![]() ![]() In 2012 it didn't, or at least it didn't to me. Now that we know that Disney/Marvel's intention with the Marvel Cinematic Universe has basically been to make history's most financially successfully, largest-scale television program, Whedon's appointment as de facto artistic head of the MCU makes a lot of sense. And that was that, for several years: one more show that couldn't ever really pick up, 2009's Dollhouse, but otherwise the seven years after Serenity saw Whedon, the toast of American geekdom (or at least one fairly prominent strain thereof) largely sink into quietude, script doctoring, and directing the odd TV episode until very suddenly he was out there overseeing the incredibly successful 2012 superhero movie The Avengers. The film was the feature directorial debut of cultishly-beloved TV writer, showrunner, and sometime director Joss Whedon, serving as sequel to his short-lived 2002 series Firefly, which survived long enough to see 11 of its 14 episodes air. The 2005 film Serenity has taken on significance that absolutely nobody could have conceived of when it was new. But beyond the chance for some housekeeping on my end, the fact that GotG2 takes place in the Whedonesque Marvel Cinematic Universe made it much too tempting to pass up the chance for some actual Whedon. 2, a big, bright, colorful adventure in a fantasy version of outer space, gave me just the excuse I've wanted to revisit one of the reviews from very early in my critical career, when I was an idiot. This week: the arrival of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Every week this summer, we'll be taking an historical tour of the Hollywood blockbuster by examining an older film that is in some way a spiritual precursor to one of the weekend's wide releases.
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