Yahoo Movies Joss Whedon's Twitter gaff angers Justice League fans
Joss Whedon might be liked by most Marvel fans, but he won't be getting any Christmas cards from DC followers.
The director took over from Zack Snyder on reshoots for Justice League earlier this year after Snyder sadly had to step down following the death of his daughter.
Producer Charles Roven later said that Whedon worked on "15, 20%" of the finished movie.
This probably saw him work on the villain Steppenwolf, who has been widely criticised in many reviews (including ours).
And now it appears like Joss himself has a problem with the character, after he liked a tweet that said Steppenwolf was the "worst comic book movie villain of all time".
Needless to say, Justice League and DC fans spotted the mistake and they are NOT happy. Whoops.
"You are absolutely repulsive. How dare you even like this tweet?" one fan said.
"Your fingerprints are all over this film & you had yet to voice out any kind of support for it. You are despicable & you have singlehandedly ruined Zack Snyder's Justice League."
And that wasn't even the worst. Fruity language ahead.
.@joss You are absolutely repulsive. How dare you even like this tweet?
Your fingerprints are all over this film & you have yet to voice out any kind of support for it. You are despicable & you have singlehandedly ruined @ZackSnyder’s #JusticeLeague. pic.twitter.com/M5oPWp6N8y
- Jesabel (@JesabelRaay) November 16, 2017
Fuck you @joss. I wish Gal Gadot would've drop-kicked your ass during the reshoots, you backstabber.
— 🦇 Jack 🦇 is ALL IN TONIGHT! (@jmartinm_dc) November 16, 2017
Some thoughts: Justice League is a great movie, but all the "bad" things in it are clearly the work and direction of @joss.
Also, his "like" to the tweet trashing Steppenwolf is disgusting.@wbpictures do not make that Batgirl movie.
We don't need uninspired, badly made movies.
— •●BatMax●• is ALL IN (@SupesBatsy) November 16, 2017
Hey @joss. It’s one thing to not promote a film you completed. But to have the lack of decency & the unmitigated gall to like tweets trashing a film that YOU took over for Zack in his time of mourning is disgusting. If you don’t like it, then we all rather have you simply shut up
— Sheraz Farooqi (@SherazFarooqi_) November 16, 2017
@joss can you at least have the decency to respect the work of a director who trusted you enough to help him complete his project in difficult times? 😡 pic.twitter.com/gDSRcwISUD
— Claire saw JL ☇ (@CalireBlackInk) November 16, 2017
This is what showing up for work and collecting a check looks like.. No respect, no love, no desire or ambition to see this succeed thank you for your commitment and integrity @joss#JusticeLeaguepic.twitter.com/jvcdHVL7xE
— @Mr_Evertz ALL IN (@Mr_Evertz) November 16, 2017
Some DC fans have come to Joss's aid though, saying that he's got every right to be a bit critical of Justice League.
Y’all DC fanboys/girls need to stfu about Joss Whedon. Just because he did rewrites/reshoots on JL doesn’t mean he’s forefitted his right to agree with criticisms of his own work or criticize them himself.
— Reu-El (@reuelgomezbaez) November 16, 2017
Don't see why Joss is getting all the hate from DC fans cos the movie is an average one . Even BvS , MoS were just " okay "
— R h n (@IamRhn_) November 16, 2017
Joss is not a miracle worker.
All this hate towards DC Properties is thanks to Snyder
— Jose G Hernandez (@KnightMaster117) November 16, 2017
It probably didn't help that Joss only recently praised Marvel's latest outing Thor: Ragnarok, despite not having anything to do with it.
"Here's the thing: @TaikaWaititi has made a modern masterpiece," he enthused on Twitter. "Epic, hilarious, gorgeous, heartfelt, and hilarious. I'm SO HAPPY #hilarious."
Justice League is in cinemas tomorrow (November 17).
