As infinitewhale points out further down, Cabin (or at least the first draft) may predate Dollhouse. All the same, it's the last original thing he's put out (and that was five years ago. Get off twitter and get to work, Joss!)
There's that very telling scene in Cabin where the heroes actually start working together, and the controllers immediately drug them to make them think it makes more sense to go it alone. That's a good metaphor.
I always felt the Existentialist perspective worked best.
Yeah, Joss has been pretty open about his fanboying of Camus and existentialism. To re-use a quote elisi posted yesterday: "Season six [of Buffy] remains the highlight. You won't find a more skilled extended exploration of existential turmoil on the big or small screen. And I'm not talking "woe is me" teenage angst, but a genuine search for what it means to be human. It's Bergman for the masses." Tim Porter, Paste Magazine
Slaughterhouse-Five is one of my favourite novels. Here's a pitch: Scalzi and Joss get together to adapt Vonnegut's novels (they're in a verse with each other, mostly) into a TV series. Who do I contact to make that happen? :)
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Date: 2017-03-20 09:26 am (UTC)As infinitewhale points out further down, Cabin (or at least the first draft) may predate Dollhouse. All the same, it's the last original thing he's put out (and that was five years ago. Get off twitter and get to work, Joss!)
There's that very telling scene in Cabin where the heroes actually start working together, and the controllers immediately drug them to make them think it makes more sense to go it alone. That's a good metaphor.
I always felt the Existentialist perspective worked best.
Yeah, Joss has been pretty open about his fanboying of Camus and existentialism. To re-use a quote
"Season six [of Buffy] remains the highlight. You won't find a more skilled extended exploration of existential turmoil on the big or small screen. And I'm not talking "woe is me" teenage angst, but a genuine search for what it means to be human. It's Bergman for the masses."
Tim Porter, Paste Magazine
Slaughterhouse-Five is one of my favourite novels. Here's a pitch: Scalzi and Joss get together to adapt Vonnegut's novels (they're in a verse with each other, mostly) into a TV series. Who do I contact to make that happen? :)