Re: Joss Whedon's Dollhouse

First Fallen wrote:
>> If I'm not mistaken I believe I saw his name on this week's
>> episode of "The Office" as director, which I found sorta
>> odd.  I admit I don't actively keep up with him or his
>> projects but I'd figured he'd have better things to
>> occupy his time.  Of course it does seem alot of his
>> things have fallen apart.  There was a time when he was
>> one of the biggest things around and you saw his name
>> everywhere.  Not so much anymore and it's a pity since
>> he does such good work.  He must not have alot of work
>> on his plate if he's occupying much of his time writing
>> comics these days.
> 
> His work on The Office boils down to the fact that he's a fan of the
show, 
> and wants to direct episodes of it.
> 
> Kind of the same deal with the comic book work.  It's something he wants
to 
> do. 

I can understand the comic work.  Especially since it should be a
fairly easy gig for an experienced TV writer to knock out one or
two monthly comic scripts in short order.  I can't really
understand the work on "The Office" though because he really
doesn't bring anything to it.  It's not the type of show that
really lends itself to an individual director's style.  It's
sort of paint by the numbers and always looks and feels the
same.  Not that Whedon really has much of a discernable
directing style anyways.  Is he doing any writing on it?
I don't think I caught his name as a writer in the credits
but I don't usually look for such things in a sitcom and
I just happened to catch his name in the director slot.
I would just figure he'd be more interested in developing his
own properties and getting them going.  Heck he was so busy
doing just that during Buffy and Angel's runs that he had
very little hands on with those series for much of their runs.
It seems odd that he'd come back to them later as comix when
he wouldn't have really much of anything to do with them
when they were on air.

Ivory