Born Joseph Hill Whedon, Joss spent his childhood in Manhattan before attending an all-boys high school in England. Upon graduation he returned to the United States and attended Connecticut's Wesleyan University where he received a degree in Film Studies. He then moved to Los Angeles, and after a year of being unable to find work in the industry he landed a job as a writer and story editor for the television show Roseanne. He had been seeking a career in movies, but this job was familiar to him because his
… More father and grandfather had both written for the medium, making Joss arguably the world's first third generation television writer. It was during this time that he met Kai Cole, the woman who he later married.it got me wondering what was everyones fav joss whedons production like one of his tv shows of one of his movies well my fav is buffy what is yours please say.
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Joss Whedon is a genius. He is the godfather of sci fi. He created the greatest TV show ever, Buffy The Vampire Slayer (starring Sarah Michelle Geller) which ran for 7 years and got a comic book continuation, then it's spin off show, Angel (starring David Boreanez) which ran for 5 years then got a comic book continuation. He then moved on to Firefly (Starring Nathan Fillion) which only ran for 1 year then got a movie follow up. He then created Dr Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog (starring Neil Patrick Harris) which may get a sequel, and is currently working on Dollhouse (starring Eliza Dushku) which has just been given a second series.
From the beginning Joss has made his mark on the world as a true a orginal, he is a visionary in television and will forever have the most loyal fans who will follow him any where to any project. I know I would. My love for Joss began of course with Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), as it did for most of his fans, from the second it began Buffy was a different kind of show unlike anything on tv and became a run away hit launching the teen era for the now defunct WB network. Buffy helped define a generation and that generation owes Joss a great deal of respect. With his second hit Angel, though less acclaimed then Buffy, he proved he was not a one hit wonder and could really dish out originality compelling stories and well developed enthralling character like no other. He knew how to make quality television. Even with Firefly, which could be deemed a failure from a certain perspective, soard to amazing heights. After being cancelled shortly after it began airing the fans went to new heights and thanks to them Firefly was turned into a big screen adaptation entitled Serenity.
Though Firefly didn't gain a cult status like Buffy it did have just as many loyal and dedicated fans as Angel did. It was another example of the fact that Joss was more then a one hit wonder but also that he was creative beyond words. A space scifi western filled with quirk, characters for everyone, action and comedy Firefly may not have lasted long but it the minds of Joss Whedon fans it's just as important as Angel or Buffy for that matter. With his latest project Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog Joss also showed us that he has an amazing commitment to his fans, to his work, and to his own integrity. He continues to out do himself and try to reach new heights and mediums. I know we can only expect great things from him in the future. On the big screen, small screen and even now the computer screen. No one can write characters like Joss, no one can make tv like Joss and no one seems more devoted to challenging himself and reinventing himself, much like he does with his on screen characters, then Joss.
Joss has given us so much... Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Serenity, the comics and now Dollhouse.
He is such a talented writer and he can be so funny yet so serious.
In all his shows the combination of emotions is handled really well. He knows when to make it more one thing and more of another. He also seems like he does a lot at once what with all the comics, new show and when the writers strike was on. Plus there's all the messages, some more discrete than others in his shows and that thing he does when he doesn't want to decide too much for us so leavs it open to our own imagination. Not too many others do all of this.
I know some people think that he is now letting it get to his head but I don't think he is. I think he is still quite a down to earth guy who enjoys making these things for us and he is full of wisdom. I think he is truly amazing and I can not wait to see Dollhouse. Hoping he'll bring us again another amazing show.
I feel like I owe Joss Whedon and apology for not watching his shows the first time around when they were origianly broadcast. Especially for not watching "Firefly", which turned out to be my favorite show ever, but was cancelled because of low ratings. He is also responsible for the shows "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", which I didn't watch at the time because I thought ot was a silly teen show (it's not), and for "Angel" which I didn't watch because I thought you had to be familar with Buffy. (you don't) His shows actauly focus on the complex relationships of people. Those people just happen to be in fantastic locals and situations. But the drama and humor mined from real relationships are what make the shows truely exceptional.
He gave us Buffy. Loved it - an iconic study in the power of women and the strength to stand-alone without having to have a man by her side. However, he seemed to be jealous of the beauty of the men he created to stand by her -- both Angel and Spike, simply because they were prettier than the physicality of himself, so he made Angel leave and Spike evil, whipped, evil, whipped, then dead. All the while making Buffy "the poor tortured soul" in all this-- supposedly. Interesting writing, it made Joss's career, as well as all the actors'.
He gave us Angel -- interesting and twisted show that played all over the gamut from incestuous to nonsensical. Everyone loved it except the network -- that he keeps returning to (?).
He gave us Firefly -- browncoats can attest to the appeal of the show because the verse lives on-- Serenity shall never die.
He gave us Serenity.....it didn't make the millions desired, but once again the verse lives on.
Millions of fans still follow and write their own continuing fictions about the whedonverse that he so masterfully crafted. BUT, he is just a person.
Wonder Woman isn't in the verse....testimony to the fact that people will give up on the Whedon as my master mentality and only take his putting things off for years and years and years for only so long.
"I'll never do television again.." We are glad he is coming back. We wished he would have picked a different network, but maybe no one else would work with him because of his attitude? He does great work, but he doesn't do it alone. He owes much to his entire team. He owes the success of Buffy to the casting, not to his creative genius and his marvelous writing. He needs to admit that Buffy would have never made 7 years without the gorgeous face and acting ability of James Marsters. No one else draws a crowd like that man. Just ask the folks at the conventions -- the other people hate him. Now that Master Joss has humbled himself enough to come back to TV, he needs to put that man in a series not yesterday, but NOW. he has wasted too many years and too much unearned money being small and spoiled. Sure Joss is talented, but he is also shortsighted and petty. The only reason a Spike movie didn't materialize was because he was "too busy working on other projects" . Hmm...like? Lets get with the program and get a program in place that makes the fans of the verse happy, J-man. One with stick-to-itiveness. One that has meat, substance and makes sense.
Show us your worth, stop being petty, short-sighted and flighty and we'll stop losing faith in you and start rebuilding the pedestals we had raised in the past.
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