The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[CleverNickName]

Argh. I have to get this off my chest. Has anyone in geekdom fallen so far and so fast as this guy?

And to pop up with this? It used to be that he was know for writing the quippiest, hippest material. Now he only opens his mouth to change feet.

I know, right? Entitlement is a powerful drug.

 

[payn]

Argh. I have to get this off my chest. Has anyone in geekdom fallen so far and so fast as this guy?

And to pop up with this? It used to be that he was know for writing the quippiest, hippest material. Now he only opens his mouth to change feet.

I never understood the hype. Guy been saying dumb things ever since back in Aliens Resurrection.

 

[darjr]

I know, right? Entitlement is a powerful drug.

I don’t understand why anyone would do the interview?! Especially why anyone would publish it after reading it? What the actual?!

 

[payn]

I don’t understand why anyone would do the interview?! Especially why anyone would publish it after reading it? What the actual?!

Click click click click click...

 

[darjr]

Click click click click click...

Yea, but is this what you want out of a journalist’s career? They are getting a lot of blowback themselves.

 

[CleverNickName]

My wife and I would spend hours watching Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and shotgunning episodes of Firefly back when we were dating, and chatting about why "Hush" was the best episode of Buffy ever filmed (you know it's true), and so on.

And then...Dollhouse happened. There was a cracking noise in the snowy mountains above the village.

And then the divorce, and the open letter from his ex-wife. A rumbling noise in the distance.

And then Charisma Carpenter came forward, and then others came forward as well, and the avalanche was all around us.

We haven't watched any of his stuff in years. And that's kinda sad, considering how important his work was to our dating relationship. All that talent, crushed and buried under an avalanche of bad publicity and even worse responses to it. That interview was the first thing that Joss Whedon has produced in years, and all I could do was cringe and facepalm while I read it.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I never understood the hype. Guy been saying dumb things ever since back in Aliens Resurrection.

Well, the original Whedonverse was pretty much ground zero for a lot of geek media and tropes- everything from the Big Bad to serialized story telling was solidified with Buffy.

Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse (to a lesser extent)*, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Serenity, Cabin in the Woods, and the original Avenger movies? That's one helluva resume.

Seriously, though, Buffy and Angel were appointment TV.

*It was a little odd at the time, but still good. It was only later that it became seriously questionable. Kind of like how Angel's treatment of Charisma Carpenter seemed odd at the time, and then later you were like, OH HELLS NO.

 

[Umbran]

All that talent, crushed and buried under an avalanche of bad publicity and even worse responses.

It seems more like all that talent, crushed under his personal faults. All the talent in the world doesn't really matter if you can't reasonably and respectfully work with half the population of the planet.

 

[CleverNickName]

Well, I did it. I said I wouldn't, and then I made a liar out of myself.
I think it's an important discussion to have. I do hope folks keep it above-board, though.

I started a Joss Whedon discussion thread over here, in Geek Talk & Media.

 

[payn]

Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse (to a lesser extent)*, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Serenity, Cabin in the Woods, and the original Avenger movies? That's one helluva resume.
Seriously, though, Buffy and Angel were appointment TV.

People say this, and I get its popular with some crowds, but its a big meh from me. Always has been. My buddy and I used to joke about how overrated Firefly was...still is.