BlackGeekdom Science-Fiction from a Different Perspective

Joss Whedon is apparently all but cofirmed as the director of the upcoming Avengers movie and is also going to do a rewrite of the Captain America and The Avengers scripts. I recognize the importance of having a unified cohesive story, but Joss Whedon?  So he’s a great script doctor: Speed, Twister, X-Men, Alien: Resurrection.  Those were some great movies……Did you sense my sarcasm?

I am somewhat underwhelmed and distrurbed by the announcements.  I understand that fanboys have a huge crush on Joss Whedon.  I must not be a fanboy because I don’t get it. Forget the fact that people are excited about him rewriting scripts.  I mean, who gets excited about a screen writer? Yeah, I watched Angel and Buffy, and thought they were pretty good shows.  Buffy: The Vampire Slayer the movie, however,was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Did I watch Firefly? Yes. I watched it on Netflix way after the fact.  Did I like it? Not really. I got the concept, but I thought the execution was poor.  I watched Serenity, I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t any better than Aeon Flux or Ultraviolet or Equilibrium.  I watched about 10 minutes of Dr. Horrible and even though I think Neil Patrick Harris is brilliant, I tired very quickly of the show and lost interest.  Dollhouse was a good concept.  I was looking forward to the show.  I watched every episode of Dollhouse, and never thought it delivered.  There were a handful of well written episodes but overall the show was lackluster.

One of my biggest issues with him is that whenever things he writes aren’t successful, he always blames others.  It’s the studio’s fault that Dollhouse failed.  It was Fox’s fault that Firefly didn’t succeed.  But he wants to take credit for things that do well.  Dr. Horrible is some of his best work, according to him, and it’s an internet sensation.  I guess what I’m trying to say is that I just don’t get fanboys’ love of Joss Whedon.  He doesn’t seem to be any more special than any other screen writer.  I am excited about the movies, but the fact that Joss Whedon is screen writing doesn’t have anything to do with it.

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