^I would bet more than has heard of Richard Curtis...![]()
Hmm. $240 million for Four Weddings and a Funeral; $281.9 million for Bridget Jones's Diary; $363.8 for Notting Hill; $246.9 for Love Actually....
I wouldn't be so sure of that bet.
^I would bet more than has heard of Richard Curtis...![]()
People know films. People know monetary stats. People do not know Richard Curtis. People don't refer to it as "Richard Curtis' Love, Actually". He's not a household name. Gaiman isn't either. But, people would know him faster than Curtis, because there is a "Neil Gaiman's The Sandman". "Neil Gaiman's American Gods". There's something to be said for being a literary pop-culture icon, versus a guy that made a few movies...
In a post-Harry Potter world, what you've just described is a very large group of people. And they're all around the world.Oh, c'mon. Who the hell has heard of Neil Gaiman outside of comic book and sci-fi circles? Maybe the people who read his recent children's book, but that's it.
In a post-Harry Potter world, what you've just described is a very large group of people. And they're all around the world.Oh, c'mon. Who the hell has heard of Neil Gaiman outside of comic book and sci-fi circles? Maybe the people who read his recent children's book, but that's it.
Well, first off, Curtis is a bit more famous than you're making him out to sound like in Britain.
Well, that's your call, but I have yet to see any logical evidence to convince me...I'd be much more comfortable betting that more people know who Richard Curtis is than Neil Gaiman.
Well, first off, Curtis is a bit more famous than you're making him out to sound like in Britain.
But, if you remember, I'm only talking America. I wouldn't presume to guess what he's like for the Brits. In America, Neil Gaiman is a pop-culture icon. He is one of the personifications of 1990 media and pop-culture, much like Kurt Cobain and The X-Files. He's the literary rockstar.
Well, that's your call, but I have yet to see any logical evidence to convince me...I'd be much more comfortable betting that more people know who Richard Curtis is than Neil Gaiman.![]()
I can walk to any library here and pick a book written by Neil Gaiman, and I live in Switzerland, so I guess he's doing okay. You don't have to do JK Rowling numbers to be successful.Not every children's book out there makes Harry Potter numbers. How many bestseller lists did Gaiman make?
Joe Public doesn't know anything about anything.Can't we just split the difference and say to Joe Public when they see "Written by Neil Gaiman" or "Written by Richard Curtis" they won't know or care who either of them are.
Then wtf is the argument about?Joe Public doesn't know anything about anything.Can't we just split the difference and say to Joe Public when they see "Written by Neil Gaiman" or "Written by Richard Curtis" they won't know or care who either of them are.
The sheer number of people who've seen his stuff versus the much smaller number of people who've seen Gaiman's stuff doesn't count?
It isn't that surprising. As has been pointed out you often don't care who the writer/producer of a film is and although Neil Gaiman is fairly famous in geek circles I wouldn't have thought he was a well known literary figure in general like a Stephen King or Terry Pratchett...
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