Joss Whedon/Headscratchers: Difference between revisions

* Joss Whedon is very good at leaving small snippets that give you a ton of information and make you want to find out more, like the Reavers in [[Firefly]], or The Attic in [[Dollhouse]], but every single time he tries to explain them they become a lot less interesting. The Reavers were fascinating as people who went mad for an unknown reason, who caused other people to go mad. They weren't, when they were the failed result of a scientific experiment. The Attic was terrifying when it was being unable to think. It loses quite a bit when it's "happy thought then bad thought, lather rinse repeat, oh yeah and Arcane".

** I actually found the Reavers ''more'' interesting once their origins were revealed. Moral ambiguity fascinates me, and the Reavers' backstory opens up all kinds of questions about good and evil and the price of peace.