Joss Whedon and its consequences have been a disaster for the cinematic arts

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  1. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    It could always be worse. Much much worse. Just look at Jessica Gao.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Joss walked so these writers could run.... right into a brick wall.
      Joss Whedon ruined a generation of writers.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      And it's getting worst, know ~~*they*~~ are forcing "latinas", i.e 3rd generation mexican-american with very israeli last name. Making that meme very real.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Suicide tier.

  2. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    What do people mean when they say "Joss Whedon dialogue"

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Joss Whedon writes his characters' dialogue in the way most people re-write what they've said in their mind because it sounds 'cooler'.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        People making this face and going "well that happened"

        Quirky, impossibly quick dialogue and sarcastic "quips" especially during serious moments.
        [Everyone almost dies]
        >Well, THAT just happened.
        >Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

        lmao nailed it

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      People making this face and going "well that happened"

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        Frick I hate that shit

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        The first Avengers movie felt like a glorified television show.

        You're right.

        Frick I hate that shit

        I hate that shit too.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          >reddit spacing
          Your post is a glorified reddit post.

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            Who cares?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Quirky, impossibly quick dialogue and sarcastic "quips" especially during serious moments.
      [Everyone almost dies]
      >Well, THAT just happened.
      >Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        Iron Man supercedes Whedon.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Yeah and it's better than his output. Based Favreau.

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            It's precisely the problem the OP is trying to put on Whedon. Now EVERYONE is quippy like Iron Man.

            • 10 months ago
              Anonymous

              It's even worse since quips are Spider-Man's thing.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Whedon isn't responsible for quippy dialogue. Demolition Man makes fun of Hollywood's obsession with quippiness and it came out before Whedon was even a thing.

          Yeah, he was not the first, but he was the most efficient and cause the most damage.
          It's like saying americans didn't cause Hiroshima and Nagasaki because the chinks invented the gunpowder.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        For the gods sake tell a joke!
        Heaven forbid a film has any sincerity and seriousness.
        Gotta have them quips and postmodern irony!

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          That quote really highlights how much he was tardwrangled when his most well known shows were made.
          Remember when Buffy finds her mother's corpse and immediately makes a joke?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Kevin Williamson dialogue that they pretend Whedon invented.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        ding ding ding

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous
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      Anonymous
    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      overly
      >self referential
      >self aware
      >quippy
      >insincere
      >hesitation ridden (I.E Um, y'know, like, errrrr, well, y'see)
      If you think the writer knows that his writing is shit and wants you to think he's in on the joke, chances are it's whedon dialogue.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      It means there’s quips every 30 seconds and constant jokes at inappropriate times

  3. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    You know what? I still like Whedon dialog.... in Joss Whedon tv shows and films.
    When he took over Avengers? It was wearing a bit thin.
    When a whole generation of writers started using that dialog and tone in superhero films and every other film? When that abnormal Buffyspeak started appearing in so many films and shows and it became the norm?
    Ugh. Thst ruins it. It became cliché and tiresome. This little niche style that was enjoyable in a handful of shows became beyond tiresome.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      It works in Buffy because they're kids. Even on the show, the Buffyspeak toned down as it went.

      It starts to grate when it's characters like Captain America and Batman.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Yep.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      ppl shouldn't be watching capeshit anyway so i'm glad it's infected it. joe sweden can do no wrong

  4. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Whedon isn't responsible for quippy dialogue. Demolition Man makes fun of Hollywood's obsession with quippiness and it came out before Whedon was even a thing.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Last Action Hero too.
      Yet Whedon took it to a whole other level. There's also just a whole layer of Gen-X sarcasm and aloof irony. It became beloved by his cult like fandom and many Hollywood writers were fa s or just wanted to get those kind of rabid fans themselves, so they poorly copied the style until it became an industry norm.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Exactly. The late 80s/early 90s action scene was rife with one-liners (now called quips).

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >one-liners (now called quips)

        They are not similar in any way.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Yeah, and action figures aren't dolls, kiddo.

  5. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    I honestly thought he wrote the Citadel DLC for Mass Effect 3 because every character's dialogue sounds like they're in a Joss Whedon movie.

  6. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    What would Joss Whedon's dialogue be like in a Batman movie?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >640x480
      boy, I'd love to read the text in your image

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >Joker is about to push a button and blow up Gotham city in front of a room full of horrified citizens
      >Batman drops into the room:
      >"Uhhh. Is this a bad time?"

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        imagining joker actually detonating explosives after the quip and people horrifically dying makes this funny

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          >Y'know that's your problem, Gagger, you can dish out but you can't take it."

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >Joker is in the middle of explaining his evil plan
        >Batman yawns
        >"Oh, I'm sorry, were you still talking"?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      We got that in Justice League

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >This city never sleeps and neither do I. Criminals haunt the streets but I haunt them back and remind them what true fear is. I am vengeance
      >...Wow, that's a little dark isn't it? Have you tried getting into yoga?

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        I think this was actually a quip in buffy

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Nah, it fits Angel better.

  7. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >”So uh Ripley, I heard you ran into these things before. So what happened?”
    >“I died”
    Thank you Joss for the best lines in Aliens

  8. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    It's more kino than the Snyder cut.

    >b-but...!

    No. Apologize.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >Wonderwoman rolls her eyes
      >"Children. I work with children"

  9. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >you know, for a guy named the joker you aren't very funny. this is just because harley left you, right? man-to-man, you gotta unpack that male fragility man. and i mean, what's up with the makeup anyway? the green hair? like, I get it, you're a clown but... do you just have sex like that? i mean, im wearing a bat costume, more like a cat now that i think about it... you know this cape gets caught on everything, i might just ditch it. what do ya think?
    >i think you should shut up already.
    >okay, okay. monologue continue.
    I haven't watched any Joss Whedon content but this is my impression of it based off this thread

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Meant for

      What would Joss Whedon's dialogue be like in a Batman movie?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Pretty accurate

  10. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Yes, but it's not his fault.

  11. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    tarantinoean > gilmore girlian > aaron sorkian > whedonian
    girl pic for attention

  12. 10 months ago
    Anomalous

    His time may be over, but his awful writing style lives on

  13. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Whedon finished what James Cameron started when it comes to cringy quipping.

  14. 10 months ago
    Anonymous
    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >I'm sorry I made Black Widow sad about being spayed. Can I be popular again?

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