J.J. Abrams vs. Joss Whedon
Subtitle: duel for media master of the universe
By: Wendy Sterba
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781442269903
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: In J.J. Abrams vs. Joss Whedon, Wendy Sterba compares the parallel careers in film and television of two creative masterminds-pitting one against the other in a light-hearted competition. The author looks back upon the beginnings of both men's careers-Whedon's stint as a writer on Roseanne and Abrams' early scripts for films like Regarding Henry-and forward to their most recent blockbusters, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This books also looks at non-fantasy successes, such as Abrams' series Felicity and Whedon's adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : J.J. vs. Joss: a love story; title: First scripts: doctoring, conceiving and giving birth; title: Getting the girl: Buffy, Felicity and Sydney; title: What fresh hell: devils, Angels, a Firefly, Lost on a Joy ride; title: Who we are and who we will be in Dollhouse and Fringe; title: TV or not TV: no success like failure; title: Oh, the horror: Cabin in the woods and Super 8; title: Hit and myth! Defenders of the franchise; title: The next Spielberg?