Joss Whedon thinks the new Jurassic World clip is sexist

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 4/11/15 at 5:42pm

I think I'm more offended by the lame writing, stiff acting, and BDH's privilege-sibilant S's

[Bilbo3]

Posted: 4/11/15 at 6:05pm

Complete BS. It's not one bit. And even if it was, are we only allowed to have films that are politically correct now? Who gives a damn if some fictional character is sexist. A character is a character. God forbid we have meaty characters that aren't PC. Is he going to complain STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE  is sexist also? Fool. Joss Whedon just sounds like an idiot who is trying to make something out of nothing cause he's bored or has some personal grudge with the film that he hasn't even seen yet. What a moron.

 

Updated On: 4/11/15 at 06:05 PM

[Tag]

Posted: 4/11/15 at 6:09pm

Oh no, this clip just plunged my 'must see' status to maybe.  Terrible writing

[Tag]

Posted: 4/11/15 at 6:13pm

Well, and that the dinosaurs in the trailer look less realistic then they did in '93.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/11/15 at 6:47pm

This doesn't really bother me and, as much as I'm a fan, Joss often bothers me...  And that said--I think his point is legit.  It IS a tired trope that the uptight woman gets loosened up and learns how to LIVE thanks to the wild guy who proves her successful business woman ways are wrong.  It's also common to rom coms aimed at women--not just action films.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/11/15 at 7:04pm

And WOW that clip is wretched--that awful dialogue.  "It's kinda funny."

In this case I don't see it as full on sexism so much as a really worn out, lazy (and, ok, sexist) trope.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/11/15 at 7:08pm

When did all blockbusters become "Bedknobs & Broomsticks" and "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"?

[tazber]

Posted: 4/11/15 at 7:24pm

Meanwhile he had one female character in a movie with six other male heroes and an all male cast of villains. 

But you know, he dressed her in skin tight lycra and always made sure she had make-up on during her fight scenes, so that's a step forward. Right?

 

[Roscoe]

Posted: 4/13/15 at 9:34am

Maybe not sexist as such, but certainly cliched in its barely one dimensional characters and badly written dialogue.  But then again, it's a JURASSIC PARK spinoff, was anyone expecting it to be any good at all?

[tazber]

Posted: 4/13/15 at 9:55am

I am sure hoping it is good.

 

 

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 4/13/15 at 10:02am

 

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/13/15 at 12:20pm

I just assumed it would continue the downward trend in quality from film to film as with the others.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 4/13/15 at 2:25pm

It's 70'ish and cliche in its sexual badinage.  But at least it's not a current worn out cliche.  

The current worn out cliche is something quite different.  It's the one in which the woman is the voice of sensible reason and the apparently adult man is a juvenile fool.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/13/15 at 4:22pm

Isn't that just a variation of this?

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 4/13/15 at 4:32pm

Is it sexist that I hope Chris Pratt takes his shirt off a lot in this movie?

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/13/15 at 5:23pm

I think that was the original MarySue comment Joss was tweeting about...

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 4/13/15 at 7:06pm

Eric my take was that he was being sensible and farsighted in terms of the conventional corporate recklessness and playing God with nature that she represents.  He was also being chill and sexually aggressive in a very 70s style.

A variation perhaps; a major one on the worn out sexual dynamic we generally see these days.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/13/15 at 10:07pm

Right--I think we agree lol.  But what I mean is she also represents the strict, no-nonsense businesswoman who plays by the rules.  He's the frat boy type who secretly has a huge connection with the way nature etc really works.

[Tag]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 3:04pm

New Trailer

Doesn't look like it has any of the magic of the original films.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:27pm

It just looks like more of the same -- and Chris Pratt looks entirely too fully dressed for me to bother with this.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:38pm

The fact that this has even a little bit of the DNA (and it appears to!) of the original abandoned, insane concept of the film makes me nervous. 

[SNAFU]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 10:39pm

Boy does this look like a steaming pile of raptor SH*T!

 

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 4/21/15 at 1:35am

When a man dressed like a grease monkey comes on to a well dressed woman, it's sexist.  Whe she comes on to him, it's edgy.  When the attraction is mutual, it's stereotypical rom-com.  When she callenges him, she's a ball buster.  When he challenges her, he's insensitive.  When he sets out for revenge, he's doing the manly thing.  Whe she sets out for revenge, she's a sociopath.  No matter what your story is, you really can't win with the PC police.  But if it's a good story, well told, who really cares?

[tazber]

Posted: 4/21/15 at 5:54am

Odd man out!

I love the trailer and I can not wait to see the movie.

I'm not sure the original magic can ever be recaptured. Seeing dinosaurs isn't new anymore.

Now I just enjoy them for what they are: B monster movies with A+ FX.

Throw in Chris Pratt and it's a no-brainer for me.

 

[Taryn]

Posted: 4/21/15 at 3:57pm

Joss loves thinking other people's media is sexist.  Just not his own.