Monte Williams
04-16-2010, 12:47 AM
Moderators, I realize this might fit more easily into the Creativity section, but since I won't be able to share the results of my creativity for several years, I think the debate belongs here. Please say that you agree. :)
I have spent several months planning an epic dio series. So far, it appears that it will be broken up into four �seasons� of ten episodes each, for a total of forty episodes. The catch, as I have noted before, is that while living in Africa, I lack the equipment I�d require to photograph the stories I want to tell, added to which I also lack the space to build the sets; there�s also the problem of availability of whichever figures, accessories, playsets and vehicles I might impulsively decide I need.
I won�t be living in the States anytime soon. It might be years before I get to tell these stories of mine. Hell, by the time those years have passed, who knows whether I�ll even want to tell these stories anymore?
Still, planning the details of these stories has kept me occupied off and on since August 2009, so I�ll always be grateful, whether I get to tell the stories or not�
Anyhoo, to the point of this post:
My stories will not just concern G.I. Joe characters, but characters from nearly every comic book, TV show, movie and novel I�ve enjoyed since I was nine years old. However, I have nothing much in the way of respect or regard or affection for the established continuity in the various properties I plan to exploit; I will change many characteristics of even the most beloved characters. (Snake Eyes = the secret lovechild of Brainy Smurf and Sunny Gummi. Just kidding.)
Indeed, I plan to change so many things about so many characters, that it has occurred to me that perhaps I shouldn�t even use the character names. Perhaps it would be better to take a Planetary/League of Extraordinary Gentlemen approach, whereby I create new characters who are thinly-veiled tributes to the original characters.
My question, at long last, is this:
Is it foolish to create a cool, semi-original character to represent, say, the Incredible Hulk (now a chain-smoking bisexual in an on-and-off relationship with the Wonder Twins; just kidding), when the toy one must use in the photos for the story in question must by necessity utilize an action figure that doesn�t look sort of like a thinly-veiled version of Hulk, but instead the actual Incredible Hulk? (Keep in mind that I am not much of a customizer, so it�s not like I can paint Hulk purple or something.)
Put more simply:
Should I make whichever changes I desire to decades-old characters, or should I instead create thinly-veiled versions of those characters, even though I can�t make their appearances thinly-veiled?
Thanks,
Monte
I have spent several months planning an epic dio series. So far, it appears that it will be broken up into four �seasons� of ten episodes each, for a total of forty episodes. The catch, as I have noted before, is that while living in Africa, I lack the equipment I�d require to photograph the stories I want to tell, added to which I also lack the space to build the sets; there�s also the problem of availability of whichever figures, accessories, playsets and vehicles I might impulsively decide I need.
I won�t be living in the States anytime soon. It might be years before I get to tell these stories of mine. Hell, by the time those years have passed, who knows whether I�ll even want to tell these stories anymore?
Still, planning the details of these stories has kept me occupied off and on since August 2009, so I�ll always be grateful, whether I get to tell the stories or not�
Anyhoo, to the point of this post:
My stories will not just concern G.I. Joe characters, but characters from nearly every comic book, TV show, movie and novel I�ve enjoyed since I was nine years old. However, I have nothing much in the way of respect or regard or affection for the established continuity in the various properties I plan to exploit; I will change many characteristics of even the most beloved characters. (Snake Eyes = the secret lovechild of Brainy Smurf and Sunny Gummi. Just kidding.)
Indeed, I plan to change so many things about so many characters, that it has occurred to me that perhaps I shouldn�t even use the character names. Perhaps it would be better to take a Planetary/League of Extraordinary Gentlemen approach, whereby I create new characters who are thinly-veiled tributes to the original characters.
My question, at long last, is this:
Is it foolish to create a cool, semi-original character to represent, say, the Incredible Hulk (now a chain-smoking bisexual in an on-and-off relationship with the Wonder Twins; just kidding), when the toy one must use in the photos for the story in question must by necessity utilize an action figure that doesn�t look sort of like a thinly-veiled version of Hulk, but instead the actual Incredible Hulk? (Keep in mind that I am not much of a customizer, so it�s not like I can paint Hulk purple or something.)
Put more simply:
Should I make whichever changes I desire to decades-old characters, or should I instead create thinly-veiled versions of those characters, even though I can�t make their appearances thinly-veiled?
Thanks,
Monte