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Comic-Con: All Your Joss Whedon Are Belong to Us
[Posted by Kristina Rettig]
Joss Whedon is a Comic-Con god, one who inspired fans to wait hours for a seat in the non-Whedonesque Stargate Atlantis panel — the better bum-rush the front as it ended. By the time the next long line outside Ballroom 20 was admitted, holdovers had taken up three-quarters of the room’s 4,400-person occupancy.
The fact that the panel began 10 minutes late didn’t seem to phase the fanboys and girls, some who wore T-shirts proclaiming, “Joss Whedon is my master now.”
While the panel was intended to feature Whedon’s latest project, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, fans preferred to focus on all matters Joss. Not that it mattered. Whedon and his Dr. Horrible stars Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion spent most of the time dodging questions in favor of keeping the party going, an approach that only seemed to further engage the crowd.
“You do kill a lot of chicks,” said Harris in response to a question regarding Whedon’s tendency to put a good storyline above his characters’ general happiness.
“I love happy endings. Some of you can remind me of some of them later,” Whedon replied.
As for his own unhappy endings, Whedon said, “I’m wiser than when I did Firefly. Anything that doesn’t get out, I can make on the internet now. ‘Dr. Horrible’ is about putting power into [fans’] hands.” This got an explosive response from Whedon fans who disagreed with the networks' opinions on shows such as Firefly and Angel.
By the time Whedon left Ballroom 20 to a standing ovation, the audience had learned the following:
- “Cabin in the Woods” is in the works.
- For now, the “Fray” series is not happening.
- Xander will return in the Buffy comic.
- The “Dr. Horrible” universe is expanding to include a part 4 (says writer Jed Whedon), a soundtrack (available in the next couple of weeks), a DVD (with a contest for 3-minute videos) and if you want a “Dr. Horrible” van remote, go here.
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Yes! Perhaps Part 4 will wrap up some of the loose ends? Perhaps?
I can't wait for a soundtrack, and I know that many people are in the same boat. Come onnnnnn soundtrack.
Posted by: Liz | July 25, 2008 at 09:14 PM
Actually it was announced that Oz would appear in the comics. Xander's been there since the beginning.
Posted by: C, A. Bridges | July 25, 2008 at 10:29 PM