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# I'd say that's true of writers in general, not just science fiction and fantasy.
It's just no-one seems to mind when dramas are so cliched and poorly written than you want to shit your eyes out.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:39, archived)
# it's probably because
drama is usually a bit more subtle, so there's never really any ridiculous premise to pull it all apart.

not that there's anything wrong with ridiculous premises of course, as long as you keep it consistent.
(quibble, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:44, archived)
# I think the worst character I ever saw in anything ever, was Anakin's character in Revenge of the Sith.
The writing in that was really apalling, it wasn't as if he even got lured in by an elaborate and cunning Monte Cristo style plot he just suddenly went evil.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:53, archived)
# come to the dark side anakin!
ok
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:55, archived)
# Shit I should really finish that 16th century Star Wars play I was writing...
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:59, archived)
# i swear to god you and my mate chris are the same person
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 3:03, archived)
# Why, does he hate you too?
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 3:05, archived)
# he thinks the world will validate him if he pretends to hate it
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 3:06, archived)
# Is he clincally insane by any chance?
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 3:09, archived)
# cyclically insane would describe him better
he's currently writing a jacobean league of extraordinary gentlemen
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 3:13, archived)
# That just sounds pointless.
Surely the Victorian times was enough of a dislocation from the usual standards of superhero sagas, I can't see what making it Jacobean would add.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 3:16, archived)
# caliban, the revengers etc
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 3:27, archived)
# But surely that's just having the exact same idea as The League of Extrodinary Gentlemen but just changing the time period and cast slightly.
I can't much see the point in copying Alan Moore's idea in such a fashion.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 3:31, archived)
# then why do a 16th century star wars?
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 3:32, archived)
# Because I wanted to rewrite the Anakin and Obi-wan partnership breakdown and eventual turn well, instead of terribly and inplausbily as in the film.
For some reason I decided on the idea as a play, and I couldn't just have it exactly the same as the original star wars so I removed the future and made it one of the renaissance era wars in Italy to fit with the fact that it was a play better. That's pretty much it. I only ever wrote about one scene and then buggered off to do something more interesting, but the idea is still there.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 3:37, archived)