I can respect that you like Whedon, but just... no. Speaking as someone who doesn't like Whedon, I'd like to keep my Star Wars as Whedon-free as possible.
It's bad enough that Princess Leia can now technically be billed as a "Disney Princess" :/
No. Please. For serious. I used to be a fan. I saw his act three times, under three different show names, before I got tired of it and/or realized that's all he had.
I do not want to see any more films, let alone a Star Wars film, where everyone talks just like Joss Whedon. If George Lucas is incapable of writing good dialogue, Joss Whedon is incapable of writing anything but himself.
(Plot points, too. "Ah, a happy couple. One of them will die, of course. Bonus points if it involves one of them getting 'unexpectedly' and 'randomly' wounded in the chest.")
"Joss Whedon is incapable of writing anything but himself."
I've liked some of his projects, but . . . yes. This is inescapably true.
SO glad you're back, Cleo. Take good care of yourself. And thanks for making me feel better about my own multiple missed writing deadlines. :-) It's the writer's curse, after all.
By an odd coincidence, I just watched the Buffy pilot for the first time in a million years because I found out today that the guy who had the dubious honor of being the first "Look! I will kill anyone and nobody is ever safe!" victim is one of the leads in my current favorite show. I'm a little sad that I couldn't even muster up nostalgic fondness for it.
Well, put it more diplomatically: Whedon very much has his own voice as a writer, and Star Wars under Lucas very much has its own, much more earnest and unironic voice, and there would be some whiplash going from "I HATE SAND" to Whedon's snarkier, more self-aware dialogue. I mean, I get that Lucas was going for the old-fashioned serial thing, and I suspect that has a lot to do with his (intended) tone and the way he directed his actors, who come off weirdly wooden. But Whedon is extremely post-modern, and I think that jump might be a bit jarring. Ideally, you would get a writer who would understand the voice George Lucas was trying for and could speak that language, if you will, a bit more consistently.
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It's bad enough that Princess Leia can now technically be billed as a "Disney Princess" :/
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So you're not alone. Heh. If anything, I'd think he wouldn't *be able* to do it because it's coming out the same year as Avengers 2.
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I used to be a fan. I saw his act three times, under three different show names, before I got tired of it and/or realized that's all he had.
I do not want to see any more films, let alone a Star Wars film, where everyone talks just like Joss Whedon.
If George Lucas is incapable of writing good dialogue, Joss Whedon is incapable of writing anything but himself.
(Plot points, too. "Ah, a happy couple. One of them will die, of course. Bonus points if it involves one of them getting 'unexpectedly' and 'randomly' wounded in the chest.")
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"Wasn't that awesome and empowering how she turned the tables there? Let's show it again. Flashback. Closeup. Linger on it. Awwwww yeah."
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I've liked some of his projects, but . . . yes. This is inescapably true.
SO glad you're back, Cleo. Take good care of yourself. And thanks for making me feel better about my own multiple missed writing deadlines. :-) It's the writer's curse, after all.
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I think you may be onto something.
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