Apparently I need to keep up more with the Internet happenings, because there was a Q&A on Reddit with Joss Whedon the other day and I missed it. Of course, I don’t have a Reddit account, but that could have been easily rectified I reckon.

Anyway, as a longtime fan of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, I found the recap of the Q&A session by The Hollywood Reporter pretty cool. When asked about doing a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to buy the rights to Firefly back and do a season two, Whedon responded:

“Step 2: Cancel Castle. Step 3: Cancel Homeland. Step 4: Generally destroy everybody’s careers. Step 5: Avoid Step 2.”

Basically he was saying that the stars are not aligned. They are doing other things, have other commitments and projects to work on. A second season of Firefly just isn’t going to happen…at least not any time soon (see my inner fanboy holding on to hope there?).

Then, when asked about his reputation for killing off people and the hardest character he’s ever had to snuff, Whedon had this to say:

“I actually find it refreshing… delightful…. vaguely arousing….

Actually, I’m, no offense, very tired of being labelled as “the guy who kills people”. Shakespeare (he’s this hot new writer) does it way more than me, and everyone’s all excited about how he, as it were, holds a mirror up to nature, while I’m like the Jason Voorhees of the writing community. Unfair.

Also, probably Buffy’s Mom.”

Too cool! The Body has got to be in my top 5 episodes of BtVS ever. Hmm, maybe I should do a list about those? To know that he agonized a little over bumping off Joyce makes me smile, because that was such a powerful hour of television. Kudos to you for that Joss, and every other thing you’ve ever done. Well, almost everything (*cough* Dollhouse *cough*).

After reading through the interview a little, I’m even more excited to see Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers now. I mean, I was going to see them anyway, but now…I’ll be first in line!

Speaking of Buffy, I picked up Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the novel collections that were released a few years back. When I get around to reading them, I’ll let you know what I thought.