While I agree that all 20th-century IP should be retired for the rest of the current century, there is a vast wasteland of creativity throughout the West where once there was a lush and beautiful garden.
The simple reason is this: Atheists hate beauty for the same reason they hate God--the negative things in the world don't make sense to them and their believed entitlement to understand all of reality (read: pride) imprisons them. A Christian (and theists in general) can look upon the universe with wonder, awe, and amazement without demanding that universe fit into the logical strictures of the human mind or being tripped all the way into hell by the Problem of Evil.
I would strongly prefer that secular Atheists continue to to reuse their own secular IPs than start (or rather, increase their rate of...) ransacking the vast wealth of Christian culture. Our beautiful art and architecture, our rich and heartfelt values and stories--they are all being savaged and pilfered ("culturally appropriated") to create spiritually vacant, profit-motivated mimiculacrums like Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and Cult of the Lamb.
Give me Superman: The Video Game, Part 5 before any and all of their Christophobic "deconstructions."
I wince every time I see any pop 'adaptation' of the Divine Comedy, game, book, or show. I haven't seen one that doesn't make me go 'nope' within seconds of the preview.
Well said Brian! Your best post yet! I really cannot summarize my thoughts in just one comment.
Mind if I do so in a post? But this is absolument true on so many levels! We need new tales, ips, and characters and yet all that the mainstream keep doing is rehashing old things ( which is fine in moderation but this now goes beyond moderation).
It's sort of cute to try blaming technology for the downfall. I'd almost think you're deliberately covering for zios. Technology should've made our stories better, not destroyed them. Two in a row I've read from you doing this. Now I'll be expecting it.
Other masks that have viability: The Shadow, The Phantom, The Rocketeer. Bad movies in the 90s should not have been their death knell. The original Sandman Wesley Dodds would also make a striking hero of the 1930s so long as the Matt Wagner version of him was ignored and the people adapting him remained with the vision of Gardner Fox and Bert Christman. If you want to read about amazing lives read about those two men. The Green Hornet thrived on the radio, in comic books, and on television. And then Fran Striker's vision was replaced by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg.
Nuff Said.
They don't wear masks but Conan, Tarzan, Doc Savage, would also be entertaining - if done right.
Zorro, The Lone Ranger, Tarzan, The Shadow, The Rocketeer, and even James Bond would all be dead by now if they were real flesh and blood human beings.
But their stories and adventures could still continue under capable hands.
While I very much enjoyed the onset of the MCU, deep down I had the qualm that eventually, they would fall prey to the same mindset that the comic-book world had: yes, there is great potential in the variety and power of those stories, but decades ago, comic publishers had showed they were not very concerned about consistency, established lore, or telling truly good stories, instead chasing after market garbage (like variant covers), 'what-if' hogwash, personal egotism, and very particular sociocultural agenda.
I'm not sure that Batman should die*, but at least let Batman be Batman, not "Batman as I wish he was."
*the number of times major characters have "died" in the comics is just one indication of how silly the standard comics universe(s) is(are).
The Hero's Journey remains unbeaten. Your 'retirement proposal' withers on the vine when you realize retards' own political correctness killed their ability to tell great stories.
Sherlock Holmes works in the Victorian/Edwardian era. Any attempt to bring him into another time is ridiculous. Universal Studios had Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce fighting Nazis. Dumb. Indiana Jones belongs in the 1930s. That is the main reason the last two movies were flops (and Harrison Ford's obvious age). Captain America belongs in World War Two. James Bond belongs in 1946 through 1989 - The Cold War - but is most effective in the late 50s through the early 60s. The last Fantastic Four movie succeeded because it took place at the appropriate time. Even old masks such as Zorro and The Lone Ranger can still succeed if done right. That's the only thing which needs to happen. The characters need to be done right.
If not . . .
Then you end up with Girl Thor versus Red Hulk versus Black Captain America versus Black Girl Iron Man and unending tedium.
It's kinda sad/hard - I love reading on RR; there's a lot more (apparently un-new-york-publishing-viable) stories there. So many so that I'm having to balance RR vs my ebook vs my physical book reading time. Great problem to have for a reader
While I agree that all 20th-century IP should be retired for the rest of the current century, there is a vast wasteland of creativity throughout the West where once there was a lush and beautiful garden.
The simple reason is this: Atheists hate beauty for the same reason they hate God--the negative things in the world don't make sense to them and their believed entitlement to understand all of reality (read: pride) imprisons them. A Christian (and theists in general) can look upon the universe with wonder, awe, and amazement without demanding that universe fit into the logical strictures of the human mind or being tripped all the way into hell by the Problem of Evil.
I would strongly prefer that secular Atheists continue to to reuse their own secular IPs than start (or rather, increase their rate of...) ransacking the vast wealth of Christian culture. Our beautiful art and architecture, our rich and heartfelt values and stories--they are all being savaged and pilfered ("culturally appropriated") to create spiritually vacant, profit-motivated mimiculacrums like Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and Cult of the Lamb.
Give me Superman: The Video Game, Part 5 before any and all of their Christophobic "deconstructions."
I wince every time I see any pop 'adaptation' of the Divine Comedy, game, book, or show. I haven't seen one that doesn't make me go 'nope' within seconds of the preview.
Well said Brian! Your best post yet! I really cannot summarize my thoughts in just one comment.
Mind if I do so in a post? But this is absolument true on so many levels! We need new tales, ips, and characters and yet all that the mainstream keep doing is rehashing old things ( which is fine in moderation but this now goes beyond moderation).
Artful dancing around why/who.
Why the destruction? Who the destruction?
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It's sort of cute to try blaming technology for the downfall. I'd almost think you're deliberately covering for zios. Technology should've made our stories better, not destroyed them. Two in a row I've read from you doing this. Now I'll be expecting it.
Other masks that have viability: The Shadow, The Phantom, The Rocketeer. Bad movies in the 90s should not have been their death knell. The original Sandman Wesley Dodds would also make a striking hero of the 1930s so long as the Matt Wagner version of him was ignored and the people adapting him remained with the vision of Gardner Fox and Bert Christman. If you want to read about amazing lives read about those two men. The Green Hornet thrived on the radio, in comic books, and on television. And then Fran Striker's vision was replaced by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg.
Nuff Said.
They don't wear masks but Conan, Tarzan, Doc Savage, would also be entertaining - if done right.
Zorro, The Lone Ranger, Tarzan, The Shadow, The Rocketeer, and even James Bond would all be dead by now if they were real flesh and blood human beings.
But their stories and adventures could still continue under capable hands.
While I very much enjoyed the onset of the MCU, deep down I had the qualm that eventually, they would fall prey to the same mindset that the comic-book world had: yes, there is great potential in the variety and power of those stories, but decades ago, comic publishers had showed they were not very concerned about consistency, established lore, or telling truly good stories, instead chasing after market garbage (like variant covers), 'what-if' hogwash, personal egotism, and very particular sociocultural agenda.
I'm not sure that Batman should die*, but at least let Batman be Batman, not "Batman as I wish he was."
*the number of times major characters have "died" in the comics is just one indication of how silly the standard comics universe(s) is(are).
The new Superman movie is not an “origin story” and was commercially and critically successful.
The Hero's Journey remains unbeaten. Your 'retirement proposal' withers on the vine when you realize retards' own political correctness killed their ability to tell great stories.
Sherlock Holmes works in the Victorian/Edwardian era. Any attempt to bring him into another time is ridiculous. Universal Studios had Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce fighting Nazis. Dumb. Indiana Jones belongs in the 1930s. That is the main reason the last two movies were flops (and Harrison Ford's obvious age). Captain America belongs in World War Two. James Bond belongs in 1946 through 1989 - The Cold War - but is most effective in the late 50s through the early 60s. The last Fantastic Four movie succeeded because it took place at the appropriate time. Even old masks such as Zorro and The Lone Ranger can still succeed if done right. That's the only thing which needs to happen. The characters need to be done right.
If not . . .
Then you end up with Girl Thor versus Red Hulk versus Black Captain America versus Black Girl Iron Man and unending tedium.
Why was Wolverine & Deadpool a major hit?
It's kinda sad/hard - I love reading on RR; there's a lot more (apparently un-new-york-publishing-viable) stories there. So many so that I'm having to balance RR vs my ebook vs my physical book reading time. Great problem to have for a reader