The thing that scared me most... "They are doing a quick polish to incorporate some of Ratner's ideas"
Heavy sigh I too enjoy the Dark Horse series. Kicks major arse! lessthan12parsecs On Nov 8, 5:43 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
