But critical reviews and metas...much like what I've done on Whedon's works...on fanfic, get odd responses. So...I'm thinking keeping my opinions to my self on the latter may be the better approach? Or perhaps safer one?
A group of us once tried to get a book club-esque discussion going about anaross's fic "My Life Closed Twice," but it never really got off the ground. It seems like there's just something awkward about subjecting your peers to the same scrutiny you'd subject the source material to - even though it's not necessarily negative criticism, and I think there are some fanfics out there that would certainly stand up to in-depth analysis.
Joss Whedon when asked about villians, stated the worste villians, the most evil people he'd met were people who thought they were right, just, and pure. That their cause the best one for all involved. Who believed with absolute certainity they were a hero.
Yeah... the problem Joss seems to have, though, is that when he tries to do that, the villain always comes across as ridiculous. Boyd's speech in Dollhouse seemed to come out of nowhere and was so bizarrely OOC. And the only way to make what's coming out of Angel's mouth sound reasonable is if we assume he's completely out of his mind on glow juice. Joss is dead on in thinking that the best villain believes he's the hero of the story. He just doesn't write them in a way that's at all convincing.
Whedon is preparing for the end game. The act that takes us into the Frayverse... I think what will happen is Buffy will sacrifice herself and take the demons into the other dimension and Willow will seal the hole - with the backlash washing over her and filling her with power that she can't get rid of or use.
I think that would be a really interesting - and dark! - ending, except I don't see how that leaves much room for a Season 9, which Joss and Scott Allie definitely seem to be planning on.
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Joss Whedon when asked about villians, stated the worste villians, the most evil people he'd met were people who thought they were right, just, and pure. That their cause the best one for all involved. Who believed with absolute certainity they were a hero.
Yeah... the problem Joss seems to have, though, is that when he tries to do that, the villain always comes across as ridiculous. Boyd's speech in Dollhouse seemed to come out of nowhere and was so bizarrely OOC. And the only way to make what's coming out of Angel's mouth sound reasonable is if we assume he's completely out of his mind on glow juice. Joss is dead on in thinking that the best villain believes he's the hero of the story. He just doesn't write them in a way that's at all convincing.
Whedon is preparing for the end game. The act that takes us into the Frayverse... I think what will happen is Buffy will sacrifice herself and take the demons into the other dimension and Willow will seal the hole - with the backlash washing over her and filling her with power that she can't get rid of or use.
I think that would be a really interesting - and dark! - ending, except I don't see how that leaves much room for a Season 9, which Joss and Scott Allie definitely seem to be planning on.