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We're talking a lot about "selling out" but maybe not so much about the bigger issue of his work leaving his control and becoming a property that would be used
by michaelbuckbee 4y ago
We're talking a lot about "selling out" but maybe not so much about the bigger issue of his work leaving his control and becoming a property that would be used all sorts of weird ways.
If you want a cautionary tale, look at the Iron Giant. A thoughtful and interesting character whose whole arc is choosing peace is now shoved into things like Ready Player One [1] as a fighting weapon.
It's hard not to think that Calvin wouldn't get reduced to some Dennis the Menace type character that misses the point were he to leave Watterson's control.
1 - https://www.inverse.com/article/42896-ready-player-one-iron-giant-antiwar https://www.inverse.com/article/42896-ready-player-one-iron-...
- manytree 4y agoThanks for this link. Had me remember that excellent movie. And an excellent illustration of the perils of “selling out” rights to depict a fictional character.
- defaultcompany 4y agoWinnie the Pooh also comes to mind. There was one beautiful and very authentic animated movie followed by two or three terrible films that just felt like a horrible caricature of anything the original work was about.
- szeil 4y ago
- bokchoi 4y agoThe Lorax, The Cat in the Hat, and The Grinch movies also were completely warped by Hollywood.
- uwagar 4y agoguess by 2085 he (or his estate?) will lose creative control anyhow though? loss of creative control can be fan fiction/comic too?