tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post5045550614593189994..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Prediction #2: The Cabin in the WoodsSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-69564281927015922832013-08-26T17:30:36.751-05:002013-08-26T17:30:36.751-05:00Oh, I definitely second listening to the Whedon/Go...Oh, I definitely second listening to the Whedon/Godard commentary track. It's probably one of my favorite commentary tracks ever. It's seriously great.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-39293996905472823012013-08-25T23:18:17.053-05:002013-08-25T23:18:17.053-05:00"There are a bunch of people who will go see ..."There are a bunch of people who will go see anything with his name attached to it."<br /><br />That's me. <br /><br />In addition to The Cabin in the Woods, Whedon's Serenity was postponed twice before it was released in the dead of September and his Much Ado About Nothing received pretty much only arthouse showings and nothing more. And the latter was despite his track record with The Avengers.<br /><br />I love Dr. Horrible, too. Whedon's got time to kill because of a writers' strike so what does he do? Calls some friends together, writes this with his brothers and one of their girlfriends (now wife) and does pretty much the first internet serial that reached widespread consciousness. By the way, it's Joss Whedon's brother Jed and Jed's wife Maurissa (two of the Dr. Horrible writers) that will be the main writers for the coming Avengers TV spinoff Agents of Shield.<br /><br />Not to keep spamming you, but here's what I had to say on Dr. Horrible: http://tipsfromchip.blogspot.com/2011/05/movie-dr-horribles-sing-along-blog-2008.html<br /><br />I love the song Everyone's a Hero in Their Own Way that gets sung by Captain Hammer. And here's some fans "badhorsing" Felicia Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Io-si7Ctg<br /><br />And while I'm in a "brain half asleep, free association mode" if you've never encountered Felicia Day's internet serial The Guild it's definitely worth checking out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grCTXGW3sxQ Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-55532653079177299412013-08-25T22:15:54.145-05:002013-08-25T22:15:54.145-05:00Right. Wouldn't it be nice if they figured out...Right. Wouldn't it be nice if they figured out from track record, though? There are a bunch of people who will go see anything with his name attached to it. Release his stuff.<br /><br />Oh, and you didn't mention Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog, which is genius.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54012425065961883352013-08-25T22:00:23.232-05:002013-08-25T22:00:23.232-05:00First, if you have the BD then check out the comme...First, if you have the BD then check out the commentary. Whedon and Goddard point out quite a bit in the film.<br /><br />Second, studio execs have almost never been able to figure out what to do with Whedon's works. He's always working on multiple levels and I think it just plain confuses them. Here are just a few examples:<br /><br />1. His script for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie was taken away from him and turned into a comedy. He disowned it, but got to do his vision with the TV series of the same name. It was a mid-season replacement on the fifth place network (The WB) based on a failed movie...and it became a huge hit with fans. It is one of the very rare times that a TV spinoff of a movie is considered the much better of the two. More than one publication referred to it as the best show on television during its run.<br /><br />2. After two very successful shows on "minor" networks, FOX has him do Firefly - which comments on how many sci-fi movies are really just westerns by making it a literal western in space. FOX doesn't like his two hour pilot that sets up the story, introduces all the characters, and has a fantastic setup for the series, so they just don't broadcast it. They instead start with the second episode so no one knows who the hell anyone is. Then they show episodes out of order so that the story makes no sense from week to week. Naturally the show gets low ratings so they cancel it - and then Whedon turns it into a fantastic theatrical movie named Serenity.<br /><br />3. FOX hires him again to do another TV show - Dollhouse. They once again don't like his pilot, but this time they don't even let him shoot it. Instead they take the show away from him and turn what is intended to be a dark comment on society into Fantasy Island. Ratings are horrible, so they turn the show back over to his control, but too late to save it.<br /><br />4. While all this is going on DC has hired Whedon to write and direct a Wonder Woman movie. After two years in development hell they decide that Whedon just doesn't have what it takes to make a big superhero movie and the entire project is scrapped. Fast forward a few years and Whedon does The Avengers, the third highest grossing movie of all time, and the best superhero movie yet made.<br /><br />When Whedon and Goddard did The Cabin in the Woods it was actually just more of the same. Fans "get" Whedon, but there's something in studio execs that just plain doesn't.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-21055352756667080732013-08-25T21:19:46.851-05:002013-08-25T21:19:46.851-05:00@Nick--boy, do I understand why you like this one....@Nick--boy, do I understand why you like this one. I ran out and bought it on Blu-Ray a couple of days later. It's officially the first Blu-Ray I've ever watched.<br /><br />@Chip--I left you a new comment. I can see your interpretation of the meta roles of all the players. I'm not 100% sure that it's an intended interpretation, but it is a fun one.<br /><br />Your point about it sitting on a shelf for years is a good one. Why not release it straight to DVD if they didn't have faith in it? That, and I just don't understand movie executives sometimes. Then again, I also understand that I'm not a typical film viewer, and the wants and desires of a collection of random goofs will always count more than my opinion.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41348095440998097172013-08-25T20:30:29.730-05:002013-08-25T20:30:29.730-05:00I'm a big fan of Joss Whedon and I will watch ...I'm a big fan of Joss Whedon and I will watch anything he has a hand in, even if it's just a co-writing credit like on this film. Just like you could pick out a lot of horror movie references, I could pick out "Whedonisms" scattered through the movie. Despite the gore, I liked this film for the humor and story. I also liked how the various roles in the film represent the roles in the making of a movie itself.<br /><br />You may remember that I included this in my Horror Comedies category about four months back. You left a comment, but you said you hadn't seen it yet, so I don't think you would have read what I had in my spoiler section in the post. That's where I discussed the characters and the movie makers they represented. Here it is again if you skipped that part:<br />http://tipsfromchip.blogspot.com/2013/04/movie-cabin-in-woods-2012.html<br /><br />And to think that the studio left this on the shelf for a couple years and probably only released it because Hemsworth got attention for being in Thor.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-84891362036528632052013-08-25T19:49:35.163-05:002013-08-25T19:49:35.163-05:00Whoo! I absolutely adore this movie. After time, i...Whoo! I absolutely adore this movie. After time, it pushed past Seven Psychopaths as my favorite movie of that year, because it's become one of my all-time favorite movies itself.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.com