This might be the single stupidest move any Hollywood studio could make. Rumor has it that the film will not be based upon the long running television series starring Sarah Michelle Geller. Instead it will use the painfully bad 1992 film as its template. You have to wonder who was drinking the Kool-Aid when they came up with this idea. The original film was a disgrace and flopped at the box office. It wasn’t until years later that writer Joss Whedon revived the title and turned it into what would become one of the best shows in television history.

What the Hollywood brass fail to recognize is that Buffy was not about monsters and villains. It was about the tight relationships of the characters and the complex universe Whedon had created. In the Buffyverse nothing was as it seemed. Good and evil were relative and even the worst Big Bad could turn into a faithful ally.

After seven successful years on the air and a spin-off show (the just as wonderful and highly underrated “Angel”) to its credit it is time to let this one go. The characters follow a strict timeline and have a life of their own. It might be said that I’m geeking out a bit too much but let’s face it, it’s about time Hollywood came up with something original rather than stealing from previous titles. If no one else from the series is on board with the idea it probably isn’t a very good one.

Unfortunately Hollywood runs on money, not creativity. Given the current vampire craze created by Twilight (a horrible film and book that blatantly rips off the Buffy/Angel concept) such a reboot was inevitable. So I ask my readers for a call to action. Petition the studios and make sure this atrocity never makes it on to the big screen.

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