https://staging2.theplaylist.net/joss-whedon-says-lucy-is-a-huge-step-in-advancing-female-driven-blockbusters-20150130/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:41:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/joss-whedon-says-lucy-is-a-huge-step-in-advancing-female-driven-blockbusters-20150130/#comment-136677 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:34 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/joss-whedon-says-lucy-is-a-huge-step-in-advancing-female-driven-blockbusters-267626/#comment-136677 All of this is a bit funny, since Whedon inadvertently stepped into his own mess when he was trying to take the whole GamerGate brigade to task and this in turn shone a light on the fact that most of the female characters he\’s "developed" have been radically weak in terms of portrayal, with rare exceptions. All of this talkjobbing he\’s doing could be shifted into him actually DOING something with a strong female presence.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/joss-whedon-says-lucy-is-a-huge-step-in-advancing-female-driven-blockbusters-20150130/#comment-136678 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:34 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/joss-whedon-says-lucy-is-a-huge-step-in-advancing-female-driven-blockbusters-267626/#comment-136678 Yeah i\’s great that Lucy had a female lead and made money. But was it actually any good? I have a pretty high tolerance for Besson\’s brand of b-movie aesthetic but that was pretty bad.

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