Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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Foz Meadows made a pretty interesting comparison:
"Saw Age of Ultron tonight. It reminded me of nothing so much as a weird reinvention of S4 of Buffy."
"Ultron = Adam, Cap = Riley, Natasha = Buffy, Bruce = Angel, Hawkeye = Xander, Tony = Willow, Thor = Anya, Fury = Giles."
"Quicksilver = Spike, Red Witch = Harmony. I mean, shit; the Vision was basically the Super Power-Up Foursome the Scoobies used to beat Adam."
It totally kind of works, how bizarre. Weird how stories simmer back up like that.
It totally kind of works, how bizarre.
Hah! You've seen Javier's takedown of Joss on Firefly/Alien Resurrection? Same algebra.
Wasn't that one somewhat intentional? It was like the next thing he did, like AR was a test run for FF. This is years later, and I feel like it's unintentional, and it's a funny look into the way writers return to wells.
Wasn't that one somewhat intentional?
I'm not sure it was. I think those were his toys in that space opera toy chest.
It's kind of like how I keep writing "The Bow" over and over again. I have half a dozen stories about the relationship between a woman and a sentient non-human. Usually I don't even realize I'm doing it, though I've become hyperaware of it now and the last one I did totally on purpose.
I have half a dozen stories about the relationship between a woman and a sentient non-human.
You realize what that means, of course.
I have been trying to figure it out and my most recent explanation is that I consider myself a sentient non-human.
and my most recent explanation is that I consider myself a sentient non-human.
::therapist nod::
Mmmmhmmmm. But note that it's specifically in relation to women.
(I'm not being particularly serious here! I'm not that obnoxious. Every writer has his own pet themes they play with.)
But note that it's specifically in relation to women.
Well I do like women. I would like to have a sentient non-human relationship with a woman. Wait.
Every writer has his own pet themes they play with.
Writer brain is weird!