Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon has taken to Twitter to express his frustration that the film industry continues to be bogged down in "70's era" sexism. The trailer that ruffled his pro-equality feathers was for the upcoming Jurassic World sequel (that's number 3826 in the series if our memories serve us correctly).

The clip in question featured an extended scene of Chris Pratt interacting with co-star Bryce Dallas Howard, where they discuss a new mutant breed of dinosaur.

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But while one user took to Twitter to express her appreciation of Pratt's very aesthetically pleasing appearance, Whedon had bigger fish to fry.

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We’re too busy fanning ourselves to talk more about Chris Pratt in this #JurassicWorld clip.http://t.co/LZuZ45GQdw — The Mary Sue (@TheMarySue) April 10, 2015

Joss Whedon is an open feminist, and is renowned for casting powerful females in lead roles (Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, anyone?) so it comes as no surprise that he took umbridge with the stereotypical scene.

But while Whedon did admit he later regretted being so rash in posting his criticism of the trailer to Twitter, he stands by his initial thoughts.Talking to Badass Digest, he said:

"You know, I honestly think that was bad form.... I literally just went … I was so shocked! Honestly, I was shocked! Like a dowager - 'Oh, good lawd!'

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"There are plenty of other things that bother and offend me in movies and I usually don't tweet about them unless the movie is old, long over…I don't want to set myself up as the arbiter of awesome. I was shocked, and I thought, 'Come on, we can do better than this.' I didn't say the movie was a problem, just the clip."

And clearly he didn't feel that regretful, because he hasn't deleted his Tweet. But maybe Hollywood should pay attention to Joss' point of view, and work a little bit harder to dispel any sexism from films in future.

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