Joss on NPR RIGHT NOW
POSTED BY: Siri
UPDATED: Thursday, May 17, 2007 07:54
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Me, too. Its the best radio program on the air. I don't get to listen as often as I would like. Around here it broadcasts on Friday evenings, that is a hard time...as we fans of Firefly have found out.
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I didn't get a chance to listen to the NPR interview but it sounds almost identical to the one he did for Studio 360 last weeek.
http://studio360.org/episodes/2007/05/11
Can anyone confirm if they are the same?
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To reframe the "has-been" comment: Joss doing what he loves instead of what will make him big bucks is only good for us...if that makes him a big fish in a small pond, all the better. I'd rather see some classic Whedon comics, low-budget movies, or tv shows than to see him as one of 10 writers on the next Harry Potter or somesuch.
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Well, if Joss didn't want to do Wonder Woman I can understand that seeing that the history of Wonder Woman is rather sketchy at best since it was created in the 1940s, but I think he can do a SuperGirL movie to make up for the train wreck Supergirl movie that was made in 1984.
Or Joss can sit back at home on his couch and eat out of that big container of fritoes while reading back issues of Spiderman comics, while living off of the money he made from BtVS, ANGEL, and Firefly/Serenity and get fatter and fatter and fatter while life passes him by or he can get off his butt and write something. In the business that he's in is fast paced and if you don't keep your foot in the door, you get left behind.
Sorry to say but he's at the border of has-been.
-River
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Originally posted by RiveR6213:
"Awww... the poor guy couldn't do the show he wanted so he's doing it in comic book form." OMG! total has-been! Joss's better get in the good graces of some big named producer as fast as he can, and make a movie or produce a TV series before it's too late!
"Now let's go back down memory lane when Joss was great and producing worthwhile shows that got canceled..."
-River
I thought you said your trolling days were behind you.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Originally posted by Storymark:Quote:
Originally posted by RiveR6213:
"Awww... the poor guy couldn't do the show he wanted so he's doing it in comic book form." OMG! total has-been! Joss's better get in the good graces of some big named producer as fast as he can, and make a movie or produce a TV series before it's too late!
"Now let's go back down memory lane when Joss was great and producing worthwhile shows that got canceled..."
-River
I thought you said your trolling days were behind you.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
Trolling? I'm not trolling.
You mean my comment? I meant that comment. I'm sorry if you didn't like it, but I meant every word. I'm not trying to be mean, in a strange way I'm trying to be supportive. I don't want the guy to get slack that's all. He needs to stay in the game to be successful. He's too young to be slowing down right now.
-River
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I was refering to how you had to say it 3 posts in a row.
But how is he a has-been for doing a comic to continue a story that he couldn't have any other way? Lots of Hollywood people are writing comics these days, of higher and lower status than Joss. And he's got Goners coming up.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Originally posted by Storymark:
I was refering to how you had to say it 3 posts in a row.
But how is he a has-been for doing a comic to continue a story that he couldn't have any other way? Lots of Hollywood people are writing comics these days, of higher and lower status than Joss. And he's got Goners coming up.
Yes, I know, but you and I and everyone who is familiar with Joss's work knows that he can do better than this. I'm not even thinking of Firefly right now, I'm thinking of doing other things; other shows, or maybe even write a story in novel form. I've read the 3 comics out there right now and yes it's decent, but I wouldn't be handing any awards out right now for them. They are somewhat predictable. I would have preferred an anima Firefly or BtVS season 8 over the comic book version to tell you the truth. I'm a fan, and fans say things like this.
A writer/producer hooks you in with several television series and a movie. You think its great, and of course you are going to want more. All of his shows get canceled except for BtVS, and now the only thing he's got going on is a comic book series of season 8. It is a bit of frustration for a few who have been conditioned by Joss to like and want more of his stuff, and a little anger is normal when we see that he isn't really moving a lot these days. I simply don't want him to get left behind and maybe eventually in time lose his fan base and also the confidence of the other producers and directors out there.
If you call that "Trolling" then I guess you are right.
-River
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It's a rough business, and even guys with bigger names and more clout than Joss get turned down, or have their shows cancelled. And it is often years between projects for writers. He's flat out said he doesn't want to go back to TV as it stands, he does have a feature film lined up, the business model really has proven itself for the D2DVD market, and just becuase he writes scripts well, doesn't mean he'd be good at, or even want to write, a novel.
I just think it's a bit soon to be counting him out, just because he doesn't have stuff on the air this minute.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Originally posted by Storymark:
It's a rough business, and even guys with bigger names and more clout than Joss get turned down, or have their shows cancelled. And it is often years between projects for writers. He's flat out said he doesn't want to go back to TV as it stands, he does have a feature film lined up, the business model really has proven itself for the D2DVD market, and just becuase he writes scripts well, doesn't mean he'd be good at, or even want to write, a novel.
I just think it's a bit soon to be counting him out, just because he doesn't have stuff on the air this minute.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
True, but I'm a fan, so sue me.
-River
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