Is Joss Whedon's new HBO series The Nevers a bad idea?

The Mary Sue

"It’s hard to describe the emotions Whedon evokes in geek culture," Kate Gardner says of HBO announcing Whedon's sci-fi series on Victorian women with superpowers. "On the one hand, he created Buffy, Angel, Firefly, and directed The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron. On the other … Well, the less said about him the better. There’s an argument to be made about how terrible, allegedly abusive men continuously get second chances, and Whedon is the perfect example of that. But also, he’s not even that good of a writer any longer. He relies on the same storytelling devices over and over and his concept of 'feminism' is incredibly dated compared to how far we’ve come in terms of representation. Buffy was groundbreaking for the quick wit, the female and LGBT representation, and how shocking it could be with characters getting killed off left and right. But the problem is that these are the only tropes Whedon knows how to use."