# The Whedonverse **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992 "2009-10-07T23:34:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/1 "2009-10-07T23:34:42Z")
We have a lot of Whedon fans on this board, and arguments galore. So let’s take this polling feature our for a spin. Which of the projects that Joss Whedon has had a major contributing role in is your favorite? You may expand, expound, and pontificate at your leisure. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/2 "2009-10-07T23:37:22Z")
Firefly. I have no leisure. ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/3 "2009-10-07T23:42:01Z")
I would have a really hard time choosing, but why isn’t Dr. Horrible an option? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/4 "2009-10-07T23:43:18Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Firefly. Yep. Never “got” Buffy. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/5 "2009-10-07T23:45:56Z")
> [@coffinjumper](#): > > I would have a really hard time choosing, but why isn’t Dr. Horrible an option? Reported, and maybe a kindly mod will repair my error. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/6 "2009-10-07T23:48:34Z")
Write in vote for _Alien: Resurrection_. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/7 "2009-10-07T23:51:28Z")
In rough order: Buffy (the series) Firefly Serenity Astonishing X-Men Angel Dollhouse Buffy (Season 8) Dr. Horrible Buffy (the movie) ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/8 "2009-10-08T00:06:12Z")
Angel is my favorite. I was a latecomer to the show (didn’t start watching it until S5) but when I got all caught up with the DVDs, I fell so hard. I always was frustrated with Buffy because it felt like the world was so immature–like everybody on Buffy was stuck in an arrested development. But on **Angel** there were so many shades of gray that sometimes it was difficult to even define right and wrong. The characters felt so real to me and I loved them all–mainly because of their flaws. The really ironic thing is that I hate, hate, hate, hate Angel on _BtVS_. I cannot _stand_ him and I can barely make it through S3. I find every second he’s on the screen so painful. But when I watch **Angel** , he’s my favorite character and I adore him completely. I think the Hellmouth makes him braindead. I wish more people loved the show. I’m always in the minority. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/9 "2009-10-08T00:07:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Reported, and maybe a kindly mod will repair my error. Done – after 15 people had voted, thus undercutting the otherwise rigorously scientific nature of this poll. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/10 "2009-10-08T00:38:02Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Never “got” Buffy. Me either. My choice isn’t on the list, because he was just a minor contributor on it. _Toy Story_. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/11 "2009-10-08T00:50:24Z")
No _Serenity_? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/12 "2009-10-08T00:54:28Z")
Wait. Someone voted for the movie? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/13 "2009-10-08T00:59:57Z")
Nothing tops the Buffy TV series. **Firefly** was good, but not up to the level set by the Vampire Slayer. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/14 "2009-10-08T01:00:43Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > No _Serenity_? I consider _Serenity_ a part of _Firefly_. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/15 "2009-10-08T01:41:34Z")
Firefly, with Dr. Horrible second. I tried to like Buffy, I really did, and it’s the kind of thing I usually like. I just couldn’t get into it, though. I didn’t hate it and I understand why others like it, but … meh. P.S. If you’re counting the Buffy comics as a separate project, then there are Firefly comics that bridge the last ep of Firefly and Serenity. ---
**Author:** ![2ply](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/b2d939/32.png) [@2ply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ply)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/16 "2009-10-08T01:57:07Z")
Buffy was my favorite show when it originally aired but watching some episodes six years later, I think it’s still good, but not as good as I remembered and not as good as Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/17 "2009-10-08T02:30:17Z")
Buffy is one of my 10 favorite shows ever. And yet I voted for Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/18 "2009-10-08T02:54:05Z")
I absolutely loved Firefly. Based on the strength of that show I took a chance and bought season 1 of Buffy and I thought it was terrible. I wanted to like it, I really did, it just didn’t click for me. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/19 "2009-10-08T02:57:44Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > I wish more people loved the show. I’m always in the minority. It’s my second pick after _Firefly_. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992/20 "2009-10-08T02:59:29Z")
Dr. Horrible. Then again, it’s really mainly because of NPH that thing shines. But not really a wedonverse fan I suppose, I just enjoy his stuff, but don’t really pay attention to it. I didn’t know he made the Buffy Movie- I probably saw that first way back in the day when I was a lil’ kid. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whedonverse/512992.md?page=2)