The male feminist in disgrace, Joss Whedon, was finally replaced, as King of the Nerds
By Chris Snellgrove | Published
Lately, I looked at everything that is created by James Gunn, from older things like Wick to the new episodes of Peacemaker. While I come back SupermanThe excellent first film for the DCU, it came to my mind that I watched more than the defeat of the man of the steel Lex Luthor. I also looked at Gunn called with casualness the former director of Marvel and DC Joss Whedon as a beloved king of the Nerds.
Back in 2012, Joss Whedon directed The AvengersA critical and commercial hit which brought a complete overall narration to the MCU. It was really the impression that Whedon’s life had led to this when he put his reputation as a creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer In a new career as director of high power superheroes. He then directed The Avengers: Age of Ultron And Justice LeagueBut the controversies with this DC film and Whedon’s personal life indeed ended a career that seemed nowhere to go.
Accusations against Joss Whedon
As of Avengers The director’s personal life, his ex-wife Kai Cole wrote a blog article in 2017 alleging that Whedon had slept with actresses of Buffy and other productions he worked on; She did not name name, but her post (as well as things like Whedon is incredibly misogynist Wonderful woman Television pilot script) harms Whedon’s reputation as a noisy, proud and male male feminist. After Justice League Stars Ray Fisher and Gal Gadot alleged that Whedon had mistreated them on the set, his former Buffy And Angel Star Charisma Carpenter allegedly alleged that Whedon was cruel to her on the set, caller and wondering if she would keep the baby after her pregnancy.
Carpenter was supported by former Costars such as Sarah Michelle Gellar, David Boreanaz, and the late Michelle Trachtenberg, who continued saying that there was a rule on the set that Whedon was not allowed to be alone with her (she was only 14 years old when she joined Buffy). Collectively, this whole Whedon career has flowed even if she condemned her reputation, which means that the admitted feminist looks like a misogynist. At the same time, it happened, however, Whedon was slowly replaced by James Gunn.
The climb of James Gunn
When Buffy ended, Gunn was a rising star in Hollywood, writing the scripts for both Dawn of the dead Remake and Live Scooby-Doo films. He made his director’s debut in 2006 with WickA successful horror film featuring the golden boy from Whedon, Nathan Fillion. Gunn has done another job, in particular by directing the satire of hilarious superhero GreatBut it is fair to say that he did not become a creator of the consumer superstar until the success of his first film MCU Galaxy goalkeepers.
After Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 turned out to be another major success, Gunn was firmly established as one of the coolest figures in the history of geek. He had become a bit like Joss Whedon in that his name was now synonymous with elegant and cool work while always being cheesy.
But then he faced the same challenge that Whedon had been confronted: about a year after the Buffy Creator’s wife wrote her devastating blog article, Gunn was dismissed by Disney after some of his former seriously disadvantaged tweets resurfaced.
How James Gunn recovered from the cancellation
These days, even Gunn is the first to admit that he thought that this controversy would completely destroy his Hollywood career. But then something happened for the Guards Guru who has never really happened for Whedon: his former actors, as well as a legion of celebrities, fans and media, began to support him publicly and criticize Disney for his decision to let the director go.
Gunn returned directly Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3But not before directing Suicide Squad for Warner Bros. It made the foundations so that Gunn finally became the co -president of DC Studios, and his first DCU film, Superman, turned out to be a success. And this success means that its former boss Marvel must now be concerned about a popular rival cinematographic universe, even if the MCU is in the shock of high level failures as Thunderbolts And The Fantastic Four: First steps.
James Gunn never claimed to be a champion of anything, except a good narration
By comparing their career, I can’t help but notice that James Gunn had something that Joss Whedon apparently did not do it: the collective support of almost all those who worked with him. Gunn has repeatedly recognized the immaturity of its former provocative audiences on social networks and apologized for them, but everyone generally understood that they were only words (although childish and offensive words).
Whedon wrote his own story and was looked like a women’s champion. Meanwhile, his publicly acceptable personality would have hidden (according to his ex-wife and several former actors), a dark of the history of misogyny, cruelty and abuse on the set.
This brings us to our days: Gunn’s career has survived an attempted cancellation while the whole care of Whedon is quietly. And now, as an architect of the DCU, Gunn does for superhero films which even Whedon could not do at the top of his power and his influence. Move, Joss: You were dethroned as King of the Nerds.
And to judge by the pleasure that Gunn seems to have, one thing remains clear. It’s good to be the king!
