As soon as I heard about this idea I went into automatic fan-rage mode, and part of me is still itching to get into another rant, so please excuse any spelling or grammatical errors, they are the result of 40% of my attention going towards holding back mais ranting.

So, in the spirit of the logical, bias free attitude I will almost certainly have completely abandoned por the seguinte paragraph, I'll start por saying that legally they have every right to do this, and that if ever there was a good time to make money of a Buffy movie it's now. The thing is, and I say this not as a fan, but as someone who has enough basic common sense to at least match a cactus, even if they do care about nothing but making money surely they can see this isn't the way to go? In one dia they have managed to annoy every single Buffy fã I know into saying they will boycott.

Even if it wasn't for the fact that this movie seems to have no respect for the creator, character or fãs I doubt many fãs would be interested anyway. This is Buffy without everything that made it great. Joss and the amazing writers he chose, the cast who understood the roles and brought them to life with great skill, and most importantly the supporting characters, the entire universe the fãs fell in amor with. They've put themselves in the strange position of rebooting something that depends heavily on it's loyal core fanbase for success and alienating almost the entire loyal core fanbase while doing it. Since I'm sure they were aware how fãs would react I guess this movie is aimed at people who've never seen Buffy but would watch any vampire movie right now because it's in vogue. There are people out there who fit that description, and I hope enough of them become aware of the fãs reaction either por article, blog or the incessant whining of a friend who loves Buffy and it becomes clear that there's no point in doing this movie because nobody wants it. For those who say we can't be sure till the movie is made that it will suck go watch the original Buffy movie, now imagine it without the tiny bits of Joss that managed to squeeze through, come back look me in the eye (well..screen) and tell me you're not certain this movie will stink. In fact, to quote a friend of mine this movie is going to suck mais than a vacuum cleaner full of leeches.

One thing I wish is that people would stop saying to me 'well we can't hate on the Kuzuis, even if the original movie sucked we wouldn't have the show without it' because I don't see how their crappy movie enabling an amazing show is relevant to not wanting them to make another crappy movie. To me that's like if some moron kicked you in the nuts really hard, so you went to the hospital and while you were there fell in amor with and married a hot nurse, then years later the same guy calls you and says "hey buddy, I'm on my way over to kick you in the nuts again" are you happy? grateful? peeved, but decide to let it slide because the original nut-kicking let you meet your hot wife? No, you're freaked out and angry because some jackass wants to kick you in the nuts! The fact that the first movie led to the tv show doesn't mean I'm not mad at the thought of them doing another movie that will inevitably be even worse than the original without any input from Joss, that they are unashamedly doing for money without any regard for the character or the fãs (wow, I slipped back into rant mode impressively quickly, didn't I?)

So, to sum up: I found it literally impossible to talk about this without getting pissed and ranty because it's such a bad idea. Hopefully the fã outcry will make them realise that really nobody, including them, will benefit from this. The character's reputation will be damaged, the movie will suck, the fãs will be mad and the franchise (which they still make money off) could be harmed. I know after seeing the original movie I was really reluctant to see the show, so after another awful movie I'm sure some potential fãs will judge the show on the movie and be put off.

What I hope will happen is that this thing never gets made. If it does I should hope it does ok, so at least it's not a stain on Buffy's reputation, but you know what? I'm still too amargo, amarga about it to wish it well, so if it turns out this is going to happen what I'd really amor is for Joss to make a Fray or Buffy (or really any slayer centric) movie, release it on the same dia and enjoy a hearty giggle when absolutely nobody goes to the 'unofficial' Buffy. I know that's not what will happen, but it would be my best case scenario. segundo best is that they por some miracle make a movie that's not painfully bad or that it goes straight to DVD and is completely ignored.