{"id":10822,"date":"2010-11-23T08:22:37","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T13:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=10822"},"modified":"2018-12-09T00:58:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T05:58:36","slug":"joss-whedon-comments-on-buffy-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/23\/joss-whedon-comments-on-buffy-reboot\/","title":{"rendered":"Joss Whedon Comments On BUFFY Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/buffymovieposter2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"520\" \/>Perhaps understandably, a certain sector of geekdom is not happy with yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/22\/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reboot\/\" target=\"_blank\">news<\/a> that Warner Brothers is currently moving forward with a cinematic reboot of the popular Buffy, The Vampire Slayer franchise without the involvement of its creator Joss Whedon. Late yesterday Whedon took a few minutes out of prepping to shoot The Avengers to offer his own thoughts\u00a0 on the matter in his own, inimitable style &#8211;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>This  is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the  carcasses of beloved stories from their youths\u2014just because they can&#8217;t  think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea  that I made up myself.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously I have strong, mixed emotions about something like this. My  first reaction upon hearing who was writing it was, &#8220;Whit Stillman AND  Wes Anderson?\u00a0 This is gonna be the most sardonically adorable movie  EVER.&#8221;\u00a0 Apparently I was misinformed. Then I thought, &#8220;I&#8217;ll make a  mint!\u00a0 This is worth more than all my Toy Story residuals combined!&#8221;  Apparently I am seldom informed of anything. And possibly a little slow.  But seriously, are vampires even popular any more?<\/p>\n<p>I always hoped that Buffy would live on even after my death.\u00a0 But,  you know, AFTER.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t love the idea of my creation in other hands,  but I&#8217;m also well aware that many more hands than mine went into making  that show what it was. And there is no legal grounds for doing anything  other than sighing audibly. I can&#8217;t wish people who are passionate about  my little myth ill. I can, however, take this time to announce that I&#8217;m  making a Batman movie.\u00a0 Because there&#8217;s a franchise that truly needs  updating. So look for The Dark Knight Rises Way Earlier Than That Other  One And Also More Cheaply And In Toronto, rebooting into a theater near  you.<\/p>\n<p>Leave me to my pain!\u00a0 Sincerely, Joss Whedon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/uberblog\/watch_with_kristin\/b212644_joss_whedon_reacts_buffy_movie_news_i.html\" target=\"_blank\">E! 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