tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post5923063955084898855..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: DC's August previews reviewedCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-37446402749759503242020-06-11T17:30:18.945-07:002020-06-11T17:30:18.945-07:00I agree with you about the Black Mercy being overu...I agree with you about the Black Mercy being overused, though I'm inclined to exempt the JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED episode from the hall of shame, since that one was a straight adaptation of the original, with Moore and Gibbons getting story credit. I see they did not get a story credit on the Supergirl episode ... I wonder if maybe having comic book writers like producer Dwayne McDuffie or teleplay writer J.M. DeMatteis involved with the animated version made a difference in how it was credited.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194028641503506387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-74028676156216220032020-05-24T12:56:01.622-07:002020-05-24T12:56:01.622-07:00For what it is worth to anybody, I agree with Cale...For what it is worth to anybody, I agree with Caleb when it involves the Black Mercy. Not so much because of Alan Moore. Just the fact that certain objects/villains/etc. are examples of lazy writing.<br /><br />When the first story was written, the idea was that it was a rare plant. So by using it again and again, it might as well be another Superman and Kryptonite in the 1960s story. A decent writer will create a new X and give it a history etc. etc. DC has a big universe and anyone working for them should be able to grasp that.<br /><br />Its like after IDENTITY CRISIS, the go to seemed to be to put Doctor Light into a story. For that matter, before the Priest run, I'd hate when Deathstroke appeared out of the blue working with other villains when the character's original premise was to work alone.<br /><br />Again, my opinion. Yes, Moore got screwed. But I see DC (and Marvel) just relying on a default and it gets tiresome.Wayne Allen Salleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-54291101143198519112020-05-23T17:50:05.118-07:002020-05-23T17:50:05.118-07:00I've written about this ad nauseam before, so ...I've written about this ad nauseam before, so I don't want to get <i>too</i> much more into it than I did in the post, but here are a few reasons:<br /><br />1.) DC Comics has in the last decade or so taken a very clear, strong position of "Fuck Alan Moore and His Feelings," and yet they continue to exploit intellectual property that he created for them, often going far out of their way to do so (Like, there was almost no reason to use Tom Strong or Promethea in <i>The Terriffics</i> or <i>JLoA</i>). If he's beneath their consideration, why keep returning to his work so often?<br /><br />2.) Moore has been quite clear that he'd rather DC and their writers just leave him the hell alone and get on with their company and their lives and he's gotten on with his, and yet so many writers who should know better continue to allude to, homage or otherwise recycle his work. I think morally/socially, it's better to err on the side of NOT irritating the creators of work you admire (and/or are profiting from), or even just going against their wishes, even if it's legally fine. It's gross. Like, for a recent example, if I were Brian Hill, I'd have been very cagey about writing Black Lightning at all, knowing how his creator Tony Isabella feels about the character (There are gradations to all this stuff, too, I think. I think it feels sketchy re-using other people's work in general, and it's worse if the creator is still alive, and worse still if the writer is still alive and takes public positions on the matter of the continued exploitation of their work).<br /><br />3.) The Black Orchid is such a lazy plot device. And that's all it is; it's not a concept or character, like, Mr. Mxyzptlk or Kanjar Ro or whoever. If a writer wants to do a story exploring the imaginary worlds the various Justice Leaugers might build for themselves to make themselves happy in their minds, well, think of your own way to do so; why steal Moore's? Especially since so many other writers have already used it (Even this idea of going to the Mercy's home world was previously used). <br /><br />4.) Johns and Morrison are odd and special cases. Obviously both have done a LOT of work with other writers' creations (in fact, I don't think Johns has ever created an original comic, at least not that I know of, whereas Morrison has contributed a lot of original IP to DC and Marvel and done his own work that's been unattached to remixing 1960s DC comics), but often times they do very different things with them, or take them in unique directions (Morrison's Blackstars take on the Darkstars, for example). Johns' Watchmen vs. Superman comic is <i>extremely</i> shitty, and I've talked about its shittiness on here a lot before. As is the fact that he/DC are using Moore's <i>Killing Joke</i> to promote <i>Three Jokers</i>, his next big work immediately following his sequel to <i>Watchmen</i>...Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-54489652688646022020-05-22T17:08:15.937-07:002020-05-22T17:08:15.937-07:00I'm with fuzzdaddy here. I can see it be annoy...I'm with fuzzdaddy here. I can see it be annoying when they're exploiting things he thought should be creator owned (i.e. Watchmen) but this is definitely a different animal. I never understand these kind of complains. <br /><br />Why not take the time to complain that Johns revived Jack T. Chance or Boodikka? Both GL characters with connection to only one writer before Johns. Or Grant Morrison for reviving Michael Friedman's Darkstars? <br /><br />It feels very strange to complain about work for hire creations being used by other work for hire creators. <br />Nicholas Ahlhelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05651416360488414615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-89038645139395413532020-05-21T16:19:45.053-07:002020-05-21T16:19:45.053-07:00Why the distaste towards other writers using the B...Why the distaste towards other writers using the Black Mercy? The story was work for hire, and I am sure Moore knew his work was now DC's toy to use. Creators build off other writers' old ideas all the time (Batman of Zur-en-arrh, Celestials in the Avengers), so I don't get what the big deal is here. I don't quite get why his ire at DC's using elements he introduced should have any influence. It's their property, they can do what they want.thefuzzdaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829346321175101987noreply@blogger.com