>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, given that those are the best movies of the bunch (with Star Wars in there somewhere, either before or after Jedi) I think that's pretty telling. >>>>>>>>>>
But that is direction, and dialogue. Lucas still wrote the overall stories if not the specific dialogue. It could be argued that the Prequel Trilogy could've been better if someone else directed George's story and/or challenged him on certain plot points. George makes a few mistakes, but overall his stories are great. If he hadn't been surrounded by "Yes-Men" they would've been better. But I digress from the original topic... >What would be the point of involving another famous director for a new >Gundam series just to oversee Voice Actors, and overall plot points? The >may not right all of the dialogue, but to say they don't have a major >influence on the show doesn't seem right to me. How would they influence it? I'm not arguing here, I'm just not clear on what a director does in anime. Once you have character designs and scripts, what *can* he do? It probably depends on the director, I guess. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> They might not work out the specific minutia in each episode but I would think they would handle hashing out the overall plot of each episode with the writers. For instance Tomino might not have written a shred of dialogue for the episode where Lalah died, but he "wrote" her death into the series. If he only directed VA and animation, why would he be "Kill 'Em All" Tomino? For example the show LOST has multiple writers but they have 2 "show-runners" who develop the overarching story as a whole, write occasional episodes (Dialogue and all), and specify the main story beats that need to be accomplished each season. While they don't write all the dialogue, or even every scene, they have a huge role in making the overall show. -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
