Joss Whedon exits Batgirl
sources say that Whedon, after a year of trying, could not crack the code of what a Batgirl movie should be.
For fucks sake. Kudos, I guess, for him coming to that realization, but Babs is not that complicated a character.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
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Tom Scola - Feb 22, 2018 10:50:25 am PST #1417 of 3463
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
amych - Feb 22, 2018 11:10:58 am PST #1418 of 3463
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Joss Whedon exits Batgirl:
Praise jeebus.
P.M. Marc - Feb 22, 2018 11:14:55 am PST #1419 of 3463
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Damn straight.
Zenkitty - Feb 22, 2018 11:17:48 am PST #1420 of 3463
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Considering what he would've done to Wonder Woman, I'm glad he's leaving Batgirl. Joss is a great writer and generally a good filmmaker (Ultron being the exception) and script doctor, but I'd rather he never touch a woman again. Real or fictional. His issues are too creepy and he is not in control of them.
Steph L. - Feb 22, 2018 11:45:20 am PST #1421 of 3463
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Joss Whedon exits Batgirl:
Thank god.
Dana - Feb 22, 2018 1:11:48 pm PST #1422 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Reaaaaally for the best.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 22, 2018 3:31:36 pm PST #1423 of 3463
"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 don't suppose there's a chance in hell of Kathryn Bigelow being interested?
megan walker - Feb 22, 2018 8:55:23 pm PST #1424 of 3463
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Well, I liked Red Sparrow more than I thought I would. (I had not heard good things.) It's a slow burn plot, with an emphasis on the slow, and that sort of worked for me. However, as a heads up, if you need a trigger warning--of almost any kind really--you probably do not want to see this film.
Jessica - Feb 23, 2018 3:37:44 am PST #1425 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's a slow burn plot, with an emphasis on the slow, and that sort of worked for me
I liked the pacing too, once I got used to it. The trailers are incredibly misleading.
Calli - Feb 23, 2018 4:42:33 am PST #1426 of 3463
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The trailers seem to be saying, essentially, "Marvel couldn't be bothered to make a Black Widow movie, so we stepped in." Is that not what Red Sparrow is?