On one level, the return of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with Sarah Michelle Gellar - the news of which Variety broke today - is the most 2020s thing that could happen. Updating a beloved TV series from the last four decades with at least some of the original cast (often known as a legacy sequel,

Life’s a show, and we all play our parts — though sometimes, those parts get a little more complicated when you find yourself in a reboot of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

A reboot of the 90s classic Buffy the Vampire Slayer is reportedly in the works. The original show ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, and it is now set for a return to out screens after more than two decades,