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Joss Whedon FAQ

Author : John Kenneth Muir
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493050737
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon FAQ written by John Kenneth Muir and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a career-spanning view of everyone’s favorite geek writer and director, Joss Whedon FAQ offers answers to fans’ questions about one of the most significant pop culture auteurs of the past twenty-five years. The book gazes at Whedon’s early work in Hollywood as a script doctor on films such The Quick and the Dead (1995) and Waterworld (1995), and follows his career as he became the cult-favorite creator of such sensations as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. In addition to looking at Whedon’s ascent to blockbuster superhero filmmaking with titles such as The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Justice League, this eminently readable compendium explores Whedon’s lesser known but no less fascinating forays into the world of Shakespeare (Much Ado About Nothing) and even big-screen romantic fantasy (In Your Eyes). The book closes with discussions of Whedon’s politics and feminism, as well as a catalog of his (unofficial) repertory company and a list of the most memorable on-screen character deaths in his canon.

Joss Whedon FAQ

Author : Hubert O'hearn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781480367500
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon FAQ written by Hubert O'hearn and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (FAQ). The Avengers , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and Firefly are all iconic titles for anyone who has watched movies or television over the past 20 years. So who is the workaholic genius behind them? Meet Joss Whedon. This screenwriter, director, producer, and author is much more than a guy who read a lot of comic books as a kid. He is a philosopher of media, a fiercely loyal friend, and a cultural observer with many fascinating insights into our world which, like his creations, are eagerly embraced and analyzed by a passionately devoted fandom. Joss Whedon FAQ looks behind the scenes into Whedon's life and creative output. It observes his growing up as an American child in England and follows his whole career, from his early work as a screenwriter on such films as Toy Story to the blockbuster success of The Avengers and the Disney portion of the Marvel Universe. Along with providing a wealth of information on Whedon's world, Hubert O'Hearn gives his candid opinions on Whedon's canon of work. Why did Buffy become a hit, and why did Firefly fail except as a beloved cult favorite? Where and how did Whedon succeed? And when he stumbled, what happened? Joss Whedon FAQ has the answers to these questions, and much more, to intrigue everyone from casual fans to hard-core Whedonites.

Joss Whedon's Dollhouse

Author : Sherry Ginn
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442233133
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon's Dollhouse written by Sherry Ginn and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays contextualizes Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse as a postmodern investigation into what makes us human and as an examination of how technology invariably transforms our identity and perhaps even our humanity. Together, these essays provide a provocative meditation on how one example of science fiction comments on the state of personal identity in a 21st-century society dependent on forms of technology that threaten the individual. This collection of essays examines the various characters and themes presented in the series throughout its two-year run on television. In addition, the essays look at how the series fits into Joss Whedon’s oeuvre as auteur, director, and producer.

Joss Whedon

Author : Matthew Pateman
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526122197
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon written by Matthew Pateman and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses Joss Whedon’s contribution to US television and popular culture. Examining everything from his earliest work to his most recent tweets and activist videos, it explores his complex and contradictory roles as both cult outsider and blockbuster filmmaker. Crucially, the book insists on the wider industrial, technological, political and economic contexts that have both influenced and been influenced by Whedon, rejecting the notion of Whedon as isolated television auteur. Using key source material, with exclusive access to drafts of many of the episodes across Whedon’s career, as well as unique correspondence with Whedon collaborator Jane Espenson, this book offers unparalleled access to the creative process that helped produce the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse and Firefly. Energetic, engaging and informed by detailed scholarship and theoretical rigour, the book is not just an essential addition to the study of Whedon, but a timely and important re-invigoration of television studies in general.

Joss Whedon

Author : Amy Pascale
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1781311331
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon written by Amy Pascale and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Packed with trivia, filled with wit and endlessly readable, this is the biography Joss’s career deserves. We can’t recommend it enough' ***** SFX Joss Whedon is a male writer whose most famous creation is a girl-power icon; a geek who deals in classic themes of love, betrayal and redemption; and one of the first people in the entertainment industry to have harnessed the power of the internet to engage directly with his fans. Amy Pascale became one of those fans when Buffy Summers enrolled at Sunnydale High in 1997. She has followed Whedon’s career ever since, marvelling at his ability to reimagine seemingly hackneyed genres as heartfelt human drama. In this revealing biography she seeks out the source of that imagination, exploring his artistic liberal upbringing in New York and teenage years at an elite English public school, before tracing his journey from a bruising start in television to his status today as a blockbuster writer and director whose every new project is pored over online by millions of loyal geeks. Using extensive original interviews with many of Whedon’s key collaborators – as well as Joss himself – Amy presents candid behind-the-scenes accounts of the making of ground-breaking shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly, and considers Whedon’s distinctive contribution to cinema through movies such as Toy Story, Serenity and superhero epic The Avengers Assemble. The result is an intimate portrait of the man who re-wrote popular culture and gave it a heart.

J.J. Abrams vs. Joss Whedon

Author : Wendy Sterba
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 144226991X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book J.J. Abrams vs. Joss Whedon written by Wendy Sterba and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon are two of the most imaginative and accomplished men in Hollywood. As writers, directors, producers, and series creators, their credits have straddled the mediums of television and film and range across several genres, from science fiction and horror to action and drama. In addition to spearheading original projects like Lost and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, each has also made his mark on some of the most successful franchises in popular culture—from Mission Impossible, Star Trek, and Star Wars (Abrams) to Alien and the Avengers (Whedon). Their output—both oddly similar and yet also wildly different—stand at the heart of twenty-first century film and television. In J.J. Abrams vs. Joss Whedon, Wendy Sterba compares the parallel careers in film and television of these creative masterminds—pitting one against the other in a light-hearted competition. With in-depth discussions of their works, the author seeks to determine who is the Spielberg (or perhaps the Lucas) of the twenty-first century. The author looks back upon the beginnings of both men’s careers—to Whedon’s stint as a writer on Roseanne to Abrams’ early scripts for films like Regarding Henry—and forward to their most recent blockbusters, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This books also looks at non-fantasy successes (Abrams series Felicity; Whedon’s adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing), as well as commercial failures. At the heart of this study, however, is a tour of their genre-defining hits: Alias and Buffy, Lost and Angel, Super 8 and Serenity along with Whedon’s Avengers films, and Abrams’ rebooted Star Trek adventures. Filled with sharp-eyed analysis, illuminating anecdotes, and unexpected connections, J.J. Abrams vs.Joss Whedon will appeal to fans of either (or both!) of its subjects, and to any fan of well-told tales of the fantastic, on screens large or small.

Reading Joss Whedon

Author : Rhonda V. Wilcox
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815610386
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Reading Joss Whedon written by Rhonda V. Wilcox and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age when geek chic has come to define mainstream pop culture, few writers and producers inspire more admiration and response than Joss Whedon. From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Much Ado About Nothing, from Dr. Horrible’s Sing–Along Blog to The Avengers, the works of Whedon have been the focus of increasing academic attention. This collection of articles represents some of the best work covering a wide array of topics that clarify Whedon’s importance, including considerations of narrative and visual techniques, myth construction, symbolism, gender, heroism, and the business side of television. The editors argue that Whedon’s work is of both social and aesthetic significance; that he creates “canonical television.” He is a master of his artistic medium and has managed this success on broadcast networks rather than on cable. From the focus on a single episode to the exploration of an entire season, from the discussion of a particular narrative technique to a recounting of the history of Whedon studies, this collection will both entertain and educate those exploring Whedon scholarship for the first time and those planning to teach a course on his works.

Joss Whedon, A Creative Portrait

Author : David Lavery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857734504
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon, A Creative Portrait written by David Lavery and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spring 2012 saw the return to creative and critical success of Joss Whedon, with the release of both his horror flick The Cabin in the Woods and the box-office sensation, Marvel's The Avengers. After establishing himself as a premier cult creator, the man who gave us great television with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse and web series Dr Horrible's Sing-along Blog, as well as comic books including Fray and Astonishing X-Men, finally became the filmmaker he'd long dreamed of being. Drawing on a wide variety of sources and making use of psychologist Howard Gruber's insights into the nature of the creative process, Joss, A Creative Portrait offers the first intellectual biography of Whedon, tracking his career arc from activated fan boy to film studies major, third generation television writer, successful script doctor, innovative television auteur, beloved cult icon, sought-after collaborator, and major filmmaker with Marvel's The Avengers. Film and television scholar and Whedon expert David Lavery traces Whedon's multi-faceted magic from its source - the early influences of parents and teachers, comics, books, movies, collaborators - to its artistic incarnation.

Joss Whedon Versus the Corporation

Author : Erin Giannini
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476667764
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon Versus the Corporation written by Erin Giannini and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screenwriter, director, producer and comic book author Joss Whedon is best known for his television series and films featuring villainous vampires, angry gods and even bloggers who wish to rule the world. Within these works is a prevalent yet commonly overlooked theme--the corporate antagonist. This book examines the effects of this corporate culture on the protagonists of Whedon's most famous works (including Buffy, Roseanne, the Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Dollhouse) to reveal explicit sociopolitical commentaries on corporate control in the real world.

Joss Whedon as Shakespearean Moralist

Author : J. Douglas Rabb
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476617864
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon as Shakespearean Moralist written by J. Douglas Rabb and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the works of Shakespeare and American screenwriter Joss Whedon, this study in narrative ethics contends that Whedon is the Shakespeare of our time. The Bard wrote before the influence of the modern moral philosophers, while Whedon is writing in the postmodern period. It is argued that Whedon’s work is more in harmony with the early modern values of Shakespeare than with modern ethics, which trace their origin to 17th and 18th century moral philosophy. This study includes a detailed discussion of representative works of Shakespeare and Whedon, showing how they can and should be read as forms of narrative ethics.

Joss Whedon's Big Damn Movie

Author : Frederick Blichert
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476671990
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon's Big Damn Movie written by Frederick Blichert and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Joss Whedon's television show Firefly (2002-2003) was cancelled, devoted fans cried foul and demanded more--which led to the 2005 feature film Serenity. Both the series and the film were celebrated for their melding of science fiction and western iconography, dystopian settings, underdog storylines, and clever fast-paced dialogue. Firefly has garnered a great deal of scholarly attention--less so, Serenity. This collection of new essays, the first focusing exclusively on the film, examines its depictions of race, ableism, social engineering and systems of power, and its status as a crime film, among other topics.

Joss Whedon and Religion

Author : Anthony R. Mills,
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476612536
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon and Religion written by Anthony R. Mills, and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of new essays on the religious themes in, and the implications of, the works of Joss Whedon, creator of such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, and more recently writer and director of the box-office hit Marvel’s The Avengers. The book addresses such topics as ethics, racism, feminism, politics, witchcraft, spiritual transformation, identity, community, heroism, apocalypse, and other theologically significant themes of Whedon’s creative enterprises. The disciplinary approaches vary as well; history, theology, philosophy of religion, phenomenology, cultural studies, and religious studies are all employed. The various essay authors differ in that some are clearly believers in God, some are clearly not, and others leave that matter aside.

Organizational Communication Approaches to the Works of Joss Whedon

Author : Andrew F. Herrmann
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 179360486X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Organizational Communication Approaches to the Works of Joss Whedon written by Andrew F. Herrmann and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an in-depth analysis of the connections between communication, organization, gender, discourses, and ethics in the works of Joss Whedon. It examines how characters go to work in them, how characters fight against them, and how some organizations themselves are characters.

Joss Whedon

Author : David Lavery
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1628469285
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon written by David Lavery and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No recent television creator has generated more critical, scholarly, and popular discussion or acquired as devoted a cult following as Joss Whedon (b. 1964). No fewer than thirty books concerned with his work have now been published, and ten international conferences on his work have convened in the U.K., the United States, Australia, and Turkey. Fitting then that this first volume in University Press of Mississippi's Television Conversations Series is devoted to the writer, director, and showrunner who has delivered Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB, 1997–2001; UPN, 2001–3), Angel (The WB, 1999–2004), Firefly (2002), Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Webcast, 2008), and Dollhouse (FOX, 2009-10). If Whedon has shown himself to be a virtuoso screenwriter/script-doctor, director, comic book author, and librettist, he is as well a masterful conversationalist. As a DVD commentator, for example, the consistently hilarious, reliably insightful, frequently moving Whedon has few rivals. In his many interviews he likewise shines. Whether answering a hundred rapid-fire, mostly silly questions from fans on the Internet, fielding serious inquiries about his craft and career from television colleagues, or assessing his disappointments, Whedon seldom fails to provoke laughter and reflection.

At Home in the Whedonverse

Author : Juliette C. Kitchens
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476667020
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book At Home in the Whedonverse written by Juliette C. Kitchens and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Joss Whedon's work presents various representations of home spaces that give depth to his stories and storytelling. Through the spaceship in Firefly, a farmhouse in Avengers: Age of Ultron or Whedon's own house in Much Ado About Nothing, his work collectively offers audiences the opportunity to question the ways we relate to and inhabit homes. Focusing on his television series, films and comics, this collection of new essays explores the diversity of home spaces in Whedon's many 'verses, and the complexity these spaces afford the narratives, characters, objects and relationships within them.

Joss Whedon

Author : Candace Havens
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 9781932100006
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joss Whedon written by Candace Havens and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2003-04-10 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy is a biography of Joss Whedon, the wunderkind creator of television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly. From Booklist: Writers, actors, and fans often call Joss Whedon a genius. It's easy to see why. Whedon, who got his start writing for Roseanne, dreamed of writing movie screenplays. He got his shot when he sold his script for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the movie fell far short of his hopes for it. After a few years of working as a script doctor, Whedon got the chance to doBuffy again, this time as a TV show. Few expected it to succeed, but Whedon's humor and intelligence shone through in the scripts, and viewers quickly became attached to the engaging, witty characters. Buffy kept getting better: each season of the show featured a complex story arc possessed of a real sense of danger and further developed the characters. The last few years have brought the Buffy spin-off Angel, the lamentably canceled Firefly (a space western), and the comic book Fray. Engaging and filled with fun quotes, this is a must-read for Whedon's many fans.

Slaying Is Hell

Author : Alyson R. Buckman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147664750X
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Slaying Is Hell written by Alyson R. Buckman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The films, television shows, and graphic novel series that comprise the Whedonverse continually show that there is a high price to be paid for love, rebellion, heroism, anger, death, betrayal, friendship, and saving the world. This collection of essays reveals the ways in which the Whedonverse treats the trauma of ordinary life with similar gravitas as trauma created by the supernatural, illustrating how memories are lost, transformed, utilized, celebrated, revered, questioned, feared, and rebuffed within the storyworlds created by Joss Whedon and his collaborators. Through a variety of approaches and examinations, the essays in this book seek to understand how the themes of trauma, memory, and identity enrich one another in the Whedonverse and beyond. As the authors present different arguments and focus on various texts, the essays work to build a mosaic of the trauma found in beloved works like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse, and more. The book concludes with a meta-analysis that explores the allegations of various traumas made against Joss Whedon himself.