Because every generation needs a princess who fights epic battles in skimpy armor?
WHAT WE KNOW? Well… we know that Lucy Lawless is not in it. And
when the reboot was first announced there was talk of a “modern day Xena”,
which briefly made me think it could be a “Xena, takes New York city” scenario.
Luckily, they have made it clear
that by modern Xena, they simply mean “for the new generation” or something
along those lines.
We also know
that Xena will have her Chakram [which I like to call deadly Frisbee] and that
“soul mate” Gabrielle is still part of the equation. They are also thinking of
making her outfit a bit more… realistic because we live in a “post-Brienne of Tarth world”.
And we know
who is in charge: Javier Grillo-Mauxuach, who wrote a few episodes of Lost back in season one and created The Middleman, a sci-fi show I vaguely
remember hearing about at some point in my life [at least I think it is
sci-fi]. So… not sure that’s enough to convince me.
Finally, they
are thinking of making it more serialized [and that I think could work].
WHERE AND
WHEN? NBC, 2016[7?]… maybe.
LEVEL OF
EXCITEMENT: LOW… I think
I am actually
not sure how I feel about this remake. To be honest, I don’t remember a whole
lot about Xena [In my defence I was 10 when it first aired]. From what I
remember, Xena was a kick-ass woman with a very campy, yet fun, show which
belonged in the 90s [Seriously, it was SO 90s]. My initial reaction after hearing the rumors of a
reboot was to ask: “WHY...?”
I know Xena is
a big part of pop-culture, but I was under the impression that people were more
about remembering it fondly, rather than wanting it back. Then I started
thinking about the changing TV landscape. Back then, a super-hot amazon running
around epic lands was uncommon and interesting. We were ready to ignore the
cheesy episode-of-the-week plots and low budget battles. But we are on a post-Game of Thrones era. Everything has
changed. Or maybe they ARE trying to ride the GoT wave… and if they are… are they going to try to cast Gwendoline
Christie [because that would be kind of cool but also kind of weird].
As you can
see… I am slightly confused on what all of this means. Nevertheless, there is
something to be said about Xena: it is an important part of TV history.
I wasn’t
really thinking about it at first, but as I read some articles and interviews
about the show I realised the impact it had. Back in the 90s we didn’t have a
lot of strong female leads. Xena was the ultimate badass and in a way it paved
the way for shows like Dark Angel, Alias,
Veronica Mars and Jessica Jones. The
fact that I had to jump from Veronica to
Jessica Jones is an indication that
‘girl-power’ is still not the norm on TV. So maybe this remake/reboot or
whatever it is, is more justified than I initially thought…
… or maybe it
is just a terrible idea. I really don’t know yet. My logic keeps telling me
this is not going to work, but I could also envision a situation in which they
come up with a decent script and assemble an interesting cast… I guess it could work.
So… I am going
to wait for now.
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