I have really been enjoying the Dark Horse series, specifically the Born on the Battlefield arc by Kurt Busiek.? By all accounts, they are taking special pains to adhere to the pulpy origins of the character, and the stories have been powerful and cool.?
I'm with you on Ratner, but what possible exception could you have to someone using the creator's vision of a character as its basis? Reading your email closely, I think you're giving too much weight to "thier take" in the source quote.? Ultimately, any adaptation is going to be the apdater's take, but it looks like these guys (who I have never heard of) were at least working with the right back-material.? The thing to worry about is Ratner fucking with it. They should do Conan vs. Cthulhu, make a gazillion dollars and retire. -----Original Message----- From: Rox of Spazhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 5:00 pm Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Dear God, you take Ledger away too soon...but not Ratner??? Maybe next time God. The trade says that Ratner jived to the Conan script by Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly, who looked to Robert E. Howard's original pulp stories of the 1930s to create their take on the character. from the site. There is the problem right there. Their take on the character. Bad, bad idea. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
