These days, Joss Whedon is nerd royalty.
However, that wasnt always the case.
It all took place on land, or on a ship, or whatever.
Im like, Isnt the cool thing about this guy that he has gills?
And no one was listening.
And he had written a bunch of stuff that they wouldnt let their staff touch.
That to me was like … Oh!
Echoes of that idea remain in the film, likely thanks to Whedon.
Justifiedscribe Graham Yost is the credited screenwriter,but admitsJoss Whedon wrote 98.8% of the dialogue.
We were very much in sync, its just I didnt write dialogue as well as he did.
Ive never signed a copy of it, Ive never sort of been a part of it.
I have the only poster with my credit on it.
Even if most of the posters dont say so we know you were a part of it, Joss.
Whedon-iest input:While de-heroing the hero a bit is classic Whedon, so is a loveable side character.
As such, Alan Rucks tourist character had a sizeable rewrite from Whedon.
Originally, he was written as an angry lawyer.
He was a bad dude.
He was like, You are a bad cop!
I want blah blah blah!
He was that guy.
Nobody is doing that in a disaster.
Theyre frightened, and theyre pulling together.
And what was a lawyer doing on a bus?
So, I wanted him to be a nicer guy, Whedon toldIn Focus.
The tourist, hes a very grounding figure, and Alan is so sympathetic.
When the absurdity has just gone to the point where I can turn to the mundane.
So are Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, though.
Four people share the original story by credit as well.
Buzz Lightyear had always been conceived as a Dudley Do-Right: dim-witted but cheerful and self-aware.
It was a huge epiphany that turned the whole movie around and created the chemistry inToy Story.
Her character was to be patterned after Linda Hamiltons portrayal of Sarah Connor inTerminator 2.
Titan A.E.
Heres one that lacks the reputation ofX-Men,Toy Story,orSpeed.
As such, animated sci-fi flickTitan A.E.is one that Whedon doesnt talk about much.
Weve talked about the fact that the film is underrated before, too:here,here, andhere.
But theres an awful lot here to like.
Whats more, the spaceship-set banter was a precursor forFirefly, too.
and, the simple but effective an intelligent guard?
I didnt see that one coming.
Bronchitis and getting married both saw Whedon leave the production at two different points.
As such, his signature might be a little harder to spot than usual.
There are a few signifiers of his involvement, though.
InTwister, there are things that worked and things that werent the way Id intended them.
WhereasSpeedcame out closer to what Id been trying to do,he toldA.V.
Thats hardly an achievement to be scoffed at, certainly at that stage of Whedons career.
Whedon-iest moment:Probably when the core cast gather around for steak and eggs at Aunt Megs dinner table.
Ive shot this movie, and the end isnt working.
And ultimately, the movie didnt quite work.
I thought, Damn, youre a good writer.
I wish I could have had you rewrite the whole movie and save this picture.
A shame the Bruce Campbell cameonever made the final cut though.
Its hard to spot his input, though.
Spoilers ahead, obviously…
