Joss Whedon quips

*CyberCubed* · 09-16-2016, 04:33 PM

What are the best and worst quips in Joss Whedon scripts?

**Jester** · 09-16-2016, 07:12 PM

Spoiler:

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 09-16-2016, 07:15 PM

The award for 'worst quip' might have to go to Age of Ultron:

*Iron Man shoots bad guys*
IRON MAN: Good talk.
BAD GUY: No it wasn't!

*snake* · 09-16-2016, 08:16 PM

None.

Inb4 Plastron with more quips than a Joss Whedon script

*Cure* · 09-16-2016, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

The award for 'worst quip' might have to go to Age of Ultron:

*Iron Man shoots bad guys*
IRON MAN: Good talk.
BAD GUY: No it wasn't!

I dunno, bad ADR is funnier to me than the most of the actual dialogue.

*Jephael* · 09-16-2016, 10:56 PM

Sadly I'm not familiar with much of the guy's work, though one of my favorite episodes of Angel (which I didn't get into until the final season) was the one where the title character became a puppet. I think there were some funny Sesame Street references in that one, but I haven't watched it in ages.

*plastroncafe* · 09-16-2016, 11:28 PM

"Do you know what happens when a toad is struck by lightning?"

~~Commenter 42~~ · 09-17-2016, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Jester

Spoiler:

Ha. Perfect.

*Spike Spiegel* · 09-17-2016, 08:30 AM

Even though I like some aspects of its visual style, the script for Alien Resurrection feels like one really long string of bad quips.

*ToTheNines* · 09-17-2016, 08:52 AM

Mewling. Quim.

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 09-17-2016, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Mewling. Quim.

Lol, that's what happens when the MPAA review board doesn't have some sort of linguist on the team: you get a very naughty slang word past the censors.

*snake* · 09-17-2016, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Mewling. Quim.

That's actually a great one. Very clever

Editor's Note Comics · 09-17-2016, 09:44 AM

How did your brain even learn human speech?

*THGhost* · 09-18-2016, 12:01 PM

Pretty much anything from Buffy or Firefly/Serenity:

This one instantly comes to mind; right at the end of the video.

One quip from him personally that I remember from Serenity's commentary track when he was talking about River's big fight scene on Miranda. Something like, "Now, we could have done this with a stunt double. But we didn't have a stunt double - we had a ballerina." (i.e. Summer Glau)

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Originally Posted by Spike Spiegel

Even though I like some aspects of its visual style, the script for Alien Resurrection feels like one really long string of bad quips.

https://filmplanetasylum.files.wordp...urrection2.jpg

Wasn't his script for that movie changed a lot after the fact? I swear I read that somewhere.

*ProactiveMan* · 09-20-2016, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

"Do you know what happens when a toad is struck by lightning?"

Hahaha amazing. I heard some place that that line made sense in an earlier cut, as it was a reference to a running Toad gag that they excised for some reason. Ray Park's acing?

*plastroncafe* · 09-20-2016, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

Hahaha amazing. I heard some place that that line made sense in an earlier cut, as it was a reference to a running Toad gag that they excised for some reason. Ray Park's acing?

Whedon has said in interviews he was not expecting that particular line read. That it was supposed to be a whimsical off-the-cuff statement, but that Halle Barry instead said it as if she was in a Greek tragedy.

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 09-20-2016, 12:14 PM

Whedon's critical mistake was that he thought that line could ever be funny at all.

*plastroncafe* · 09-20-2016, 12:17 PM

Whereas I think the blame rests more on the shoulders of the casting director.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 09-20-2016, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Whereas I think the blame rests more on the shoulders of the casting director.

How can you hate on the lead actress of Catwoman!?

*plastroncafe* · 09-20-2016, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

How can you hate on the lead actress of Catwoman!?

Every movie can't be a winner.

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CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,881	Joss Whedon quips What are the best and worst quips in Joss Whedon scripts?

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Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	Spoiler: __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

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Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	Sadly I'm not familiar with much of the guy's work, though one of my favorite episodes of Angel (which I didn't get into until the final season) was the one where the title character became a puppet. I think there were some funny Sesame Street references in that one, but I haven't watched it in ages. __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

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Editor's Note Comics Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Maine Posts: 140	How did your brain even learn human speech? __________________ www.editorsnotecomics.com

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TheSkeletonMan939 A New Day, A New Headache Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Over there Posts: 3,963	The award for 'worst quip' might have to go to Age of Ultron: Iron Man shoots bad guys IRON MAN: Good talk. BAD GUY: No it wasn't!

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snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	None. Inb4 Plastron with more quips than a Joss Whedon script

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ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,365	Mewling. Quim.

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TheSkeletonMan939 A New Day, A New Headache Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Over there Posts: 3,963	Whedon's critical mistake was that he thought that line could ever be funny at all.