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   From: davidjohnston29@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2018-07-26 7:56 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > In article , YourName@YourISP.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> The media these days stupidly uses the term "reboot" to mean any old   
   >> show that is being brought back into production, whether that's an   
   >> actual 'reboot', or a 're-imagination', or even just a 'resurrection'   
   >> with a properly done sequel / follow-on series.   
   >>   
   >>From ComingSoon.net ...   
   >>   
   >>     Buffy reboot will follow new slayer, showrunner confirms   
   >>     --------------------------------------------------------   
   >>     It was officially announced last week that the hit WB series   
   >>     Buffy the Vampire Slayer is getting the reboot treatment at   
   >>     Fox with a black actress leading the series! Fan reaction as   
   >>     mixed at first as it was initially seen as though Sarah   
   >>     Michelle Gellar's portrayal would be replaced. However, new   
   >>     showrunner Monica Owusu-Breen (Alias) has just confirmed   
   >>     that the new series will not be replacing Gellar in the   
   >>     titular role, but rather will focus on a new slayer.   
   >   
   > I thought there could only be one "slayer" at a time?   
   >   
   Not by the end of the series.  They'd rewritten the slayer spell so that   
   all the potential slayers became actual.  I thought that not considering   
   the reason why the spell was so limited in the first place was liable to   
   make this decision a terrible mistake.   
      
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