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    Ubiquitous  wrote:   
      
   > anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:   
   > > Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   > >> On 7/26/2018 7:10 PM, David Johnston wrote:   
   > >> > On 2018-07-26 7:56 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > >> >> 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.   
   > >>   
   > >> At what point in fetal development does Slayer potential kick in?   
   > >   
   > >It's always there.  They're "potentials" until activated.  There are   
   > >hundreds, maybe thousands, of potentials waiting to be called, almost   
   > >all of which won't even ever know about it.  The mechanism that chooses   
   > >the next successor is unknown, although it does have set rules - when   
   > >Buffy died (she got better) her death called Kendra, and Kendra's death   
   > >called Faith the Lovely.  But when Buffy died *again* she didn't call a   
   > >new slayer, as the line of succession (apparently) passed to Faith (this   
   > >was never tested).  All this changed in the last horrid season as the   
   > >mythos was destroyed by the incompetence and uncaring of Marti Noxon.   
   > >All Slayers were activated (although the show was so stupid at that   
   > >point that most of them seemed to be in their 20s); the comics follow   
   > >the adventures of this army, which really shouldn't have a lot of   
   > >trouble keeping the demons at bay.   
   >   
   > I thought it was like Highlander where suddenly one day you're immortal.   
      
   Well, no.  First, in Highlander, you have to get killed and come back to   
   be immortal, so you kind of notice something.  :)   
      
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