NBC’s Xena reboot may ditch the skimpy outfits - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 02-23-2016, 06:27 PM

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/23/xena-reboot

Producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach says the Xena: Warrior Princess reboot could end up being a serialized series, rather than episodic. As for the costumes, he says Game of Thrones’ Brienne of Tarth has changed the game of what a female warrior should look like. “A great deal of the appeal of the show lies in certain pulpy elements – like Gabrielle’s bare midriff, Xena’s leather miniskirt, Callisto’s amazing and gravity-defying… well, you get it,” he says. “And it’s hard for me in the post-Brienne of Tarth era to reconcile with the idea that Xena and her friends can meet every challenge in such skimpy outfits.

TMC · 08-21-2017, 07:04 PM

Xena: Warrior Princess reboot is dead

02-23-2016, 06:27 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,671	NBC’s Xena reboot may ditch the skimpy outfits http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/23/xena-reboot Producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach says the Xena: Warrior Princess reboot could end up being a serialized series, rather than episodic. As for the costumes, he says Game of Thrones’ Brienne of Tarth has changed the game of what a female warrior should look like. “A great deal of the appeal of the show lies in certain pulpy elements – like Gabrielle’s bare midriff, Xena’s leather miniskirt, Callisto’s amazing and gravity-defying… well, you get it,” he says. “And it’s hard for me in the post-Brienne of Tarth era to reconcile with the idea that Xena and her friends can meet every challenge in such skimpy outfits.

08-21-2017, 07:04 PM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,671	Xena: Warrior Princess reboot is dead