Joss Whedon gave an interview to Maxim magazine recently in which he discussed the difficulty of getting DC Comics characters to the big screen. He basically said what we have known all along, and what I've discussed here previously, that DC characters are more removed from humanity and therefore do not really "connect" with audiences.
As to his working on the shelved Wonder Woman movie, he explained that he was asked to write a script and then was asked... "not to." In his words, "They didn't tell me to leave, but they showed me the door and how pretty it was. Would I like to touch the knob and maybe make it swing?"
I guess I had seen Joss Whedon before, but having seen the pictures of him in conjunction with this particular piece, I would just like to say, on behalf of nerds everywhere... just "Wow." Now I get why so many geeks "connect" with this guy. He could have walked out of any Advanced Math course in America.
© C Harris Lynn, 2009
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