Gods and Losers

[tartysuz]

I forgot to tell you about my Tarticles this week!

People seem to be getting over the idea that the source material for adaptations is always better. If this is a fact (and goes beyond an impression I've formed from anecdotal evidence), then it seems that 40 years of media studies has finally filtered through to the general public, and/or that people's experience of stories in different platforms (comic-movie-animation-video game or whatever order) has changed people's attitude toward the presentation and reading of narratives. In that spirit, I found that changes to the Vertigo Comics series The Losers made the story different in very interesting ways:

Adapting the Losers:
http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=1725

In Supernatural Talk, we took on SPN 5.19: Hammer of the Gods. The show was really ambitious with this, and left us with a lot of questions.

Supernatural Talk 5.19: Hammer of the Gods:
http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=1727

Comments

[tartysuz.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not saying that you are. But it's interesting to identify the overall cultural values that give rise to a ready phrase (like "just Hollywood SOP").

But you should read the article. I don't think we've clarified the "ominous" issue.