Question for authors: General 'rules' for tie-in media (any franchise)

[Jeff_Mariotte]

Re: Question for authors: General 'rules' for tie-in media (any franch

Not Batman, but when I went to see The Amazing Spider-Man this summer, as I left the theater I heard a man in the lobby trying to explain to his girlfriend how ASM fit with the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy. Never mind that ASM and Spider-Man have entirely contradictory versions of the origin, that the power set of Maguire's Spider-Man is vastly different than Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man, etc. Yet, this guy insisted that ASM fit with the Maguire trilogy and was trying valiantly to justify that belief.

Which is the moment when you really wish you had Stan Lee hidden behind a potted plant, so you can pull a "Marshall McLuhan" moment, a la Woody Allen in Annie Hall. "You think that's the same Spider-Man? I happen to have Stan Lee right here, and he'll tell you why..."

 

[Christopher]

Re: Question for authors: General 'rules' for tie-in media (any franch

^No, Stan would offer a No-Prize to the audience member who could come up with the best explanation.

 

[Ian Keldon]

Re: Question for authors: General 'rules' for tie-in media (any franch

not being any sort of active Star Wars fan I'm sure there are nuances and backstory that I'm completely missing.

You are. A LOT of the BS being thrown KS' way was coming from rabid pro-Wars "vs" debaters, who were po-d that she wasn't following in the footsteps of Curtis Saxton (sp?) and deliberately writing her books making the SW universe's technology uber-super-supremely powerful so they could use it as "canon fodder" in the then-ongoing Trek/Wars vs debate.

When she wouldn't play ball, they got all butthurt and took it out on her. There were even rumors of threats.

So she quit, and I can't say I blame her.

 

[Greg Cox]

Re: Question for authors: General 'rules' for tie-in media (any franch

^No, Stan would offer a No-Prize to the audience member who could come up with the best explanation.

True!

 

[Nerys Myk]

Re: Question for authors: General 'rules' for tie-in media (any franch

^No, Stan would offer a No-Prize to the audience member who could come up with the best explanation.

True!

Believer.

 

[Greg Cox]

Re: Question for authors: General 'rules' for tie-in media (any franch

^No, Stan would offer a No-Prize to the audience member who could come up with the best explanation.

True!

Believer.

Excelsior!