Cool News
Want to Have A Comic Con Dinner With BUFFY/FIREFLY Mastermind Joss Whedon??
I am – Hercules!!
This is oldish news, but for those who may not have heard:
Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Firefly,” and many of their attendant spinoffs and sequels, is auctioning off a three-hour dinner with himself to benefit “Equality Now,” which works to prevent – among other things – the stoning of young women. I think this is a cause most of us can get behind. Except perhaps those of us who think womens be thinking too much.
I adore this Joss Whedon character. Like so many of us, he is a giant nerd who can’t stop babbling about “Star Wars” and “The Matrix” and Tarantino and “Batman.” He contributed much to “Speed” and “Toy Story.” He also wrote a perfectly spectacular script for “Alien 4,” about acid-filled extraterrestrials trying to take over this planet, that Fox threw out the window because they were concerned it contained “too many notes.” Or something. Stupid Fox.
Bidding begins 9 p.m. PT Monday. If you’re interested in dining with Joss Whedon and/or putting an end to all that stoning, you are encouraged to click here.
49% Off Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!! 
Veronica Mars: The Complete Third Season!!
-
+ Expand All
-
first
-
Why am I so very poor? Why?
-
Oh hey! And second!
/Third... -
sigh...yes herc...because everyone from the south stones their wife. i'm really getting tired of this southern stereotype that should be every bit offensive as racism but it's okay because southerners vote red. threadjack over. whedon's the shit.
-
...if I get to punch him in the face for spawning the most annoying fanbase since Gene Roddenberry. I mean sure, I like a lot of his shows, but man do a lot of his nutbar hardcore fans shit me.
-
I would love to pick Joss's brain regarding his original plans for Firefly and Angel Season 6. Although I don't read comics, I'd still like to know what he would have done with Wonder Woman. I'd even like to talk to him about stoning women. But if he started in on the fucking retarded "womb envy" rant he wrote on his blog, I think I would have to beat him to death with a pepper mill.
-
He's willing to pay any price for this.
-
I spend the entire evening asking why the hell did he add Dawn to Buffy, and we he would explain himself, I would say, "you bastard!" and then throw a drink in face and walk out.
-
mostly they just beat on them with broken bottles or a tire iron.
-
Buffy or Cordelia or Inara or Faith or Fred or River or some of the Potentials.
-
Damn she's hot on that box cover.
-
It's hilarious and sad how Whedon tries to pass the buck on Alien Resurrection. Read his script... the entire movie is there. Two action sequences got cut for budget, resulting in a rather unfortunate new ending for the film, but the first 1 hour and 40 minutes or so is word-for-word taken from the very first draft. Whedon acts like they raped his baby, I guess because he envisioned it looking different or having a different cast or something. Because he just can't complain about that script. It's his script completely. He even did the rewrites.
-
You mean like Mary Louise Parker in "Weeds?"
-
and newc, thank you for proving my point.
-
No, really?
Oh, and Whedon rules. -
Well then, you're gonna love… ALABAMA MAN! Alabama Man! *He's quick, he's strong, he's happ'nin!* You can take Alabama Man to the bowling alley, where he drinks heavily and chews tobacco! *He can bowl, he can drink, he can drink and bowl. Alaba-ma Man!* When his wife asks him where he's been, just use the action button! *He beat the wife and sleeps it off. Alabama Man!* Alabama Man comes with everything you see here. Wife sold separately. P.S. Not all people from Alabama are wife-beaters.
-
makes you sound really sarcastic Herc-inadvertantly obviously. Its just like wen he cant stop talking about "Batman" I can imagine you doing those little air quotations deals. Well not you-I picture Kevin Sorbo-antwoot, Whedon is one fo the few guys I would like to have a dinner with...you cant imagine the conversation running dry, cos if it did you would be able to rant at him to make a sequal to Serenity....which has to happen...like now...
-
Ya'll ain't got a chance in hell.
-
You'd think they would have made one of them hot. Now Darla, that is some hot vampire ass!
-
I would be bidding on this.
-
I'm stoning myself right now. Sexist pricks.
-
For those of you who seem to think that this is a Southern Issue (not sure why), Equality Now doesn't actually do that much work in the US. Most of their work is done in other countries where Women are still treated like property.
Also, Kamala, did you not see Vi? So hot. -
that anyone would pay money to have dinner with this guy, other than to maybe pick up writing tips, or to gain contacts? If I wanted to sit around and talk about Star Wars and Tarantino movies, I'd get a 12 pack and hang out with some buddies. I don't need some middle aged balding guy for that.
-
to Equality Now, find his fantastic speech to the organization on youtube, introduced by Meryl Streep. Amazing stuff. This was around the time he blogged about the 'honor killing' that got captured on film and put on the news and online. Disgusting stuff.
-
Let's see - Jon Favreau, hosting of course. Joss Whedon, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Smith (maybe he won't be so juvenile with better company because the guy is actually smart), and, let's see, Guillermo del Toro. Now that's a dinner conversation I'd love to see. Favreau, make it happen! (after Iron Man, of course).
-
Aren't most cultish fans of Joss as poor as the crew of Serenity?
-
1. Favreau
2. Joss Whedon
3. Christopher Nolan
4. John Carpenter
5. Charlie Kaufman -
GREAT show!
-
1. Michael Bay 2. Uwe Boll 3. McG 4. John Goddard 5. Shawn Levy
-
1. Tim Story 2. Uwe Bowel 3. Brett Ratner 4. Dustin Diamond 5.Tara Reid, she would be there to blow every one after dinner.
-
Anya > Tara
-
It's four o clock, after all.
-
Televisionwithoutpity.com John from Cinncinatti recaps and forums.
Go crazy. -
The one-note talent can't goddamn write for the big screen. Waterworld, Speed, AR - the man is shite on film.
-
Amber Benson (I think) played her and she was very ugly. It made her segments hard to watch. Always took me out of the show.
-
Best Mutant Enemy writer, period.
-
wasn't hot like Buffy or Anya.
She was just kind of plain.
Even Dawn grew up to be a fine bit'o ass.
And Faith, man that is istant woodie right there.
-
Check about 30 posts before yours. Theif.
-
From the eBay listing: "Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses."
So, by writing down that these things are happening, and telling the Islamist countries that they're being bad (yep, that's right - they're some of the worst), that's going to make them stop. Because that's always worked. Joss, I'm a big fan, but you gotta get a grip. These bastards are proud of how they're mistreating women. Because they're evil people who are consumed by a religion of hate (And no, I don't think all Moslems are. I've met quite a few who aren't. But the ones in power in the Middle East fall on the evil side of the ledger.). Just talking about it is not going to help. And until someone can figure out how to have the Moslem "renaissance" that the Jewish and Christian religions have had that separates the religion and the government, it's gonna be SSDD for a long time. -
Actually, Amber Benson is a gorgeous (and cool) woman that most of you would be lining up to date. She was portrayed somewhat dorkily on the show - and her costumes made her look bigger than the other anorexic actors. She's actually quite thin in real life. So no more dissing on my Tara!
And howstone, what part of 'mobilizes international action' don't you understand? This certainly sounds like more than just talking. Anyway, it's better than hiding your head and remaining silent about atrocities. Like that's worked before. Things can change. Isn't Egypt finally outlawing female circumcision? And I think if you check your history, Moslems had a 'renaissance' long before the Western world ever did. -
in math and science, but we are stil waiting on their "reformation", that is what put an end to the witch trials and such.
-
Yes oisin5199, talking is better than sticking your head in the sand. But I was getting e-mails for YEARS talking about the atrocities that the Taliban were committing against women in Afghanistan, and how we should submit petitions to the UN for them to be punished for their actions. Well, I signed those, and those petitions (and all the talking) did absolutely DICK. Only one thing got them out of power: military force. And while that isn't the answer everywhere (and I hope it sticks there), but sometimes it's necessary to stop trying to appease and talk nice to the bad people and just kick some ass.
Kamala, thanks for the correction. Unfortunately, education is apparently not as important in that part of the world now as it was then. But then again, any culture that prohibits half their population from being educated is going to have problems. -
Military force does NOT change cultural attitudes. Education does. You can blow up the Taliban, but that doesn't change their attitudes about women. I can't see how bombing stuff ever solves any problems, let alone ones that have nothing to do with military power. Granted, I don't know exactly what 'mobilizing' means, so I can't say if it will be effective or not, but that doesn't stop EN from being an honorable cause to support.
-
yeah, good thing that since the Reformation the Western, Christian world has never succumbed to acting on superstition, fear and prejudice against other races, religions, and genders. Boy, are we lucky!
-
down syndrome. She looked like a complete mong whenever anyone was talking to her, and her character was bullshit to boot. The introduction of her, Riley, and Adam was when Buffy started to get shit. Obviously it didn't help that Angel and Cordelia left, but these new characters were fucking bollocks. I hated series four of Buffy, the only thing that saved it was Spike. Don't get me started on the introduction of Dawn.
-
When we start seeing videos of 12 year olds beheading people, a Mickey Mouse clone promising "blood in the streets", UN schools bombed for teaching women, acid thrown in the faces of women who don't cover them, and people killed over the way Jesus is portrayed on South Park... then we can talk. In the mean time, go open in gay atheists book store in Tehran or Damascus, and see how you are treated. Other than that, shot the fuck up, ok?
-
When we start seeing videos of 12 year olds beheading people, a Mickey Mouse clone promising "blood in the streets", UN schools bombed for teaching women, acid thrown in the faces of women who don't cover them, and people killed over the way Jesus is portrayed on South Park... then we can talk. In the mean time, go open in gay atheists book store in Tehran or Damascus, and see how you are treated. Other than that, shot the fuck up, ok?
-
Since the focus of Josh's charity is all about stopping abuses of women, let stay on topic. Some of things they themselves say they are trying stop are stonings, honor killings, Islamic courts sentencing women to be gang raped, and the denial of women to get an education and vote in Islamic countries. Since they aren't any countries governed by Christianity alone (only Islam contains both religious AND government rules in its charter) it might be tough to make an oranges to oranges comparision, but still, let's try this. The next time you hear about a "Christian" country that denies women both education and the right to vote, and who's courts can sentenced a woman to be raped, get back to me. But I think by that time you will gone from size small Aquaman underoos to extra large Depend undergarments. Now run along little boy before yo embarrass yourself some more.
-
I'd say you have just been OWNED!
Time to head back to the moveon.org boards I guess. -
I am a democrat, hate Bush, hate the war, hate this government, but I love my country. But everytime I hear someone talk about the poor opressed middle east I wanna fucking puke in their face. These people have had years and years to make something better from themselves, but havent. They sit back and point their fingers at the jews, the west, the great satan, the oil companies and never do anything to help themseleves...perhaps from time to time strap a bomb to their chest and blow up a bus full of women and kids...and say that it is a stuggle to be free, that is why we kill. Fuck that! Like it was said.....200 years ago, they were living in the desert cutting each others heads off and in 200 they will be right back there when the oil runs out. Then the world will not give 2 shits what they do to themselves...just dont get any on us. fuck you and thanx for cumming.
-
Willing to pay what it will take to win? Not so much.
Readers Talkback
User Login
Top Talkbacks
- Whitney Houston 1963 - 2012 -- 383 total posts 380 posts
- New JUDGE DREDD post production footage pops up -- 111 total posts 111 posts
- WTF HOLLYWOOD: SOLARBABIES -- 75 total posts 73 posts
- HANNA's Saoirse Ronan to boss around seven little people -- 71 total posts 68 posts
- Does ‘SNL’ Rhyme With ‘Deschanel’?? Learn Which SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Vet Hosts After Sexy Zooey!! -- 77 total posts 55 posts
- If the Behind the Scenes Pics of the Day drops her pen, pick it up, but don’t look at her legs or else it will be on your record. -- 54 total posts 48 posts
- There's a STAR TREK video game that is going to lead into JJ's STAR TREK 2 apparently... -- 165 total posts 41 posts
- Herc’s Seen Tonight’s Return Of THE WALKING DEAD!! Discuss Also DOWNTON ABBEY, FEAR FACTOR, PAN AM, ONCE, SIMPSONS, DYNAMITE, LUCK, SHAMELESS, BAIT CAR, THE GRAMMYS And More!! Sunday Is Sweeps Day 11!! -- 41 total posts 41 posts
- To Commemorate The 3D Release Of STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, George Lucas Wants You To Know...Greedo Shoots First!! -- 500 total posts 35 posts
- Avid Comic Reader Hercules Does Battle With Tedium During Kevin Smith’s COMIC BOOK MEN! -- 28 total posts 28 posts