Writer, director, and television showrunner known for trademark strong female leads and a high fatality rate among his most popular characters. Also known for his writing and directorial roles on the first two Avengers films, he is responsible for the creation of various fictional realities known collectively as The Whedonverse.
I'm a fan of "Buffy". I'm a fan "Angel". I'm a fan of "Firefly". And now I'm a fan of "Dollhouse". Yet, I still can't decide which one is my favourite.
"Buffy" is obviously the most well known, and Joss's first project. The stupidity of mixing villain of the week with a long term arc was a spurt of utter genius, and it worked very well. Depite a very bad season six, "Buffy" had very good seasons (my favourite either has to be number two or five) otherwise, and was a great show: quirky and whimsical and witty and odd dialog, great actors, awesome plots, some of the best character development ever and that uncanny ability which I've always loved about the show where no character is minor. They all return at one point and never just make one appearance.
The darker theme of "Angel" is what really drawed me in, but when I saw it still had the unusual dialog I was shocked and thought it was awesome. Bringing back Cordelia and Angel was great, and Cordy especially grew on me and I thought she was awesome. It had a more realistic and credible tone than "Buffy" (one of my favourite things was in season three episode "Carpe Noctem" where they all head out to retrieve the possessed Angel, and where as Wesley and Gunn are showing off with martial arts moves and stuff, Fred and Cordy just have two baseball bats and start whacking him with it) also, and it included my favourite character: Fred. Weird name as usual for Joss, well for a girl, but she evolved from being a timid wallflower into a strong feministic role, and it was so sad when she died.
"Firefly" was awesome. We all love it, even if you haven't seen it. Yet again, funny dialog but different, and I swear I must have been saying "Shiney" and walking around holding my belt for like a month after I first saw this series. Character interactions were some of the best I've ever seen, and the actors (Summer Glau - awesome!) were amazing. The whole mystery incorporated with River and Blue Sun Corporation was so intriguing and the political status made so much sense (and the cussing in Chinese was awesome). Followed by the movie "Serenity", (which is one of my favourite movies of all time, and I'm such a big fan of the River bar fight scene, that I've learned most of it (except the flip, can't do that)), which gave some of us some answers and more questions, "Firefly" was a short but sweet.
Currently, I seem to be the only one who's completely enjoying "Dollhouse". The whole Alpha mystery is something I wasn't expecting, and teamed with the illegality of the whole operation has just dragged me in. Eliza Dushku, previously Faith in "Buffy" is a brilliant actress and evolves every week, and other cast members (Amy Acker again, and Alan Tudyk and Felicia Day and Mark Sheppard soon, except the latter because he's already appeared) are awesome. Adelle DeWitt is one of the most intimidating best female character Whedon has ever created and I seem to be in the minority of people who actually like Topher. And even though the whole point is that the Actives don't remember their personality etc, we can still see their characterisation evolving already (especially in the latest episode, Victor and his "man reaction"), and alreadly we can see Topher's cowardess yet sadisctically creepy personality showing.
So I ask you, which one is your favourite? I have to say, no matter how much I enjoyed it, "Buffy" was my least favourite. But the others, I don't know. Can't wait to hear your comments.
Didn't include Dr. Horrible, because even though I think its awesome, it's not a TV show. If it was Whedon's projects, there would be so much more up here.
Erm I would probably say Buffy but that might be biased by nostalgia (although I do still watch the eps on DVD). I would say Angel is my least favourite series (I really hated him when I first watched Buffy, but I think that was mainly jealousy. The character grew on me and I do like the series it's just my least favourite). Dollhouse and Firefly are both great, I really enjoy Dollhouse and don't really understand why others seem to hate it. Actually I don't think I can decide either, they're all so geat (other than Angel, which, at least in my opinion, was good but not great)
"1. Buffy2. Dollhouse3. AngelI hated Firefly with so much passion i can't even give it a place in my top 1000 shows to watch....M"
I hate Firefly also, i am a Star Wars and Star Trek Fan, i love scienci fiction, still i can not watch that show. The best was Angel, Buffy was cool, but start goin weird after i dont know, like the thir season. The last Season of Buffy was really really bad.
1 Firefly(cancelled WTF) 2 Angel(needed another tv season) 3 Dollhouse(second season and epitaph one) 4 Buffy(can't deal with season 7, finale good the rest bad)
1) firefly. The only reason i bought Borderlands is because of the "Janistown" mission, where you must go defeat Janis Kobb. 50 dollar game for one mission. nuff said. 2) Dr horrible's sing-along blog. i must have watched this 60 times and i still can't get enough. Brand New Day is the greatest song ever. 3) Dollhouse. i loved season 1. i haven't seen season two, but i like the entire idea behind it. plus, eliza dushku is fan-freaking-tastic.
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