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How to bring back Firefly in five terrible steps
How many times a day do you think someone tries to convince Joss Whedon
to bring back Firefly? The users of social bookmarking site reddit
wasted no time asking Whedon to get the Serenity gang back together
during an "Ask Me Anything" chat, and Whedon explained the ruinous steps
he'd have to take.
One of reddit's most intriguing subsections is "Ask Me Anything," where
people with interesting jobs and experiences answer questions posed by
the reddit community. This week, Whedon did one of these AMA
collaborative interviews, and while it was most likely to tease the
release of Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers, he answered all manner
of questions about Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Toy Story, and his feelings
about politics and art in general.
redditor wjc06 was eager to offer his plan for resuscitating Whedon's
canceled-too-soon Firefly:
Just an idea.
Put Firefly season 2 up as a project on Kickstarter and see how much
money you can get to buy the rights and make it happen.
To which Whedon responded:
Step 2: Cancel Castle. Step 3: Cancel Homeland. Step 4: Generally
destroy everybody's careers. Step 5: Avoid Step 2.
Okay, so in order to bring Firefly back, I just have to become a
television programming supervillain. This doesn't sound like an enormous
obstacle, except for, you know, the moral issues.
There are a few other gems from the AMA. redditor dbertie asked Whedon
if he ever had a hard time killing off his characters, and who was the
hardest one to kill. Whedon's reply:
I actually find it refreshing... delightful.... vaguely arousing....
Actually, I'm, no offense, very tired of being labelled as "the guy who
kills people". Shakespeare (he's this hot new writer) does it way more
than me, and everyone's all excited about how he, as it were, holds a
mirror up to nature, while I'm like the Jason Voorhees of the writing
community. Unfair.
Also, probably Buffy's Mom.
When one redditor complained that, during the San Diego Comic-Con Iron
Man 2 panel, the only audience comments directed at Scarlett Johansson
were "You're hot," Whedon responded:
All I can say is that Scarlett gets to do a lot more than be hot in
"Avengers". It's definitely dispiriting to have a woman play an heroic
role and then be reduced to body parts by fan commentary, but that can
only change slowly. And is.
And when another asked for his opinion on fanfiction:
All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend.
Art isn't your pet =E2=80" it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to
you.
Also, if you're still committed to the whole "bribing Joss Whedon to
create more Firefly episodes" thing, the man has now stated on the
record that his favorite ice cream flavor is salted caramel.
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How many times a day do you think someone tries to convince Joss Whedon
to bring back Firefly? The users of social bookmarking site reddit
wasted no time asking Whedon to get the Serenity gang back together
during an "Ask Me Anything" chat, and Whedon explained the ruinous steps
he'd have to take.
One of reddit's most intriguing subsections is "Ask Me Anything," where
people with interesting jobs and experiences answer questions posed by
the reddit community. This week, Whedon did one of these AMA
collaborative interviews, and while it was most likely to tease the
release of Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers, he answered all manner
of questions about Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Toy Story, and his feelings
about politics and art in general.
redditor wjc06 was eager to offer his plan for resuscitating Whedon's
canceled-too-soon Firefly:
Just an idea.
Put Firefly season 2 up as a project on Kickstarter and see how much
money you can get to buy the rights and make it happen.
To which Whedon responded:
Step 2: Cancel Castle. Step 3: Cancel Homeland. Step 4: Generally
destroy everybody's careers. Step 5: Avoid Step 2.
Okay, so in order to bring Firefly back, I just have to become a
television programming supervillain. This doesn't sound like an enormous
obstacle, except for, you know, the moral issues.
There are a few other gems from the AMA. redditor dbertie asked Whedon
if he ever had a hard time killing off his characters, and who was the
hardest one to kill. Whedon's reply:
I actually find it refreshing... delightful.... vaguely arousing....
Actually, I'm, no offense, very tired of being labelled as "the guy who
kills people". Shakespeare (he's this hot new writer) does it way more
than me, and everyone's all excited about how he, as it were, holds a
mirror up to nature, while I'm like the Jason Voorhees of the writing
community. Unfair.
Also, probably Buffy's Mom.
When one redditor complained that, during the San Diego Comic-Con Iron
Man 2 panel, the only audience comments directed at Scarlett Johansson
were "You're hot," Whedon responded:
All I can say is that Scarlett gets to do a lot more than be hot in
"Avengers". It's definitely dispiriting to have a woman play an heroic
role and then be reduced to body parts by fan commentary, but that can
only change slowly. And is.
And when another asked for his opinion on fanfiction:
All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend.
Art isn't your pet =E2=80" it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to
you.
Also, if you're still committed to the whole "bribing Joss Whedon to
create more Firefly episodes" thing, the man has now stated on the
record that his favorite ice cream flavor is salted caramel.
I am Joss Whedon - AMA.=A0 [reddit]
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