a good movie.
