https://www.cbr.com/zak-whedon-on-joss-whedon-the-avengers/
Zak Penn, the original writer for The Avengers before Joss Whedon took over, shares his honest thoughts on the frustrating ordeal.
Someone who's very aggressive about letting everyone know what a champion for women and generally noble person he is turned out to be not so great. Not exactly a shock.
That old expression, patriotism is the first refuge of a scoundrel, comes to mind. Pretty much the same principal here.
Most of the people “supporting” women and the alphabet mafia these days are nefarious scoundrels.
You’re saying patriots are scoundrels?
Honestly,this seems childish by Zak Penn side. His script didnt work,so Marvel hired Whedon to replace him. Why should have Whedon include him in his activity of writing the script?? The point was that,to replace him! Also,he says that "money went out of his pocket" but he still has a credit for the screenplay,so thats just false! And the part where he brings out his kids is just so trash. So Zak Penn is in the wrong here.
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He’s being petty.
It’s not like Whedon went to Marvel and said “Can that guy’s worthless ass and hire me instead.”
Same thing happened with Justice League.
WB brought him in (after he made two highly successful superhero team films) to fix what they thought was a muddied mess after Snyder left but then gave him little time and told him he had to keep it at two hours.
Considering the massive challenge he faced and stress he was under I think the result came out pretty good considering.
Snyder’s cut was bad and he was allowed to fill four hours.
I like Whedon’s version better.
At least he got Superman right.
Agreed,and yes,Joss Whedon got Superman way better than Snyder. This shows how talented Whedon is,because Whedon's way of thinking (based on his interviews) its ironic but also very cynical and pessimistic. While Superman is full of hope. But Whedon managed very well to write him right anyway.
shareStrange, and yet when you watch behind the scenes footage of The Avengers, the cast seemed to having the time of their lives. Even Scarlett said it should be illegal to have so much fun.
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