Fanfiction and Modern Hollywood

[ithildin]

Look! A post with actual content [g]

Via history_doc, this article: The Bigger Picture: Muppets, Avengers, and Life In The Age Of Fanfiction.

I thought it was an interesting article. As I said over in the comments at history_doc's I've often thought that TPTB shouldn't be so dismissive of fanfiction, as it seems a lot of what's being put out these days fits the whole fanfiction vibe. Like The Avengers, for example - you've got Joss, big damn fanboy, and a lot of the cast, who are comics fans. It's like when you were a little kid and would play act some favourite character from a book or media with your friends, except they get to do it officially and get paid for it.

Comments

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

I hate to say this but often some ff I read outshines la la town writing.................in fact often
Sad.....THEY are paid to write such tripe

[blade-and-roses.livejournal.com]

Oh I so agree! I've read ff stories that reduced me to tears (and one that left me laughing so hysterically that my friends thought I needed medical assistance!). And then there's the -- absolute tripe, for want of a better word, that is often seen on network TV these days. And they wonder why their audiences are declining? Maybe if they wrote something worthwhile . . . I'm down to just one show on network that I'm watching, and a few on cable channels.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

I feel vindicated.............
I was beginning to wonder "am I the ONLY one??"
There is some decent writing on cable e.g TNT, USA, FX and
AMC, but network features a vast landfill
My sister said probably pay is better on cable.....than network so it draws more creativity
I read in SGA, LOTR and M7 mainly
Some of those stories have remained fixated in my mind
I cannot say that about series stuff I have seen lately, e.g. I tried to watch Terra Nova
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I have tried others but find them so predictable.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Too true.