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NBC, Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert working on new Xena series
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This is a NO until Renee and Lucy are included and Raimi
I'd watch a new Xena with Lucy Lawless as a battle-hardened and scarred older Xena. Make it stupidly dark, gritty and serious, because that's the current-day equivalent of the original's cheese (which will be viewed as cheesy in 10-20 years).
Mostly I just want to see Lucy kick ass as Xena again, not some random new starlet.
Mostly I just want to see Lucy kick ass as Xena again, not some random new starlet.
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"smarts of Katnis Everdeen"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
No one could ever out smart Xena. Not even Buffy. Xena was literally the perfect warrior do not compare her to depressed teenagers
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
No one could ever out smart Xena. Not even Buffy. Xena was literally the perfect warrior do not compare her to depressed teenagers
BluenoseGames
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Yess !
but she already has her new show on NBC called Blindspot which looks pretty rad. It even has Ashley Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De4iYuqbjfQ
Escape Goat
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I am onboard. Go go go Xena!
PHOENIXZERO
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Still waiting on that Quantum Leap revival NBC/Syfy... Then again after seeing what they did to Knight Rider and the Bionic Woman, not so much.
Why? Chuck at least had some closure even if what happened was bullshit.
NBC would make it super series and dark and basically the antithesis of the original series with its self aware cheese and turn off at least part of the reason why it was popular. They'd finish it off by making Xena and Gabrielle super straight with no ambiguity.
Heh heh heh. All this time and he's still younger than Sorbo was when Hercules came out.
Why? Chuck at least had some closure even if what happened was bullshit.
NBC would make it super series and dark and basically the antithesis of the original series with its self aware cheese and turn off at least part of the reason why it was popular. They'd finish it off by making Xena and Gabrielle super straight with no ambiguity.
Heh heh heh. All this time and he's still younger than Sorbo was when Hercules came out.
alfredofroylan
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From Lucy's twitter
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I knew it
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thank god.
NBC would have been the death for it.
Starz is the only place it could work. Bloody and gutsy like spartacus.
NBC would have been the death for it.
Starz is the only place it could work. Bloody and gutsy like spartacus.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
yeah, which is what i said lol. NBC has nothing to do with UPN
stargate isnt star trek, NBC has their own sci-fi series to worry about
edit: oh i see, you said xena was on UPN. Xena was in syndication, so it appeared on different networks.
BluenoseGames
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Maybe she's just saying that because she knows nothing about it and its apparently a 'reboot' so she probably isn't involved unfortunately.
Yes the ending was pretty BS but I'd like to have a movie to see how everything ended up and another adventure, plus :
<3
I hope NBC don't revive The A-Team, I mean I loved the classics but the movie was trash and I doubt they could top the original on TV again.
Woody Invincible
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Bring back Awake while you are at it NBC!
What kind of voodoo magic is going on here!?No one. She's still as beautiful as ever and she hasn't aged at all. Why would they replace her ?
Give me Lucy Lawless and I'll watch the show even if it's bad.
RockTurtle
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i used to love Xena back in the day, and it quickly outpaced hercules once it got its first season in.
honestly, as much as i love the show, i think we should let it rest in peace and humbly just accept the demise of a great show and not sully the memory of it with silly modern tv shit.
i understand it was campy fun and silly at times, but so were a lot of shows at the time and the technique to balance the silly with the serious i feel has been lost.
a reboot would probably feature angsty teenagers nowadays and might take itself too seriously.
honestly, as much as i love the show, i think we should let it rest in peace and humbly just accept the demise of a great show and not sully the memory of it with silly modern tv shit.
i understand it was campy fun and silly at times, but so were a lot of shows at the time and the technique to balance the silly with the serious i feel has been lost.
a reboot would probably feature angsty teenagers nowadays and might take itself too seriously.
The original show had Gabriella get crucified...twice.
Septimus Prime
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NBC is rubbish, though. Starz should be the one doing this. Bring back the Spartacus team.
Hercules and Xena came about just as I was hitting puberty. The combination of fights, goofy comedy, gods, magic, and wonderfully exposed breasts made them the greatest things on television. But now we're a couple decades removed from that era of television, as well as where the fanbase was.
While I hope otherwise, I feel like NBC is going to ignore what made people love Xena in the first place and zap it of all the fun and try to make it into a grimdark GoT / Hunger Games ripoff.
While I hope otherwise, I feel like NBC is going to ignore what made people love Xena in the first place and zap it of all the fun and try to make it into a grimdark GoT / Hunger Games ripoff.
Gordon Shumway
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Why not Hannibal: Cannibal Prince!?
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Um no her husband created the character and she was a producer on the show and still has a passion for the show and the fans. She still goes to the Xena conventions every year and she stars in shows from the Xena creators. She would know more than a random source if this was happening
Escape Goat
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Maybe this was a way to gauge online reaction to a reboot. Believe.
Someone post the Xena flipping half a kilometer onto a boat gif. I need a laugh!
Someone post the Xena flipping half a kilometer onto a boat gif. I need a laugh!
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They already did that a year or two though for the movie
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This is blasphemy
PHOENIXZERO
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I watched it, even though I saw her before on Sliders (that might's been on around the same time) and Unhappily Everafter it was that show that really made me notice Kristanna Loken.
Escape Goat
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Fine. Ill do it.
Pandora012
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So sad that Aries' actor died.
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Freeza Under The Shower
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Fine. Ill do it.
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The Cowboy
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Fine. Ill do it.
The funniest thing about this gif is that, you watch and think "it can't be that crazy, that has to be a mash up" - then you watch the actual full scene and it has even more crazy
.Fine. Ill do it.
YASS! lol so hilarious, i wouldn't mind seeing Lucy come back with a darker story. but i doubt that would be the case.
I was about to to go on a rant about soulless reboots completely missing the point, but apparently Raimi and possibly Lawless(?) are on board, so hopefully this is in good hands.
If it doesn't have slapstick, anachronisms and other absurdity, it's not Xena. Ash vs. Evil Dead is taking the right approach, so I hope this will too.
So good.
If it doesn't have slapstick, anachronisms and other absurdity, it's not Xena. Ash vs. Evil Dead is taking the right approach, so I hope this will too.
Fine. Ill do it.
So good.
Frasier?
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
The Simpsons.
LFMartins86
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NCIS
matrix-cat
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Holy shit, she can actually do it? I always thought it was like the Tarzan yell and they just added it later in post.
Ain't nobody can fill Lucy Flawless' shoes. She's what I think of when I read all these posts about Wonder Woman not needing to have any muscles or be physically imposing in any way. Lucy was just a great big bruiser, and I mean that in the best possible way
a secret-boss
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NBC?
LOL
we don't know what to do anymore. just throwing shit that sticks
probably cancelled after season 1
LOL
we don't know what to do anymore. just throwing shit that sticks
probably cancelled after season 1
Mechanized
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Oh shit Raimi is on board! At the very least it looks like we could get 13 eps, awesome!
I hope they don't try to make it too serious to draw in a newer audience. I miss shows like Xena, Hercules, Sinbad and The Lost World, they were super campy and fun along with having serious moments.
I hope they don't try to make it too serious to draw in a newer audience. I miss shows like Xena, Hercules, Sinbad and The Lost World, they were super campy and fun along with having serious moments.
Escape Goat
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I think the OP needs updated. Lucy shot down the reports of a reboot.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
As long as the keep the awesome wackiness of the show intact, and don't try to do a 'gritty reboot'.
Also, better keep the Xena/Gabrielle -text strong.
fake edit: Just a rumor?
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Also, better keep the Xena/Gabrielle -text strong.
fake edit: Just a rumor?
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Pfft, like anyone wants that.
Started watching this show last year... made it to the end of the first season. Show still has some good moments but some stuff I remembered was way off. I remember it took Gabrielle a long time to reach fighter status... but it actually took her only like 5 episodes.
Also I recall Xena being essentially the The "Batman" character (as oppose to Hercules being Superman). But yeah, early on she gets "Super" mortal strength and it's throwing people around just like Hercules.
Also I recall Xena being essentially the The "Batman" character (as oppose to Hercules being Superman). But yeah, early on she gets "Super" mortal strength and it's throwing people around just like Hercules.
PhoncipleBone
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Fine. Ill do it.
Bless you, sir.
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