Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Introduction: J.J. vs. Joss: a love story -- First scripts: doctoring, conceiving and giving birth -- Getting the girl: Buffy, Felicity and Sydney -- What fresh hell: devils, angels, a firefly, lost -- Who we are and who we will be in Dollhouse and Fringe -- TV or not tv: no success like failure -- Oh, the horror: Cabin in the woods and Super 8 -- Hit and myth! defenders of the franchise -- The next Spielberg? |
Summary |
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 (Abrams series Felicity; Whedon's adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing), as well as commercial failu |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
Subject |
Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey Jacob), 1966- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Whedon, Joss, 1964- -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey Jacob), 1966- fast |
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Whedon, Joss, 1964- fast |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2016024157 |
ISBN |
9781442269910 |
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144226991X |
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