I just had the most hideous thought!

[litlover12]

I don't even know where this came from. You know the movie Frequency? In case you don't, it's a charming sci-fi flick about a son (Jim Caviezel) reconnecting with his long-dead father (Dennis Quaid) via ham radio and some exceptionally powerful Northern lights, and setting right all the things that went wrong in their past. The words "charming" and "sci-fi" don't always go together, but trust me, they fit here. I'm very fond of this movie.

Anyway, I'm rewatching it so I can write about it for an online magazine. I want to concentrate on how it has a much more optimistic worldview than much of modern sci-fi/fantasy, and how it's willing to allow the possibility that the past really could be changed for the better without all sorts of horrible, irrevocable prices being paid and so forth. And then out of nowhere this came into my head:

What if Joss Whedon had written this film?

. . .

I -- I think I need to go curl up in the fetal position for a while.

Comments

[ever-maedhros.livejournal.com]

I haven't even seen the movie in question, but you've already blown my mind.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

I saw the unedited version of your comment, and realize I may have confused you a bit. :-) What I'm getting at is, some of the more negative aspects of his worldview would have wrecked this particular film. I wasn't referring to writing quality. (Although "Frequency" is a very well-written film and so wouldn't have needed a writing doctor, anyway.)

[ever-maedhros.livejournal.com]

That's okay. I loved the Avengers movie, and having not read/watched any of his previous work, decided he was one of my favorite writers right off the bat after that, without delving into his previous work. Now I'm going to do that and get a more well-rounded view. I didn't realize he liked killing off characters. (Not many character deaths in Avengers. Too many important characters he has to keep alive for the franchise. XD)