Sunday, April 25, 2010

Question of the Day

Which is Joss Whedon's best production and why?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Firefly
Dollhouse
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
  
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10 comments:

Divers and Sundry said...

Firefly, of course! I'm at a loss for words to properly explain the why.

poppedculture said...

Buffy - for its longevity, a spinoff, and not making vampires sparkly.

Johnny Cat said...

I voted for Firefly because I'm not into vampires, but also because the arc of that season was so promising and well-written. Western + Space opera + sarcasm = Epic Win.

Extra Credit: that ship. Just look at it.

Kevin R said...

Love Firefly, and also a big fan of Dr Horrible. Never got into the Buffy stuff.

Anastasia Beaverhausen said...

Please don't ask me to choose. *Twitches*

RevAnne said...

I'm with Anastasia...I love the man's work. Dollhouse is perhaps my least favorite, but Firefly, Buffy, and Dr. Horrible have much in the way of awesome.

John said...

Johnny Cat wrote:

Western + Space opera + sarcasm = Epic Win

I don't see the Space Western as a bad genre, but it's a concept that starts out with a handicap -- how do you explain the vast discrepancies in technology?

Battletech did a reasonably good job with this problem. And Firefly was an excellent show. But I think that the Space Western is especially prone to cheesiness without extra care by the writers.

John said...

RevAnne wrote:

Dollhouse is perhaps my least favorite

No one but Whedon could make the Dollhouse concept -- which required enormous suspension of disbelief -- to work.

John said...

Kevin R wrote:

Love Firefly, and also a big fan of Dr Horrible. Never got into the Buffy stuff.

I initially didn't include Dr. Horrible in the poll, but then I remembered that this was such a seminal work in the Whedon portfolio that I couldn't leave it out.

John said...

Jeremy wrote:

Buffy - for its longevity, a spinoff, and not making vampires sparkly.

Yes, and it's sad that the Buffyverse did not have a decisive influence on the vampiric genre, or else our culture would be spared our present Twilight woes.