# The best part of the fact that The Avengers is about to make a Gazillion dollars is... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869 "2012-05-04T13:40:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/1 "2012-05-04T13:40:38Z")
…that Joss Whedon is going to be able to green light absolutely anything he wants to. I can’t wait to see what it is! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/2 "2012-05-04T14:18:48Z")
I saw it at the midnight showing last night. Speaking as someone who doesn’t read comic books and hasn’t liked a super hero movie in a really long time I liked The Avengers. It’s light on back story (they assume you’ve seen Captain America and Thor) and light on the preachy ‘hero’s inner turmoil’ that tends to drags down other super hero flicks. The 9/11 Ground Zero homage was trite but the action kept the 2 1/2 hour moving rolling along. Worth paying extra to see it in 3D, a solid B+ from me. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/3 "2012-05-04T14:26:33Z")
Excelsior! ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/4 "2012-05-04T16:03:38Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > …that Joss Whedon is going to be able to green light absolutely anything he wants to. I can’t wait to see what it is! Powerful enough to get Firefly back on the air? ---
**Author:** ![Stowed\_Bob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stowed_bob/32/3312_2.png) [@Stowed\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stowed_Bob)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/5 "2012-05-04T16:08:57Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > Powerful enough to get Firefly back on the air? He needs to exploit Hollywood while it is pliable. He should make a Dollhouse movie for no good reason. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/6 "2012-05-04T16:09:48Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > Powerful enough to get Firefly back on the air? As a tv series? I doubt it. ☹ First, Fox still owns the rights to the TV property, and they don’t seem to be interested in revisiting it at this point. Also, Joss said in his [reddit interview](http://www.whedonverse.net/news/online/joss-whedons-reddit-ask-me-anything/) that he doesn’t want to make Firefly Season 2 happen: > [@Joss Whedon](#): > > Step 2: Cancel Castle. > Step 3: Cancel Homeland. > Step 4: Generally destroy everybody’s careers. > Step 5: Avoid Step 2. I’m not sure if the latter would also apply to making a ‘Serenity 2’ movie. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/7 "2012-05-04T17:09:13Z")
At this point i don’t care about him reviving old shows because anything new he comes up with is likely to be just as good or better. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/8 "2012-05-04T17:36:51Z")
TV shows have production haituses that leave room for filming movies. Working everyone’s schedule to fit 1 actor might or might not work, but it’s not a complete obstacle to a Serenity 2 movie. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/9 "2012-05-04T18:23:38Z")
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie; I’d give it an A-, but > [@Sitnam](#): > > Worth paying extra to see it in 3D, a solid B+ from me. due to the significant use of shakeycam in act 3, I was very glad to be viewing the 2D version. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/10 "2012-05-05T01:29:26Z")
Joss Whedon wrote Alien Resurrection. This floored me, since everyone seems to hate it. I liked it at least more than Alien 3. I think that was before he was Joss Whedon though. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/11 "2012-05-05T05:08:18Z")
No, he got the job because he was already Joss Whedon. But he claims the director did horrible things to his script. How true that is I don’t know, but it was a good enough script to get Sigourney Weaver to sign up after she was initially against doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/12 "2012-05-05T10:36:49Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > As a tv series? I doubt it. ☹ First, Fox still owns the rights to the TV property, and they don’t seem to be interested in revisiting it at this point. Also, Joss said in his [reddit interview](http://www.whedonverse.net/news/online/joss-whedons-reddit-ask-me-anything/) that he doesn’t want to make Firefly Season 2 happen: He needs to have a word with that Nathan Fillion then, cos he seems pretty keen to get the band back together! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/13 "2012-05-05T14:35:49Z")
I, myself, do not want any more episodes of _Firefly_, I think it is a perfect mini-series. I didn’t even care for the movie. Leave it be. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/14 "2012-05-05T15:55:38Z")
I think Wheedon ought to get with Felicia Day and do something insanely great. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/15 "2012-05-05T16:23:53Z")
He’d probably end up killing her character again. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/16 "2012-05-05T16:34:56Z")
Look, now that Joss has a blockbuster under his belt, he won’t be going back to his old stuff, and he certainly won’t be writing for TV. He’s moved on to bigger things. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/17 "2012-05-05T17:46:42Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > he won’t be going back to his old stuff Depends on your definition of “old stuff.” It sounds like he might do another Dr. Horrible story. I agree, though, that it’s highly unlikely we’ll see any more Buffy, Angel, Firefly, or Dollhouse. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/18 "2012-05-05T18:04:18Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > they assume you’ve seen Captain America and Thor And _Iron Man_, _Iron Man 2_, and _The Incredible Hulk_, I presume. > [@Evil Captor](#): > > I think Wheedon ought to get with Felicia Day and do something insanely great. Bow-chicka-bow-wow. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/19 "2012-05-05T18:07:30Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > He’d probably end up killing her character again. I’m thinking of a writing team up, not her as an actor. She’s a great writer, merely a good actor. > [@Evil Captor](#): > > I think Wheedon ought to get with Felicia Day and do something insanely great. > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Bow-chicka-bow-wow. OTOH, this could work. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-the-fact-that-the-avengers-is-about-to-make-a-gazillion-dollars-is/620869/20 "2012-05-05T18:09:15Z")
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