XPost: rec.arts.tv   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2018-07-28 13:17:53 +0000, Wouter Valentijn said:   
   > Op 27-7-2018 om 20:32 schreef Scott Lurndal:   
   >> Wouter Valentijn  writes:   
   >>> Op 27-7-2018 om 17:10 schreef Ubiquitous:   
   >>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:   
   >>>>> Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   >>>>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> I thought there could only be one "slayer" at a time?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> There are all *kinds* of loopholes in that.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Yeah, I remember Faith and the "Buffies", so I guess they   
   >>>>>> abandoned that premise.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So I guess I am wondering where in the show's timeline does this occur.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I doubt it does.  It sounds like they're just throwing out the real show.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In other words, they are acknowledging that season should be ignored.   
   >>>   
   >>> Unknown at this point.   
   >>   
   >> It's been almost a quarter of a century since the series started.  I suspect   
   >> they won't worry too much about continuity by assuming that the audience   
   will   
   >> be, for the most part, new to the show.   
   >>   
   >> Making a show to pander to the (aging) current btvs fans doesn't seem to be   
   >> a particulary profitable move.   
   >   
   > Unknown at this point.   
   > However, since the new showrunner has stated this will be a NEW Slayer,   
   > odds are they will keep the old series in mind and try to honor the   
   > "old" fans.   
      
   The morons making these idiotic reboots / reimaginations *ALWAYS* claim   
   to honour the original ... right before they make a pile of moronically   
   silly, ill-fitting or PC-appeasing changes to suit themselves.   
   Sometimes the imbeciles making them have never even seen the original.   
      
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