Science Fiction

Would you be excited or baffled if I told you Buffy The Vampire Slayer might be coming back? Well, the rumours surrounding a reboot of the Buffy series are confusing, but one thing seems for sure: Joss Whedon isn't likely to be involved.

Most of the rumours surround a new movie: apparently the success of Twilight has whetted people's appetites for love affairs with vampires. Lest we forget, the Buffy/Angel affair was the first proper teen/vampire romance. So to prove it, Buffy will be resurrected (not like she's never been resurrected before, eh?) and given another cinematic adventure.

The bad news? It will completely ignore the seven series long, legendary Buffy tv series. It'll be all-new actors, and all new stories. The guys at FilmThreat are not happy:

HAI THAR STAR TREK, I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU...

I'm not a Star Trek fan, I've never seen any of the movies or TV series but I do like sci-fi (again, I'd like to push I'm not a sci-fi fan - I emphasise this because if I was then I'd probably have watched at least one episode of Star Trek by now - and know the difference between a Klingon and Vulcan...) but even I knew enough of the mythology and fandom to 'get' parts of it (i.e. I was the only person in the cinema laughing at bits) and I also had the experience of being a new viewer. It was like some dual advantage.

My first thoughts revolved around the idea that Spock was going to eat people's brains and then, even after I thought I got over it, each time he got annoyed I was thinking 'EAT HIS BRAINS. BRAINZZZZZZZZ PLZ'.

Joss Whedon's Dollhouse series is an interesting piece of work. What seems to be a mish-mash of sci-fi ideas dating back to when Arnold Schwarznegger's character first got his brain reprogrammed in Total Recall all those years ago.

That's what happens in the Dollhouse. Beautiful people come in and have their brains erased resulting in a seemingly peaceful state that is also unsettlingly like a bovine dumbness. At least that's the look I read from Eliza Dushku's eyes when I watch this. Their handlers hire the 'dolls' out, programmed with a personality to suit their discerning needs. It's kind of like brainwashing meets whorehouse from what I can see.