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Joss Whedon New TV Series

[(Anonymous)]

http://ew.com/tv/2018/07/13/joss-whedon-sci-fi-series-hbo/

"Titled The Nevers, the series is described as 'an epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.'

"Says Whedon, who will serve as showrunner: 'I honestly couldn’t be more excited. The Nevers is maybe the most ambitious narrative I’ve created, and I can’t imagine a better home for it than HBO. Not only are they the masters of cinematic long-form, but their instant understanding of my odd, intimate epic was as emotional as it was incisive. It’s been too long since I created an entirely new fictional world, and the HBO team offer not just scope and experience, not just ‘prestige,’ but a passionate collaboration. I could go on, but — I’m impatiently grateful to say — I have work to do.'"

Thoughts???

Re: Joss Whedon New TV Series

[(Anonymous)]

I am... dubious. As has been previously discussed on this forum, Whedon may have been marvellous in the 90s-early 00s, but he simply hasn't updated his thinking since, so his attempts to be 'progressive' tend to be tired, shallow, and lacking in intersectionality.
Also - his script for Wonder Woman was just The Worst.
But who knows! Maybe this will be great! Stranger things have happened.

Re: Joss Whedon New TV Series

[(Anonymous)]

This. I think it's curious and slightly tone deaf choice, but I'm not surprised. Whedon has gotten a lot of mileage off Buffy and Firefly. I don't think he'll handle writing for a lot of female characters well,but he's still got plenty of fans who are willing to cut him lots of slack.

Re: Joss Whedon New TV Series

[(Anonymous)]

HBO so they may want a lot of nudity which sucks.

Re: Joss Whedon New TV Series

[greghousesgf]

I wasn't bothered by the nudity in Boardwalk Empire though

Re: Joss Whedon New TV Series

[(Anonymous)]

IDK nudity isn't bad in and of itself

Re: Joss Whedon New TV Series

[belladonna_took]

I'll probably want to like it because the premise sounds kind of fun? I'm a bit over some of his repetitive casting choices, still cackling occasionally remembering his terrible W.W. script, and I don't know how easy it's going to be to stream it here, but if the trailer looks good I might try anyway.

Re: Joss Whedon New TV Series

[tabaqui]

I will watch a few eps to see, but...i don't hold out hope. Whedon has been nothing but disappointing for a long time.

Re: Joss Whedon New TV Series

[(Anonymous)]

I guess it's theoretically possible that he's learned some lessons and changed his way of writing

I'm not going to bet on it, but I want to believe

Re: Joss Whedon New TV Series

[philstar22]

It sounds fun. I like Whedon on tv. I think it could be really good. It could also flop. But I'm cautiously optimistic.

Re: Joss Whedon New TV Series

[(Anonymous)]

The premise sounds interesting but Joss has become an incredibly lazy writer and hasn't grown at all since the 90's.

I especially resent both his one-note creation of drama that revolves around the "is a character happy? Take that thing/person that makes them happy away from them! (which in his mind always seems to translate to 'any married or dating couple will wind up with a dead partner')" and his inability to write adult relationships that resonate any higher than bickering 13 yr olds.

The latter in particular seems to have been branded as a stylistic choice, so I can't expect that to change. Additionally, he doesn't seem to have noticed that the 90's are over, and yes, we all know what a trope is now, and no, his idea of subversion is not genius-level clever or new in 2018, nor is anachronistic banter a complete substitute for character development, so I'm personally not holding out for a major improvement.

I'd love to be pleasantly surprised, though.