I've been lobbying to do a Jericho novel since the show was canceled the first time, so you're not alone on that.
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I've been lobbying to do a Jericho novel since the show was canceled the first time, so you're not alone on that.
Some of the comics/games also take place during that period, but I'm not sure how consistent they are with the revelations we now have about Indy's activities during WWII--much like how those Bantam novels have some inconsistencies with Young Indy (most notably his college career).
With all of the licenced material put together, there's actually a fairly complete picture of Indy's life from around 1908 to 1950...
Lucasfilm has started putting together an "Indycron" database (similar to their "Holocron" for Star Wars material) to keep track of all this, but even they've admitted that they haven't gotten someone to translate the German material (not even for internal purposes), so a full-on translation of those novels is very unlikely.
Lucasfilm has started putting together an "Indycron" database (similar to their "Holocron" for Star Wars material) to keep track of all this, but even they've admitted that they haven't gotten someone to translate the German material (not even for internal purposes), so a full-on translation of those novels is very unlikely.
Well, shoot ... just post them suckers online, and let Google do it. Their translations are always so accurate and flowing.
--Ted
I've read Reichs' stuff, the first four, and they were ok, but the storytelling capabilities are far better from the show because of the number of characters, and how the showrunners have taken Brennan in a totally different direction. I personally don't think that there would have been a problem.
Onwards and awaywards....
Actually, there are four: myself, Mr. Swallow, Mr. Cox, and Ms. Osborne....Well, as long as we're throwing around wish lists for inaccessible tie-ins, I would love to write a Firefly/Serenity novel/short story/comic book...and I say that knowing the fate of pitches sent in by others (including at least one person in this thread, of course) for the novel series which never eventuated.
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I'd like to write a Tomorrow People novel where every single one of those smug children gets dropped into the sun. And then Peter Davison personally apologizes for taking part in A Man for Emily.
I know that one publisher was pursuing House, but ultimately things didn't work out. As for The Unit, ask and ye shall receive -- the first tie-in novel, Seek and Destroy by Patrick Andrews, was just released by Signet.
^ I read that review, too, and have to wonder about the apparent lack of storyline(s) for the wives. That's a strong point of the show, and was supposed to be carried into the novels. At least, that's how it was explained to us when we threw our hats into the ring to be considered for the gig.
I'll have to pick this up and give it a look-see. There's also another one slated for April 2009 by the same author, titled Lock and Load.
I'll have to pick this up and give it a look-see. There's also another one slated for April 2009 by the same author, titled Lock and Load.
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That would be good (re: Indy in WW2)...as when I saw Crystal Skull (shudder) I did think it felt od about last seeing Indy before WW2 started and then in this movie they're referring to it in the past tense, 12 years past at that.
Or a team-up...
Well, the thing about the M:I movies is that they're almost totally unrelated to each other. They have the title, the theme, Tom Cruise, and Ving Rhames in common, maybe one or two other actors, but other than that, they might as well be three unconnected films. They're all very much in the style of their respective directors: Brian DePalma's is a thriller driven by conspiracies and betrayal; John Woo's is a nonstop action spectacle with more noise than substance; and J.J. Abrams's is basically Alias writ large, a smart, character-driven spy film balancing grounded human emotion with clever action set pieces. Abrams's film is the most faithful to the style of the original series, although the original had bare-bones character development. It's really the only good one of the three.
^ The M:I films and their individual, distinctive styles -- for good or bad -- as befit their respective directors was very much intentional from the outset, at least according to interviews I remember reading at the time the second one was in production.
I think I'm one of the few who liked the first M:I (though I'm also an unapologetic DePalma fan, so I admit my bias up front
), but the third one is definitely my favorite of the bunch.
I think I'm one of the few who liked the first M:I (though I'm also an unapologetic DePalma fan, so I admit my bias up front
), but the third one is definitely my favorite of the bunch.
I would've liked the first film much better if only Jon Voight's character hadn't been named "Jim Phelps." I felt that was a very poor choice, an affront to the show's fanbase. But it had some serious story flaws besides that. There's one I noticed last time I saw it but can't quite remember... something about a Bible tipping Ethan off to the mole's identity, even though there's no reason that Bible would be a tipoff to anything.
The Bible was stamped "Drake Hotel," at which Phelps stayed during a recruiting assignment prior to the events of the film. Presumably, Phelps took the Bible from his room there, for reasons surpassing understanding.
(Even so, that being enough to tip off Ethan was a bit of a stretch, though.)
(Even so, that being enough to tip off Ethan was a bit of a stretch, though.)
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