tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293754578771211599.post815642900067281122..comments2023-09-09T00:49:29.509-07:00Comments on Alex Van Helsing- The Blog: If Buffy Minus Whedon is Bad, You Will Never Remember ItJason Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05975124815574681097noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293754578771211599.post-18880500446062988082010-11-28T13:24:35.224-08:002010-11-28T13:24:35.224-08:00Agree completely, Jason. It's just as tough fo...Agree completely, Jason. It's just as tough for screenwriters to break in as it is for fiction writers. More power to this guy/gal. We're all just trying to make rent.Alice Loweeceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269785237562203610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293754578771211599.post-56500048845456058082010-11-28T13:02:40.320-08:002010-11-28T13:02:40.320-08:00PS-- the one thing I think is not cool is people d...PS-- the one thing I think is not cool is people dissing the screenwriter chosen to reboot Buffy. I mean: anyone would take this job if offered it. It doesn't make them worthy of insults.Jason Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975124815574681097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293754578771211599.post-31058395363266513072010-11-28T13:01:11.295-08:002010-11-28T13:01:11.295-08:00You know, I was not thinking of Alex Van Helsing w...You know, I was not thinking of Alex Van Helsing when I said that, because Alex is more superspy that Buffy, but yeah, of course I'd love to see an adaptation. Never can tell!Jason Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975124815574681097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293754578771211599.post-90167976994116301642010-11-28T12:28:10.102-08:002010-11-28T12:28:10.102-08:00I'm one of the few people on the planet who li...I'm one of the few people on the planet who liked the original Buffy movie. Donald Sutherland and Rutger Hauer trying comedy--loved it. I tried to get into the series, but it never clicked for me. (Except for David Boreanaz--love seeing a local guy make it big!) And don't start me on the boring Dark Shadows reboot. Snoozer.<br /><br />So, Jason, you're saying that a certain teeange character with a well-known name would be the right candidate for a new series? :D I'd watch that.Alice Loweeceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269785237562203610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293754578771211599.post-29596786833248975552010-11-28T11:40:12.455-08:002010-11-28T11:40:12.455-08:00It's a GREAT point about the later Bonds not b...It's a GREAT point about the later Bonds not being based on Fleming at all. <br /><br />But what I'm saying is this is essentially a thankless task. Of course it could be good-- but why *bother?* Why use the goodwill of a brand that has almost no value outside the TV series they're ignoring? Why not just create a new, Buffy-like high school vampire hunter and avoid the whole mess?Jason Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975124815574681097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293754578771211599.post-30609117230851476952010-11-28T11:33:39.951-08:002010-11-28T11:33:39.951-08:00I take exception to your use of Casino Royale with...I take exception to your use of Casino Royale with regard to a Buffy reboot. The 1967 Casino Royale was already a parody of the over series, and should be categorized with movies such as Top Secret or Mad Mission. It is only notable because it did gain the rights to one of Fleming's titles; the first in fact. <br /><br />You bother to mention all the Star Trek titles written after Gene Roddenberry, and don't bother to mention that License to Kill through Die Another Day were not Ian Felming books, all of which were written after his death. Why are these not reviled?<br /><br />While I do not agree with your assertions, I am happy to see that you admit that there is a possibility that a Buffy reboot might be good; I'm just disappointed that you chose the easy option of criticizing, rather than the more novel and interesting tactic of imagining how a new perspective might actually enhance the character, or what could be done to make the movie a good one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com