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QC - The Movie
wrwight:
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--- Quote from: Andy147 on 09 Aug 2011, 10:07 ---And a film which ends with Marten and Dora getting together (unless it's part 1 of a trilogy, or some such) would seem bizarre to any QC fans, wouldn't it? It'd be like ending the film of Gone With The Wind with Rhett and Scarlett happily married.
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That's how the sequel ended.
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What sequel?
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This vaguely reminded me of something.
Hanner3!:
If it simply ended with Marten and Dora. I would be happy. I was really upset when they broke up in the comic. I just hope it ends well.
AbsentiaFall:
--- Quote from: Hanner3! on 10 Aug 2011, 10:43 ---If it simply ended with Marten and Dora. I would be happy. I was really upset when they broke up in the comic. I just hope it ends well.
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When I first read the comic I was expecting the Marten/Hannelore set up to be explored. I mean, it would have lended itself to some REALLY awkward situations, whether or not they actually ended up together.
jwhouk:
I may be repeating myself, but here goes:
You couldn't do an EXACT, linear progression of the strips to produce a good movie script. However, there are a lot of individual snippets of dialogue from actual strips that you could use to move the story along - and enough that you could come up with a coherent strip.
The first part of a QC movie would have to include "When Marten Met Faye" (essentially the first few hundred strips or so). This would cover the introduction of most of the main characters, except for Raven - but she could be included as the lead-in to "The Talk".
The biggest snag after "The Talk" is that we're introduced to Hannelore immediately afterwards, and Faye ends up going home to Savannah while Marten and Dora make teh kisses - but Marty ends up getting fired from his workplace.
Of course, a way that this could all be "tied together" is a revelation that Faye is relating all this to Dr. Corrine. The movie would end with Faye heading back to work - and everything is basically all right (for now, anyways).
AbsentiaFall:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 10 Aug 2011, 12:57 ---I may be repeating myself, but here goes:
You couldn't do an EXACT, linear progression of the strips to produce a good movie script. However, there are a lot of individual snippets of dialogue from actual strips that you could use to move the story along - and enough that you could come up with a coherent strip.
The first part of a QC movie would have to include "When Marten Met Faye" (essentially the first few hundred strips or so). This would cover the introduction of most of the main characters, except for Raven - but she could be included as the lead-in to "The Talk".
The biggest snag after "The Talk" is that we're introduced to Hannelore immediately afterwards, and Faye ends up going home to Savannah while Marten and Dora make teh kisses - but Marty ends up getting fired from his workplace.
Of course, a way that this could all be "tied together" is a revelation that Faye is relating all this to Dr. Corrine. The movie would end with Faye heading back to work - and everything is basically all right (for now, anyways).
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Would it honestly have to start with "When Marten Met Faye"? In many ways that's just retreading the "When X meets Y" of almost any movie of the genre. And also, audiences don't want nor need the story to progress like "And then Marten met Dora, and then Marten met Hannelore, and then Faye met Dr Corrine". Slice of Life comics work because you can end each one with a joke. If you string them together, and expect a cohesive narrative from beginning to end, you're not going to be in for a good time.
All in all, I look at it like the Harry Potter franchise. Sure, some people would have been fascinated seeing all the things described in the first book about what Harry did between the prologue and Chapter 1, but that's not where the story arc began and it would feel like a pointless montage. In a different vain, a lot of people were upset the S.P.E.W. storyline was left out. Most of the non-fanboy public never batted an eyelash, and would have found it completely pointless. A QC TV show could start at the very beginning, but a QC movie would be foolish to.
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