Word: whedon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost made a specialty of bringing in young filmmakers to create TV shows. Buffy is produced by Joss Whedon, who made his name as a screenwriter, and the man behind Dawson's Creek is Kevin Williamson, of the Scream movies. "We see film backgrounds as an opportunity, not a problem," says Garth Ancier, the network's entertainment president. "[Filmmakers] bring fresh voices to television." The network requires that a TV veteran work on shows being produced by novices from the movies. For Felicity, Ed Redlich was hired away from The Practice, and whether it's a question of the amount...
Naturally, the creatures' old nemesis, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), has been--literally--reincarnated, and her wit and toughness were not forgotten in the cloning. Nor did screenwriter Joss Whedon (of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer) neglect to provide her with a spaceship of fools who refuse to believe her warnings of impending carnage. He has even given Ripley a soul sister (Winona Ryder) to bond with. O.K., she's a robot, but she's got a heart of gold as well as buns of steel...
Producers of these shows understand that preachiness lures no one. Says Joss Whedon, creator of the Buffy movie and series and a former writer on Roseanne: "If I can make teenage boys comfortable with a girl who takes charge of a situation without their knowing that's what's happening, it's better than sitting down and selling them on feminism...
...original idea for Buffy came to Whedon after years spent watching horror movies in which "bubblehead blonds wandered into dark alleys and got murdered by some creature." Thought Whedon: "I would love to see a movie in which a blond wanders into a dark alley, takes care of herself and deploys her powers...
Writers with the same creative guarantee as directors? Nah, it'll never work. Attend to this New Hollywood joke, from Joss Whedon: "They switch directors because something is very wrong. They switch writers because it's Tuesday...