Excellent catch Simon. That was an interesting read.

Garim | August 01, 21:18 CET

I think Lavery, instead of writing a book, should write a series of ever-expanding previews.

Pointy | August 01, 21:43 CET

Now that he's posted his outline, someone should perhaps write the book.

It could also be that Joss Whedon: Wonderboy is to the non-fiction book world what "Chinese Democracy" by Guns N' Roses is to the music industry... a perpetually forthcoming much hyped project no one will ever see.

Hjermsted | August 01, 22:29 CET

Or 'Duke Nukem Forever' from the gaming world ;).

Some quite interesting reading nonetheless even if it did start to feel like the preview that time forgot. I liked the Morgan Freeman/Wonder Woman joke. Wasn't that started on here (by our very own billz) ?

Saje | August 01, 22:44 CET

And wasn't Wonder Boy a joke coined by Joss on here aimed at me? Yes, he copyrighted his post, you know.

[ edited by gossi on 2006-08-01 20:59 ]

gossi | August 01, 22:58 CET

I think that the book will be a very interesting reading!!!!

Barby | August 01, 23:45 CET

Think so gossi. I'm now wondering if this board is actually the root of all good things in the world. If someone on here also invented Jaffa Cakes then it's settled as far as i'm concerned.

Saje | August 02, 01:00 CET

From here:

waiting with baited breath (“How exactly do you bait breath anyway,” Buffy would be asking at this point)

Shouldn't a liberal arts professor know it's "bated breath"? *sigh* :-P

Still though, I'm looking forward to this like I do pretty much all books related to the Whedonverse. I loves me some lit crit.

KernelM | August 02, 02:32 CET

Good grief: best pic ever!

Mort | August 02, 02:57 CET

I made it through 12 pages before I gave up.

I hope the book is much better than the preview....

phred | August 02, 03:33 CET

quoth Saje I liked the Morgan Freeman/Wonder Woman joke. Wasn't that started on here (by our very own billz) ?

I'm pretty sure that was a joke from Joss himself at a convention last year. Possibly Wizard World LA, but I can't remember right now.

danregal | August 02, 04:48 CET

One reason--maybe the main reasion--the "preview" is so long is that it is essentially the presentation Lavery gave at the SC2: the Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses earlier this year.

Maeve | August 02, 05:52 CET

We're not going to get a ton of new posts now saying that Morgan Freeman has "professed interest in expanding his acting hoizons by stepping into Wonder Woman's boots" are we?

YellowBear | August 02, 05:52 CET

We're not going to get a ton of new posts now saying that Morgan Freeman has "professed interest in expanding his acting hoizons by stepping into Wonder Woman's boots" are we?
Browncoat | August 02, 03:52 CET

Why not? It is summer, and we are all hot and wondering what is happening with WW.... ;)

Ceslas | August 02, 07:25 CET

1) FYI, I hear that theonetruebix has been cast in Snakes as "Priyanka Chopra."

2) I loooove what Joss wrote about MFSoaMFP at this blog in May, 2005:

Joss Whedon said...
"I just have to say I'm glad I wasn't the only one who found a kind of spiritual transcendence in the title 'Snakes on a Plane'. It gives me faith in this bleak Hollyworld that there should be such simple beauty, such direct and uncluttered understanding of the human condition. Snakes, as the great philosophers used to say, on a motherfucking plane."

I found my own spiritual transcendence in that. (Yeah, I know it's been posted before, but I can't see it enough times).


Did I miss a meeting? I mean, I know there's no known series plans, and he's dealing with two scripts, plus, plus, plus, but the following quotes are both from within the past year-ish:

Joss from an Aug./Sept. 2005
InFocus Interview with Jim Kozak:

"I have no immediate plans to do a series right now. I do, however, have an idea for a procedural. I can’t believe that I do. But I’m not going to realize it for some time. Because I need to take things at a different speed for a while.

Is there zero chance you’ll be pitching pilots for the 2006-2007 TV season?
Yeah, I’m not going to be pitching a pilot this season. I have other things. I’m very tired."


And this from a USA Today popcandy Dec. 2005 interview
with Whitney Matheson:

"Would you ever return to series television, or is it just Whedon movies from here on out?
I'm all up in series TV -- I love series TV. The problem with returning to series TV is you have to have someone who wants you to return to series TV. And by "somebody," I mean somebody with an enormous amount of money.

You know, when I was at the height of my success, I was squashed like a cockroach by the very company who had benefitted the most from that success... The fact of the matter is, there is no track record in TV. Nobody cares about a track record. With the exception of about one or two guys, you just can't get something on because you're you. And in some ways that's good, because you should always have to fight for something; that's how you find out that you believe in it. But in some ways it's bad, because you can be squashed like a bug when you're actually doing it right. So it's not so much that I got over TV as I began to feel the TV landscape had gotten over me. And maybe that'll change."

Do we have any substantive reason, aside from suicide quips made on the fly or something, to think that Joss is agin' the TV-doings? Something more recent? Man, I get that he's tired, and my withers were wrung when I read that, but that he's had it with T.V?

Any thoughts? I'd sure hate to think it...

QuoterGal | August 02, 09:56 CET

Mort - that's the picture used on VikingPrincess3.org.

gossi | August 02, 12:04 CET

"diet moo juice"

I laughed like a drain inwardly because I'm at work.

I like LitCrit myself, but sometimes I think too much reading of it can destroy the mystery. Oh, and Morgan Freeman has already played God, so it's not fair that he gets to play Wonder Woman as well.

Tonya J | August 02, 22:17 CET

Other Whedonesque thread with ComicCon podcast, including interview with Joss, in which he states he'd like to do a TV series again sometime..

"I have my answer. I'm walking on air."

Damn you, David Laveeeeeeerrrrryyyyy!!!!!!!

QuoterGal | August 03, 00:17 CET