Micro-News: Joss Whedon On AVENGERS 2, Samuel L. Jackson Sings His Praise And More

Can we get a transcript of Whedon's remarks for those of us who can't watch videos at work?

""Whedon understands the genre better than anyone who's ever done it before."

Exactly. And that's a fact.

Hope that The Wolverine is as good as I think it is going to be, and Spidey's new costume does look pretty cool, think it is the eyes mostly

@sKeemAn The Muramasa Blade - the same one he used to decapitate Sabretooth.

jj abrams is coming for that title, mr whedon ^_^

@SageMode Ok, how do you copy a sentence from the article & put it in the yellow box?

MARVEL87

First you type "<*blockquote>" and end it with "<*/blockquote>" minus the quotes and arrows.

@SageMode I knew it was something simple. Thanks man

@ Nomis: the difference between the directors you listed and Whedon is that those directors did more of "interpretations" of the characters while Whedon did more of as direct "translation" from page to screen as possible (while still working with the films that came before). It doesn't take anything away from the talent the other guys have but it's somewhat of an apples-to-orenges type of situation. That being so, I think that Whedon is, thus far, (just about) unequaled in successfully pulling a comic off the pages and onto the big screen. The only other director that I can think of who has been able to do that is Robert Rodriguez with Sin City. I just hope to see more of that quality, combined with fidelity to the source material in the coming years - and yes, I'm looking at you Bryan Singer!!!

you just take the best pieces of your favorite cb universe, wrap it up nicely and you have your script done ... Add to the mix some great casting choices, an extraordinary director with a powerful vision, supportive execs producers, supportive chief of the studio, some cool CGI effects and you got yourself a hit. Critically Acclaimed BOX OFFICE HIT.











EASY AS PIE

god... look at the date of the marker...

And man.... Those eyes... please ASM 2, be good.

@ Nomis: yeah, I'm not saying major reinterpretation it doesn't work sometimes- afterall, I think Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are both top notch CBMs as well as excellent cinema despite MAJOR changes from the source material (didn't really care for TDKR but that another discussion - LOL) just that films like The Avengers, which was much closer to the comics (sure, there's always a bit of interpretation as it is often necessary to make things work), have a special place since it's not all that common and the important thing is that whoever is doing them, has the right grasp on the material and talent to bring it out in a movie.

***I'd say that Zack Snyder is another one who has made things work with 300 and Watchmen.***

Unfortunately, it's all too common that filmmakwrs are chosen who have neither the grasp on the material -


Michael Bay


talent -


Tim Story


or both --


...whoever the hell made Jonah Hex...



But to sum it up, it's just nice to see a filmmaker or two who does truly understand both!

Whedon understands fantastic action and humor, but neglected character, story, drama, and focus on The Avengers.

No one will ever tackle the genre perfectly, because every director lacks in some place.

So no Whedon is not even close to understanding the genre. Superheroes are more than comedy or action.

@RobertGriffin

Tell me how Hawkeye mind controlled 3/4ths of the film is "capturing the essence and personalities perfectly"

Tell me how Loki being a complete slave pussy with a stupid plan and horrible mind is "capturing the essence and personalities perfectly" Loki is cocky, but not stupid enough to completely be defenseless against the Hulk, WHO HE KNOWS GAVE HIS BROTHER TROUBLE. THE BROTHER WHO TOOK HIM DOWN IN THE FIRST MOVIE!!!!!

Tell me how 5 seconds of a circle shot on Captain America in the final battle is capturing the sad loneliness and dramatic struggle Caps going through. Whedons response to this? LOL lets just call him capsicle. Why was the deleted scene cut out?

Tell me why any of these heroes needs an inspiration to work together. Because they feel like they don't need help and can save the world on their own? Well okay then, but why not show them all losing horrifically (thereby adding a dramatic moment here) and then only winning when maybe by accident an assist leads to success. Fade this into the final battle and bam fantastic.

Instead, we get a meaningless Coulson death that's being retconned. Way to go Marvel.

Don't even get me started on Maria Hill and Thor shittyness.

@IIIAdamantiumIII

No I meant the pic of jackman standing in the black suit.

Even though the claws there are also cgi, they are different from all the previous movie claws

shut up jcameron, are you trolling? YES, you are.

I really commend Marvel studios for picking Whedon, in Hollywood, it's typical to just pick out some director who just got a good movie out. If it were other studios, everything would have been turned to crap.