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pen:
I liked Coraline a lot, and for the first half, i thought it might be something my daughter would enjoy, but I think she might be a little young.
Alex C:
--- Quote from: Siibillam-Law on 15 Feb 2009, 08:20 ---He was cool about it on his blog, angry on Selick's behalf
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Yeah, I saw that blog entry and it didn't surprise me in the least. He recognizes how lucky he has been to have his work so widely recognized in just about every interview, particularly given the forms of media he has chosen to work with. I mean, the guy has worked in the comics industry before and collaborated with all sorts of various artists. It's hard to go down that road in any capacity and not become painfully aware that big name characters often overshadow the men who work on them while guys with original characters search for niches. I mean, even people who are casually aware of comics in general probably have a hard time naming more than a half dozen writers, and several of them will probably be old guard like Stan Lee or Jack Kirby. The general public basically doesn't have a clue. And god knows working with filmmakers will do nothing ot disabuse you of any such notions.
Siibillam-Law:
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all that stuff you just said
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Yeah I agree, I mean so many authors hardly get recognised when their stuff gets put into films, too, whereas Neil's been mentioned sometimes even more than Henry.
yelley:
--- Quote from: pen on 15 Feb 2009, 12:21 ---I liked Coraline a lot, and for the first half, i thought it might be something my daughter would enjoy, but I think she might be a little young.
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yes. jason and i went to see it today and i liked it a lot, but i immediately called my mother to tell her not to take my baby sis to see it if she asks. the trailer looks like it might be a good kid movie, but i think it would be too scary for her.
Alex C:
Yeah, I mean, by comic and fantasy writer standards, Neil Gaiman is a fucking rock star. There's a Times story out there about him in which he says that 5 years ago, he was as famous as he wanted to be. Now, he thinks it's gotten uncomfortable.
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