An Observation on The Kazui's Plans

[thebitterguy]

Over on his website, Peter David ponders the news about a possible Buffy Remake.

I could very well be wrong–in fact, wouldn’t be surprised if I was–but I see this as a big negotiating ploy. I think that at some point the producers must have approached Whedon, he had terms they were reluctant to meet (money, creative control, whatever) and so they’ve gone public with the notion that they’re willing to proceed without him in order to gain negotiating leverage.

He also points out that Gene Roddenberry was strongly involved with Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but encouraged people to skip The Wrath of Khan. Which is, at the very least, an interesting anecdote.

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[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure which way the studio will go - the original Buffy movie was, after all, a comedy, while the series was something very different. Given how popular remakes and reboots are with the studios, they may just be looking at the "old" cinematic Buffy with a plan to dust her off, polish her up, and present her to a new generation.

On a side note, I thought his review of Alien 3 (further down on his homepage, he "reprints" it) was spot-on: the movie makes the most sense if it's treated as a dream.