>From interviews I have heard with people that have worked in the industry for a long time editors are now glorified traffic cops. Story direction seems to come from on high. Kind of sad. Not that I want a dictator, but at the same time someone who will say, "NO, GRANT!" would be nice.
On 1/16/09, Ronald Methvin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd really like to know how the editors work or don't. On one hand, > they would seem to screw a writer by forcing them to include EVENTs into > story lines, on the other, they should be the people telling writers "Nice > idea, but we killed Martian Manhunter 3 months ago; so, you can't have him > show up next month. Also, Batman can't lift a car above his head." The > later isn't interfering in the creative process as much as it is keeping > continuity (gasp!) and keeping the cretaed world 'true'. Somebody remind me > to ask comic writers about editors once we start doing interviews ;) > > --- On *Fri, 1/16/09, Widgett Walls <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Widgett Walls <[email protected]> > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Final Crisis: Fail? > To: "The Unique Geek" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 1:42 PM > > You've nailed it: Why Event Comics No Longer Work. > > When any writer at any time can undo or just ignore anything, then > much vaunted claims to make earth-shattering changes just can't be > taken seriously. > > > On Jan 16, 8:37 am, Erika <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, "Revelations" has been a much better story. Overall, > it's hard > > to take Final Crisis seriously, because you know DC is just going to > > undo everything, and no one (Batman, Martian Manhunter) is going to > > stay dead. It doesn't feel like anything is really at stake, and any > > actual human carnage seems awfully remote. I wouldn't call it a fail, > > but I don't think it succeeds as an Event That Changes the World. > > > > On Jan 16, 8:31 am, Terry Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There are definitely "big picture" problems with the story. > It doesn't feel > > > like there's a Crisis going on to me, just a series of random, > interesting > > > (and some bad) events. I think part of the problem is that the > story is > > > super-compressed. > > > > > I've been digging the Legion of 3 Worlds and Superman Beyond or > whatever > > > it's called. I think my liking the latter is mostly because it > has the OG > > > Captain Marvel in it, though. > > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Shag <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > I'm not sure how I feel about it. It just seems like a > bizarre Elseworlds > > > > story they are going to undo. Maybe I'm wrong and > everything that happens > > > > in Final Crisis will stay around, but it seems unlikely given > that the > > > > entire world has gone nutso. > > > > > > It reminds me somewhat of Grant Morrison's run on Doom > Patrol towards the > > > > end. A bunch of stuff is going on, each scene unto itself sort > of makes > > > > sense, but the whole picture just isn't there. > > > > > > I'm really not sure what this mini-series is supposed to be > about other > > > > than, "The Day the Bad Guys Won". And I got that > from the advertising. > > > > > > Now, I have been enjoying Final Crisis: Revelations. In some > ways it seems > > > > to be explaining what is going on better than the main title. > Especially > > > > the Anti-life equation stuff. > > > > > > The Irredeemable Shag > > > >http://onceuponageek.com > > > >http://firestormfan.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > > > [email protected]] > > > > On Behalf Of Erika > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:13 PM > > > > To: The Unique Geek > > > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Final Crisis: Fail? > > > > > > One of my favorite bloggers has described FC as "a complete > failure." > > > > > > "There are a lot of cool Grant Morrison ideas in here, > there are some > > > > fairly bad-ass moments of heroes doing cool things, but it's > all > > > > strained through the darkness of a world won by Darkseid which, > in > > > > different circumstances, might seem a stark contrast to DC > Comics in > > > > general, but given the dark, dreary tone of the DC Universe over > the > > > > past two or three years, it just seems stale." > > > > > > I'm curious: Are you guys reading it? Thoughts? I think > parts of it > > > > are amazing, but it's not terribly cohesive. > > > > > > > -- This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist Hey, I have a podcast http://www.viewsfromthelongbox.com Hey, I have a comic book blog. http://www.fortressofbaileytude.com Hey, I'm on the Unique Geek http://www.theuniquegeek.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
