OT: Trek writers and THE GREEN HORNET

[Greg Cox]

Since there's a precedent of us long-time Trek writers occasionally plugging our non-Trek projects here, I can't resist announcing that THE GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES is finally available, featuring new stories by such writers as Harlan Ellison, Robert Greenburger, and, er, me.

And I suppose, if I really want to stretch a point, STAR TREK was an old 1960s tv show, and THE GREEN HORNET was an old 1960's tv show, so this is sort of on-topic, right?

"Let's roll, Kato!"

 

[shanejayell]

Novel or comic or what?

*curious*

 

[Greg Cox]

Novel or comic or what?

*curious*

Short story collection. Thanks for asking!

 

[shanejayell]

Cool. I'll look through it if I see it, might get it.

I'm a long time Harlan fan...

 

[Greg Cox]

Cool. I'll look through it if I see it, might get it.

I'm a long time Harlan fan...

In the interests of full disclosure, I should probably divulge that Harlan is represented only by a five-page fragment of a story--and a ten-page essay on why he decided not to finish it!

 

[JonnyQuest037]

In the interests of full disclosure, I should probably divulge that Harlan is represented only by a five-page fragment of a story--and a ten-page essay on why he decided not to finish it!

I'm conflicted as to if that makes me want to read it more or less now...

 

[Greg Cox]

Well, Harlan's essays and introductions are usually worth the price of admission . . . .

 

[Captaindemotion]

Any word on who's doing the novelisation of the movie? Or if there'll even be one, given the poor word of mouth advance promos are receiving?

 

[Greg Cox]

Not me! Alas.

Could be fun.

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ Could be, but more likely you dodged a bullet!

 

[Greg Cox]

^ Could be, but more likely you dodged a bullet!

You never know. That's the tricky thing about novelizations.

It's like buying a lottery ticket. You never know if you're hitching your wagon to the next big thing . . . or the next big flop.

Needless to say, I'll definitely be checking the new HORNET movie out.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Well, Harlan's essays and introductions are usually worth the price of admission . . . .

Oh, true. The man can rant like none other. I'm just not nuts about the idea of only reading half of a Harlan Ellison story, especially considering his current state of health.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Needless to say, I'll definitely be checking the new HORNET movie out.

Me, too -- it looks like good, goofy fun. When I saw a live interview with Seth Rogen last summer, he said they were going for the same comedic action tone that True Lies had. Works for me.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I'm planning on picking up Kevin Smith's Green Hornet Hardcover of the first volume of his book so I'll pick this up as well, I fell in love with the art for the book and the story seems interesting enough.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I'd also recommend the Green Hornet: Year One series that Matt Wagner is writing.

 

[KRAD]

It's like buying a lottery ticket. You never know if you're hitching your wagon to the next big thing . . . or the next big flop.

Indeed. Peter David has often told the tale of being given a choice between novelizing either Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves or The Rocketeer (deadlines prevented him from taking both gigs, so he could only take one). Based on both scripts, he figured the latter to be the big hit, as it was wonderful, and the former to be a leaden piece of crap.

He was both right and wrong -- The Rocketeer was a far better movie, but it flopped like a giant flopping thing, and RH:PoT despite one of Kevin Costner's worst performances (you know it's bad when your inspirational speech in a Robin Hood movie is given, not by the title character, but by a character you added to the legend for the express purpose of putting Morgan Freeman in your movie in a desperate attempt to legitimize it) was a huge hit.

Movies are weird...............

 

[JWolf]

Does this Green Hornet book have any stories with Batman in it? The Batman TV series did have one episode that had Kato and the Green Hornet in it. And if not, why not and would someone please go and fix the oversight is there is one.

 

[Christopher]

That crossover only happened because both TV series were made by the same producers. As a rule, the Green Hornet has not been connected with Batman or the DC Universe. He originated as a radio character in 1936, predating Batman's creation by three years. He was created by the same people who created the Lone Ranger, and in fact he was the Lone Ranger's great-nephew.

I'm not sure who owns the rights to the character now -- no doubt Greg could answer that -- but it's not Warner Bros. So I doubt a crossover with Batman would be legally doable today.

 

[Greg Cox]

Christopher is right. No Batman in this book, which was published by Moonstone, not DC.