 What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overlord here So in this video, I'm gonna share my thoughts on what Sarah Michelle Gellar stated Regarding her returning to the role of Buffy Summers in this supposed upcoming Buffy reboot sequel Continuations another spin-off. We don't know what it is exactly. It was never made clear It had been announced back in 2018 But essentially just to start with Sarah Michelle Geller said she already stated that she feels she's too old for this role Which is basically something she stated multiple times in the past as it is so What she basically said during a recent interview with Mario Lopez she reminded us what worked for Buffy It was that Buffy was that the monsters represented what the monsters represented they were a metaphor for the horrors of adolescence and She honestly feels that she doesn't think that's a good role for her anymore She doesn't think she should be the one doing it. She says she's way too tired and cranky to put in that work again Now she also added that she loves the fact that the show still holds up and people are calling for this reboot now Just to comment on what she said there because that's the meat and potatoes of this video We do not need Sarah Michelle Geller to reprise the role of Buffy Summers and be the head honcho of this supposed upcoming show Once again, we do not need that We do not need to use her as a crutch or that character as a crutch to revisit this universe What we can do is make mentions of this of the legacy of Buffy Summers Because I would hope that Buffy Summers because what I'm just speaking in the perspective of us getting a sequel show a Continuation series that picks up many years after the events of what happened in chosen at the Battle of Hellmouth After Willow activated all the potential slayers and turned them into slayers. We do not need to have a Show where Sarah Michelle Geller is still playing the role of Buffy and now we're picking it up And this is like season 8 9 10 11 12 many things that we all probably hope for Nearly 20 years ago when the show first went off the air. We don't need to have something like that. It's not gonna be Something that I think would be fulfilling enough for people who want to go back to this universe and see fresh stories told and They're talking about doing black representation in it having this new slayer be of African-American descent Which I think is a very good callback to the fact to remind us that the first slayer was a black woman Which should always mean something to people who are looking for representation when it comes to things like this and knowing What the slayer stood for so I think that would be great Also now that I think about that it be a very clever idea to maybe have this new African-American slayer Be of descent from the first layer who I believe her name was Sinea correct me if I'm wrong I think that would be a clever idea to throw us back in the same universe And we're with one of the descendants of the first layer who is now then who is now one of the people who got selected to be a Slayer after the events at the Battle of the Hellmouth And I think it would be a very nice and very nice story to have told where this person has a history with Buffy We're not going to necessarily see this But this could be someone who got activated Buffy encountered them over the several years after what happened at the Hellmouth when She spiked and the school bees and the potentials closed it fought off the Turrican army and stopped the first evil This could be one of the slayers They picked up on over the years learned that she was a descendant of Sinea and this character decided to break off From them at some point just to live out her own legacy live out her own life and break away from them Nothing personal. She just wanted to break off branch out and be a loner and honor what the slayer hood Originally stood for which was solitude and she's she wants to be very throw them throw back throw back to it because we know Buffy was one of the first characters or one of the first layers just seems like Broke off a lot of traditions what that the slayer had she had friends helping her etc. etc so I Think Sarah Michelle Geller's words. That's her opinion and she's not wrong We don't but I think she's talking about it from the perspective that they would even try to Do that because they could but I don't think that's what was originally gonna happen The whole thing here was gonna be we were gonna have a new slayer a new story Monica Breen was supposed to be the showrunner apparently and they weren't gonna touch Xander willow on ya any of those characters again. Joss Whedon's show was not going to be harmed or Expanded upon in any way relating to those characters at least that's what I took away from what Monica Breen shared on her Twitter so The way she could be involved is because like I said, we don't need to use that character as a crush This should be a show that set in the same universe with this African-American slayer Who is again, of course female and she was one of the slayers activated at the Battle of the Hellmouth Somewhere else in the world. She's a descendant of Sinea, which I think would be a nice twist which you get people interested right off the bat and We just live out her life see her struggles see her grow as a character See what she has to offer from her perspective different culture entirely different culture Everything the way they could use Buffy bring her in for cameos Maybe she is needed at some point during a certain battle in one of the seasons Maybe bringing other characters willow Xander giles everybody faith They all can return but they don't need to be the focal point of this show That's not what needs to happen at all. This should be something that is fresh just set in the same universe But it honors what came before it honors the legacy of Buffy summers. There could be a few Maybe multiple mentions of Buffy and the impact she's had over the years since what happened at Sunnydale When the town was destroyed and everything and all the slayers were activated So because we know she set up those little divisions around the world We saw this in angel season 5 those are just my thoughts on what she had to say and what I think this has to do with What we could get hopefully in the future But let me know what you guys think about this down in the comment section below if you haven't already make sure you subscribe Turn on post notification in this video in the description. I have links on my social media accounts I'm a Facebook Twitter and Instagram you can message me there to let me know Is any movies news or reviews you like me to cover in the future without it in my guys I will see you in the next video