Well, lady, I must say-- You're my kinda stupid.

Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'


Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers  

TV, movies, web media--this thread is the home for any Joss projects that don't already have their own threads, such as Dr. Horrible.


-t - Jul 23, 2018 10:34:28 am PDT #5764 of 5827
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't like feeling as if I am responsible for judging who is morally sound enough for me to reward with my audience or patronage or whatever. Art I fall in love with is generally because it feels, y'know, true, like the person/people who made it really know how the world is so if it turns out that they treat some people as if they were not really human it's severely disappointing and makes their work enormously less attractive. I can analyse the whys and wherefores of it, but it's not, like, something I can decide rationally.

Woody Allen, for example, I have no real interest in seeing anything new he does, but I still think that Bullets Over Broadway and Deconstructing Harry are amazing and have important things to say. I'm pretty sure that what I get out of them is not what he meant me to, but that's okay.

Joss - on the one hand, the little things that always kinda bugged me about him are validated. So, less disappointing, in a way. But on the other, well, I had a male friend who made a comment once about a particular season of Buffy being "all about bouncy breasts" and at the time I was like, he's watching it wrong, and now I have that little question of maybe I was giving too much credit to empowerment over exploitation and it just makes me angry.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 23, 2018 11:44:08 am PDT #5765 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I think he was watching it wrong. I don't recall thinking that was a problem in any season of Buffy, and I was definitely aware of similar issues at the time, like the lead character on Dark Angel going into heats or a teacher on Smallville who looked and acted like she stepped out of a Van Halen video.


-t - Jul 23, 2018 12:04:18 pm PDT #5766 of 5827
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

He didn't regard it as a problem...


Kalshane - Jul 26, 2018 1:16:40 pm PDT #5767 of 5827
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Sounds like the new Buffy is going to be about a different Slayer rather than a reboot. [link]


Tom Scola - Jul 26, 2018 1:33:05 pm PDT #5768 of 5827
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Sounds like they had to pitch one thing to the studio execs, and a different thing to the fans.


Pix - Jul 26, 2018 1:34:07 pm PDT #5769 of 5827
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Very relieved.


-t - Jul 26, 2018 1:52:27 pm PDT #5770 of 5827
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Good.


Kalshane - Jul 26, 2018 2:04:25 pm PDT #5771 of 5827
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I'm definitely happy that it's not a true reboot, though I wonder how much, if any, they'll refer to the old show (or if this truly ends up set in the same universe, which doesn't seem to be confirmed one way or another, just that they won't be recreating the old Scooby Gang.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 26, 2018 3:11:30 pm PDT #5772 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I'm more than willing to watch the adventures of a new Slayer and new supporting characters in the Buffyverse. Much better than a reboot/re-imagining this soon.


Gris - Jul 26, 2018 3:12:45 pm PDT #5773 of 5827
Hey. New board.

Agreed