Joss Whedon

[Maddiemoo]

The thought that Firefly might air on The CW never occured to me before, but holy crap, that would seriously be the best. thing. ever.

[laconicchick]

Wait, what about Canada? Will we get it in Canada? Oh no! I know I'm worrying prematurely but oh well.

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Hmmmmm? Will Firefly fly again?

Don't tease me! I can't handle it. If it does indeed air on that new network, I will watch it. It may be the only chance I get to see any people on TV that look like me because you KNOW every single one of those shows on UPN is going to get the axe.

Firefly > any other show on that network!!

I am interested in how Wonder Woman is going to go -- any news?

I am soooo looking forward to this movie! I used to be in love with Wonder Woman. My mom bought me the whip and everything. Okay, I'll stop squeeing now.

[rcampuzano]

I love the first 3 seasons of Btvs and enjoyed it up to season 5. I feel that his writing coupled with some wonderful casting decisions made magic. I have often heard writers say that most of the dialogue we saw in the first 3 seasons was tweaked by Joss. By the time season 6 came around it felt as if JW was bored with his first show, he either didn't have the time or wasn't interested in Buffy any longer, and it showed.

Can't really find fault with him for getting bored and falling in love with another concept. But I can and will hold him responsible for leaving the show in less capable hands. Marty Noxon just didn't get Buffy and wouldn't know a metaphor if it hit her over the head with an anvil. I also do get the impression that he played favorites, not just amongst cast members in the same show but also amongst different casts. I remember distinctively some rather pointless (IMO) comments he made re. the bestest cast ever casted (Firefly) and how soooooo much better they were than the casts of his two other shows.

Re. the re-current cry from fans wanting a Buffyverse project.....at this point in time I am afraid of what (more) he would to Buffy if he revisits her character again. I ask myself how much more hopeless, miserable, lonely can he make her? answer: He's planning to write a continuation of Btvs in comic book format. Featuring the Immortal. Yeah, bored now.

[mostlyharmless]

I know what you mean, Buffy did change quite a bit in character during the show. However I prefer this, and find it more believable, than characters who never lear, change or grow. Janeway on ST Voyager went through seven years of being stuck miles from home, watching many of her crew get attacked and die week after week and never changed from the positive, happy captain she was at the start. Any moment of doubt or regret was quickly forgotten by the next episode.
Buffy went through hell and frequently suffered from self doubt, depression and frustration and was often an unpleasant person. But that made it IMHO far more interesting to watch.
Not that the show was prefect, S7 did drag on a bit. Still think they were going somewhere else and changed the plot mid-season.

[Laira]

I know what you mean, Buffy did change quite a bit in character during the show. However I prefer this, and find it more believable, than characters who never lear, change or grow.

I've always thought the willingness to have the characters change for the worse in response to traumatic events was one of Joss's virtues.

Wesley on Angel was a perfect example of someone who went through the wringer, (shot, stabbed, dumped, one girlfriend died in his arms, forced to decapitate another girlfriend etc.) and who ended up an emotional wreck. I hate the shows where the lead goes through hell but is bright eyed and bushy tailed the next week.

[slanderous]

I think that one person's daring is another person's bored out of their minds.

And I'd forgotten how he dissed his other shows' casts. I think that's pretty uncool.

[mostlyharmless]

I think Whedon has always been very diplomatic about his cast. There have been rumors about him and SMG, for example, but he's always praised her in interviews and commentaries for example.

Another actress was cast as Inara on Firefly but left after a week and he's never spoken about it. He fired the original mucical composer on Serenity, and it got a lot of publicity since it couldn't really be hushed up and the only quote he's ever given is a post saying how much he regretted it and how talented the guy was but it just wasn't working out. No bitchyness, no blame, no derogotory comments.

characters who never lear

That should of course be "learn"....

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A lovely speech by Joss for Equality Now

[grumpygirl]

I loved BtVS, Angel and Firefly and have seen Serenity more times than I should have (I got the DVD). I like a quick wit and snarky characters that are imperfect and that can die on a whim because that's how life is. The first three seasons of Buffy were brilliant if you ask me, because it was about teenagers going through hell, but it was high school, and oh, they just happened to have special powers and their principal got eaten by a monster (who didn't wish for THAT?). Joss does not seem immodest to me in anything that I've read or seen.

I'm just hoping that the SciFi channel picks up Firefly as a new series. That would be so shiny.