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Nov. 26th, 2010 02:37 pmSo, like, this is a serious and honest question. This is not sarcasm in any way whatsoever. I have to ask:
Am I the only person (other than my siblings) who doesn't think Joss Whedon is the Best Thing Ever?
All this Buffy movie stuff is making the hero worship more apparent and it actually disturbs and worries me the point that most people seem to go to. I can understand hero worship - quite obviously - but it seems that the fine line between hero and obsession has been shattered completely.
He's done some good things. But he's also done some very bad things. I won't read Runaways because he took over. (Honestly, I won't read Runaways past the first two miniseries, but that's another thing entirely). I also think that if he actually did take over Terminator, he would destroy it (unless he was writing the tv series - he would do that well). However, Dollhouse deserved a lot more credit than it was given (though it was pretty obviously inspired off an Italian comic, there's nothing wrong with that) and the only Alien movie I ever liked was the one he worked on.
He's a good writer that doesn't always hit the mark. He is certainly not worth worshiping - nobody is! But it seems like most of the population disagrees with me.
And I'm not sure what to do with that.
[EDIT: I don't mean to imply hero worship is bad. It's the people who get mean and degrading to those who see things otherwise. That's what is upsetting me here.]
(PS: Technically, since they are rebooting the Buffy movie, it has nothing to do with him. His script was first draft and the Buffy concept was not his in the first place. He rightfully developed it well for the show, but it was a premise they gave him and hired him to write a script for - a script that they then proceeded to toss most of it out. The original idea didn't have anything to do with him).
Am I the only person (other than my siblings) who doesn't think Joss Whedon is the Best Thing Ever?
All this Buffy movie stuff is making the hero worship more apparent and it actually disturbs and worries me the point that most people seem to go to. I can understand hero worship - quite obviously - but it seems that the fine line between hero and obsession has been shattered completely.
He's done some good things. But he's also done some very bad things. I won't read Runaways because he took over. (Honestly, I won't read Runaways past the first two miniseries, but that's another thing entirely). I also think that if he actually did take over Terminator, he would destroy it (unless he was writing the tv series - he would do that well). However, Dollhouse deserved a lot more credit than it was given (though it was pretty obviously inspired off an Italian comic, there's nothing wrong with that) and the only Alien movie I ever liked was the one he worked on.
He's a good writer that doesn't always hit the mark. He is certainly not worth worshiping - nobody is! But it seems like most of the population disagrees with me.
And I'm not sure what to do with that.
[EDIT: I don't mean to imply hero worship is bad. It's the people who get mean and degrading to those who see things otherwise. That's what is upsetting me here.]
(PS: Technically, since they are rebooting the Buffy movie, it has nothing to do with him. His script was first draft and the Buffy concept was not his in the first place. He rightfully developed it well for the show, but it was a premise they gave him and hired him to write a script for - a script that they then proceeded to toss most of it out. The original idea didn't have anything to do with him).