Joss Whedon thinks the new Jurassic World clip is sexist

I think I'm more offended by the lame writing, stiff acting, and BDH's privilege-sibilant S's

Oh no, this clip just plunged my 'must see' status to maybe. Terrible writing

This doesn't really bother me and, as much as I'm a fan, Joss often bothers me... And that said--I think his point is legit. It IS a tired trope that the uptight woman gets loosened up and learns how to LIVE thanks to the wild guy who proves her successful business woman ways are wrong. It's also common to rom coms aimed at women--not just action films.

When did all blockbusters become "Bedknobs & Broomsticks" and "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"?

Maybe not sexist as such, but certainly cliched in its barely one dimensional characters and badly written dialogue. But then again, it's a JURASSIC PARK spinoff, was anyone expecting it to be any good at all?

It's 70'ish and cliche in its sexual badinage. But at least it's not a current worn out cliche.

The current worn out cliche is something quite different. It's the one in which the woman is the voice of sensible reason and the apparently adult man is a juvenile fool.

Is it sexist that I hope Chris Pratt takes his shirt off a lot in this movie?

Eric my take was that he was being sensible and farsighted in terms of the conventional corporate recklessness and playing God with nature that she represents. He was also being chill and sexually aggressive in a very 70s style.

A variation perhaps; a major one on the worn out sexual dynamic we generally see these days.

New Trailer

Doesn't look like it has any of the magic of the original films.

The fact that this has even a little bit of the DNA (and it appears to!) of the original abandoned, insane concept of the film makes me nervous.

When a man dressed like a grease monkey comes on to a well dressed woman, it's sexist. Whe she comes on to him, it's edgy. When the attraction is mutual, it's stereotypical rom-com. When she callenges him, she's a ball buster. When he challenges her, he's insensitive. When he sets out for revenge, he's doing the manly thing. Whe she sets out for revenge, she's a sociopath. No matter what your story is, you really can't win with the PC police. But if it's a good story, well told, who really cares?

Joss loves thinking other people's media is sexist. Just not his own.