• calliope@retrolemmy.com
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    20 days ago

    These are all done on the speculation that millennials want to see it for nostalgia reasons.

    They haven’t come out yet, so the jury is still out whether Millenials actually want it or not.

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      20 days ago

      or anyone else. Im not a millenial but like all those shows but don’t want to see a reboot. Well maybe buffy. I mean the special effects would be much better.

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        What I want more than a Buffy reboot is Buffy inspired shows. Give me your take on plucky urban fantasy where the veil is everyone around trying to pretend this shit isn’t happening.

        Scrubs and Malcolm are great and I’m often down to rewatch them but they were great because they were well made shows that would otherwise be generic. Scrubs is just a medical comedy but made by someone with experience as a doctor so it has a lot of heart and willingness to depict the medical system realistically (compared to other shows of the genre). Malcolm is similar it’s just a grounded show about a lower middle class family with too many kids and not enough money trying to deal with one of the kids being gifted (and later just absolutely not dealing with another of them being gifted). Nothing is stopping other shows in these genres from being made this well.

        Buffy is the only one in a genre that’s hurting for content and the answer is you really just need to do it and do it well. Seriously, do a the oroville for Buffy, please, it would be something I’ve wanted for years and it would be way better than a reboot or sequel or anything because you’re just going to disappoint. Also because Buffy was simultaneously amazing and awful. A show inspired by Buffy has so much room to be better than it.

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        I’ve seen the Scrubs guys on the phone commercial, they’re old and have little chemistry anymore, who wants to see that. The thing about nostalgia is that it doesn’t exist in a bubble, it’s not just a show, it’s a whole feeling about how things were, a reboot isn’t going to scratch that itch, it’s not the same and never will be.