karza

joined 2 years ago
[–] karza@mastodon.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@WhoRoger free was wrong phrasing. I meant that it was a way to sidestep the lack of familiarity that stops people from trying new media. People will give Spiderman xyzabc a shot rather than try out a completely unknown IP. In a congested streaming economy, that advantage is worth quite a bit.

[–] karza@mastodon.social 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

@pglpm @JasSmith I reckon it's three things:

  1. Using the IP name is free marketing
  2. For better or worse, creatives want to put their own spin on the source material.
  3. In some cases, the difference in medium actively forces major changes in adaptation.
[–] karza@mastodon.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@cwagner @Erebeon I must have missed the memo. what's the IMDb style rating?

[–] karza@mastodon.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@kat_angstrom will pick this up, thanks! Was planning to do Hyperion as well on the side!

 

@sciencefiction I love Jeff Vandermeer, China Mieville, Neal Stephenson, Delaney and Wolfe. Would love some recs from the last 10 years or so (I've only read expanse + cixin liu recently).