Into every generation, a Slayer is born…

I’m not normally one for TV reboots, but hearing the recent news that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is on the cards for a comeback, I rejoiced.

Like most of the international nerd herd, I was a huge fan of the gothic teen drama, and during my adolescence devoted a truly unreasonable amount of my time to its teachings.

Running from 1997 to 2003 and starring the immortal (genuinely) Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy was one of those shows that broke the shackles of its cult roots to become incredibly popular with the masses.

Sure, it dealt with supernatural baddies, occult mythology and various instances of apocalypse that just so happened to always be localised around one Californian town.

But it also dealt with relationships, abuse, PTSD, and was very much ahead of its time in the representation it gave to the LGBTQ community.

Buffy was made for a world more modern than the one it inhabited, and so, with Gellar confirming her support for a revitalisation, I’m genuinely excited to see how the Buffy of the 2020s will........

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