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Joss Whedon To Join Harold Ramis & J.J. Abrams In THE OFFICE Director’s Chair?? Plus?? A Glimpse Of BUFFY 8.2!!

JOSS WHEDON GOTTA EAT by Pound Sand	Jan 9th, 2007 07:47:16 PM
I clicked on the link for the Buffy comic, but I only got as far as the Bettie Page statue!
Xander Looks Badass! by Black Satin 2	Jan 9th, 2007 08:34:46 PM
HaHaHa
what is the point of these guest directors? by Toe Jam	Jan 9th, 2007 08:42:34 PM
one of the distinctive things about "the office" is its minimalist style. it's shot like a mockumentary, so there's hardly any room for directors to get artistic. must be a vanity thing, especially for these guys, each of whom hasn't had a notable project in a long while.
Abrams directing. by vivavitalogy	Jan 9th, 2007 08:51:03 PM
I sure hope he throws in a polar bear plot line that goes absolutely nowhere in 2 1/2 seasons.
gotta eat ruined my week by Deus Vult	Jan 9th, 2007 09:01:17 PM
in actual fact, when pound sand was trying to get gotta eat going he really inspired me and proved that despite some complaining and nonbelievers, you can actually create your own catchphrase mania. thus, I tried so hard with "dorothy's taint" but it caught fire so fast is just burned itself out, like all the greats before it: too silver, too soon, nipples on, flames on, lucas raped my...ALL TO HELL WITH IT! DEUS VULT GOTTA EAT!
Hope it has a Cameo with Spike! by Nabster	Jan 9th, 2007 09:05:49 PM
Cuz that guys is one ultra coolio. Plus is Whedon gay? Cuz I get that vibe.
joss whedon sucks by Gwai Lo	Jan 9th, 2007 09:07:39 PM
just watched serenity, what a hack. he deserves the "george lucas dialog award"
BUFFY GOTTA BEAT MY MEAT by Riley Martin	Jan 9th, 2007 09:52:32 PM
While I eat. Some....sweets?
second the badass xander, holy crap by Holodigm	Jan 9th, 2007 10:05:04 PM
he looks more like milo ventimiglia than nicholas brendon. and why is abrams doing the office? shouldn't he be doing, oh i don't know, his own show? maybe that's just me.
Office Connection? by buffywrestling	Jan 9th, 2007 10:42:35 PM
While browsing the thread at Whedonesque, some one mentioned that Roy from the Office played Skip the Demon on Angel. True or false? -- Xander pic just became my new wallpaper. Bitca??
Gwai Lo by Fernwick_	Jan 9th, 2007 11:20:54 PM
Did you just compare Serenity to George Lucas's Star Wars trilogy? If your referring to the old one sure, I can see that with his deep character development, maybe your not aware that there is a small little series called Firefly that has already established most of these characters a bit, quite well in fact. Now if your comparing it to the new trilogy, you show your ignorance. Now run along now.... go on...shoo.... Fernwick
Office visitors by Ralph Hinkley	Jan 10th, 2007 12:12:16 AM
Whatever happened to the rumor that members of the UK version would be making cameos this season? Anybody got any news?
Fernwick, by mrfan	Jan 10th, 2007 04:23:01 AM
Firefly was good. Serenity sucked. Plain and simple. Please tear down the Serenity movie poster down from your bedroom wall. Old or new Star Wars is better than that shit.
It's a good thing Whedon isn't writing... by Wungolioth	Jan 10th, 2007 05:17:21 AM
not because I think it would be bad, but you know if he was, someone in the Pam/Jim/new chick(?) love triangle would meet some kind of tragic end.
No YOU suck in every version by aleeminator	Jan 10th, 2007 06:32:46 AM
No YOU suck in every version
catch phrases by brassai2003	Jan 10th, 2007 07:31:33 AM
Damn you gotta eat! there. It's all over now. can we move on?
The office by brassai2003	Jan 10th, 2007 07:32:12 AM
there is NO office but the one in Slough.
Gwai Lo & mrfan by glodene	Jan 10th, 2007 07:33:24 AM
May a thousand fire ants crawl in to yo' mamas fish smelling twats. No one disses The Whedon on my watch. Have a care or run the risk of fanning the embers of my wrath.
BUFFY GOTTA EAT DAWN by Itchy	Jan 10th, 2007 08:14:51 AM
Mmmmmm.
Xander Harris is the new Nick Fury by SpyGuy	Jan 10th, 2007 08:23:05 AM
And why is Herc decimalizing a comic book mini-series? Just say "Here's the cover for BUFFY #2" and lose this "Season 8.2" nonsense.
Because Herc's a fanboy, that's why by Rinse	Jan 10th, 2007 09:04:43 AM
Much nicer cover than the first issue cover. The sense of anatomy is so bad in the first one that you'd think Jo Chen's cousin drew it.
You know what would be awesome? by KiK	Jan 10th, 2007 10:22:40 AM
If Joss Whedon would finish Wonder Woman! That would be awesome since he's been working on it for what seems like 10 years now. Stop dickin' around and get it done!
guest directors by Trader Groucho 2	Jan 10th, 2007 10:32:05 AM
The Office, while minimalist, is the hot "It" show right now. Jobs even grabbed a clip to show off new hardware at MacWorld this week. And you know these directors want an opportunity to work with and develop relationships with the actors, esp. Steve Carrel and Rainn Wilson. It's how the industry works. Relationships.
No Office:The Musical by INWOsuxRED	Jan 10th, 2007 10:48:00 AM
Sorry Joss, you can't "turn the medium on its head" or use silly little gimmicks for the Office. No point in any of these people being there, because the format is rigid and nobody will top Feig or any of the other regular directors and nobody will make it their own. More stunt casting and less stunt directing, please. At least bring back Tim Meadows. Although one of these guest directors will probably get a directing emmy for "lowering themselves" because why reward hard work when you can reward some asshole for jumping on a fast moving bandwagon and contributing as little as possible?
MetalWater.. by torpor_haze	Jan 10th, 2007 11:30:00 AM
I'm still waiting for the day you stop making sense.
oh and.. by torpor_haze	Jan 10th, 2007 11:33:44 AM
The reason Herc uses television notation for this is because other editors haven't realized yet that this is a comic book. Otherwise it would go into AICN comic section. I'm sorry but that column is a clusterfuck of New Line proportions.
jaybrams episode -- by Firebird	Jan 10th, 2007 11:38:17 AM
will it have the standard issue hero tied to a chair + flashback?
Kiss my ass glodene. by mrfan	Jan 10th, 2007 12:19:01 PM
(says mrfan as he runs to his mama to warn her of a thousand fire ants heading towards her twat)
torpor, don't you mean 'start making sense'? by oisin5199	Jan 10th, 2007 12:54:44 PM
the guy claims to be a Joss fan, but fundamentally DOESN'T get the man's work. I couldn't think of a worse fit for Galactica. If Joss wanted to do a show like Galactica, don't you think he would have done it when he had his own show in a spaceship? He already did fantastic work on a show that was its own thing. If there's anything Joss 'shoulda done' it's XMen 3. But no, Fox wanted to rush the damn thing out to satisfy their petty thing with Singer. Anyway, I can see why any director would want to take a crack at directing the Office. I don't think Joss would be trying to turn anything on its head, but just have fun directing good comedic actors in great scenes with great dialogue. Besides, it's like directing a good stage play. And damn, I can't wait for this new Buffy comic series, plus Joss' run on Runaways, and the next Serenity comic, and the rest of the final Astonishing X-Men arc, for that matter. All this comicy goodness almost makes up for the absence of Whedon tv.
Hee, Hee, Hee, Hee by glodene	Jan 10th, 2007 01:37:44 PM
Yo mrfan, that was funny. Good comeback :-)
xander lost weight by dr.bulber	Jan 10th, 2007 02:34:01 PM
buffy season 7 was so bad i have never watched a buffy episode since. blah. i wont watch whedons office show either.
Xander was actually... by gammaknight	Jan 10th, 2007 02:49:50 PM
Dracula's man-bitch for an entire year if that "Tales of the Vampyres" collection turns up being canon. Perhaps the guy decided to shed the carpenter gig once and for all after that tiny misstep.
Hurry up with that Wonder Woman shite, Joss by Toby___Wong	Jan 10th, 2007 03:48:55 PM
I want a Spike movie, Spike\Illyria movie, Angel movie and a Ripper movie.
flashback might work by Bloo	Jan 10th, 2007 03:52:51 PM
you could actually make a "flashback" office work since most of it is "flashback" anyways like real reality shows are. You see something happen and you hear someone talking about why they did it or what not. I would laugh if on the Abrams show Dwight was tied up to a chair thanks to Jim or something adn Jim and Dwight and the camera crew tell us how that happened. I think it would work better on this type of show then anyother Abrams show
oisin...oh you got me..and by torpor_haze	Jan 10th, 2007 03:54:37 PM
EW just got the confirmation from NBC Universal for Whedon and Abrams.
I agree DerLanghaarige sucks in every version. by nalapou	Jan 10th, 2007 05:32:08 PM
My 2 favourite showrunners directing my favourite comedy... wow, awesome.
The Immortal by JackBristow	Jan 10th, 2007 05:43:24 PM
Checked out the preview pages of Buffy 8.1, and there's a great bit about this (if you remember, in one of the last Angel episodes, Angel and Spike go to Rome to seek out Buffy, who is supposedly dating "The Immortal.") Buffy states that there are two other Slayers acting as Buffy decoys in order to protect her, one of which is partying very publicly in Rome with the Immortal. I guess it worked out that SMG couldn't appear in that Rome episode.
Buffy Plant?!? by buffywrestling	Jan 10th, 2007 08:21:25 PM
Crap, why couldn't this be a TV/DVD miniseries? Now I wanna know what Angel and Spike will do - if they survived, of course.
Wouldn't he be better off continuing.... by Floyd_Dylan	Jan 11th, 2007 04:40:38 AM
the adventures of Firefly in comicbook form? Because basically I get the feeling he's doing this for the money, rather than the love.
The story of how the comic came to be... by torpor_haze	Jan 11th, 2007 08:31:57 AM
http://www.darkhorse.com/zones /buffy/editor.php
Sorry to Hear about your moms twat by Fernwick_	Jan 11th, 2007 10:18:14 AM
I am personally not for ant twat invasions, but dont forget, all film is subjective, and while I am a Star Wars fanboy, you cant help but just enjoy the hell outa Firefly, and I find it perplexing that anyone can watch Serenity AFTER seeing Firefly and NOT like it. My mind still hurts from that one.
Yup its true every version of DerLanghaarige sucks by Nabster	Jan 11th, 2007 01:41:32 PM
The US version of the Office is simply fantastic. Well the second and third season have been awesome when it has come into its own. I actually thought the Firefly movie was pretty enjoyable, not a sci fi classic or anything. On the other and I though the Firefloy show was over-rated, Joss Whedons writing just is not my cup of tea, I don't find excessive cheeky sarcasm intelligent writing. He just seems to be a one trick pony writer in that respect, but I will still watch the Office as its one of the few good sitcoms around. And JJ gets a lot of free points for Lost, sorry that show is fantastico!
Joss ain't no train-jumper by KatAClysm	Jan 12th, 2007 01:01:59 AM
The idea that a credible and very established director would be "jumping" onto this success train is just silly. But that's really cute that you think The Office (american edition) would really "make" Joss' career. silly rabbit

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