According to THR.com

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers

, Buffy the Vampire Slayer will be returning to the silver screen. Normally, as a BIG fan of everything Buffy (or BtVS to my fellow nerds), I would rejoice and do a little dance. Except, my jaw is dropped and I am angry. Want to know why? Joss Whedon is notinvolved in the project. The good people from Vertigo Entertainment and Fran Rubel Kuzui (director of the first film) are going to be giving it a reboot.

It is Fran Rubel Kuzui that owns the rights to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, not the man-with-a-plan Joss Whedon.

Apparently this new incarnation will have no ties to the series and abandon the use of all the supporting characters that we have all come to know and love. What is their excuse? J.J. Abrams did it with Star Trek!

My eyes rolled into the back of my head when I read that one! A couple of points I want to make:

1. The reboot of the Star Trek franchise USES the original characters but with a fresh and updated perspective. The last time we saw the original crew of the Enterprise was 1991. The original series was produced in the 60’s. The actors who where on the infamous campy series are OLD. They got new actors to reintroduce the world to the franchise.
2. Star Trek is infamous in its own right. As much as I love Buffy, I can’t say that it holds the same weight. It has a fan base, but we don’t have a clever nickname for it as Trekkies do.
3. It’s also important that the new Star Trek doesn’t try to ignore its source material. It gives it a fresh twist and an explanation of why the series character history doesn’t quite match up for the new generation.

Buffy is iconic, yes. However it is hard to imagine Buffy without her gang of “Scoobies.” Let’s face it; the fans would’ve lost it if Spock were not beside Kirk in the latest Star Trek installment. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is more than just Buffy Summers. It’s an entire cast of characters that make up the Buffy-verse.

This movie should be made 30 years from now. Return to Sunnydale. Re-tell the story. Even then, it still doesn’t feel right. What is the point in painting over the Mona Lisa?

I might jump on the train if they want to tell a Slayer story with an entire new cast of characters and a new Slayer to follow. Until then you will remain at arms length.

I would like to dedicate this post to Kasey Decker. We shared an unbreakable Buffy bond for years. Thanks for being there for me!