tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046751414407003862.post4078316243433369737..comments2023-10-03T06:37:15.115-05:00Comments on Bob Canada's BlogWorld: Sounds Like Troub-El To MeBob Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07938039612223083995noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046751414407003862.post-61605312789980103992016-06-23T13:16:01.789-05:002016-06-23T13:16:01.789-05:00It also won't stop Rogue One from being a mass...It also won't stop Rogue One from being a massive hit, even though presumably every one in it (apart from Vader) dies at the end (since they're not in the Original Trilogy). For that matter, kids born today will still enjoy the Original Trilogy, even though they now know that Han Solo (spoiler!!) doesn't die of old age. Dr. OTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17184879370962618999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046751414407003862.post-84442336026592503862016-06-23T12:49:11.166-05:002016-06-23T12:49:11.166-05:00Didn't Titanic being a hit. Or A Night to Reme...Didn't Titanic being a hit. Or A Night to Remember. Or that recent Lincoln film. Or any movie ever made about Queen Elizabeth I. Or ...Dr. OTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17184879370962618999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046751414407003862.post-17466576199638783702016-06-22T07:48:51.067-05:002016-06-22T07:48:51.067-05:00Yes, that's all true. But this is fiction we&#...Yes, that's all true. But this is fiction we're talking about. Most readers like for their stories to end with "And they lived happily ever after." They don't like knowing the characters will all be dead within two generations.Bob Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07938039612223083995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046751414407003862.post-42643950828754226802016-06-21T21:48:13.155-05:002016-06-21T21:48:13.155-05:00Also: I don't feel like "Who wants to wat...Also: I don't feel like "Who wants to watch the struggles of a group of people who are doomed to die in a few years?" is a valid critique. Aren't we all doomed to die in a few years? Eventually, of course, our planet will be consumed by the cooling, expanding sun. Why bother to watch any dramas at all, knowing that our eventually fate is to be returned to the stardust from whence we came?Dr. OTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17184879370962618999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046751414407003862.post-50864807521658495142016-06-21T21:46:52.633-05:002016-06-21T21:46:52.633-05:00Val-El actually was Kal-El's grandfather, at l...Val-El actually was Kal-El's grandfather, at least. I just read an issue of DC Comics Presents from about 1984 in which he has somehow been jettisoned ahead to the present. He's met Superman in an earlier issue, and he works with Superman, Hawkman and Hawkwoman to fight off an alien invasion. Oh, and he dies at the end (bummer).<br />I used to really enjoy the stories of Krypton that were the backup feature of Superman or Action, plus the mini-series like World of Krypton and The Phantom Zone. I suspect none of that will be used as source material for this series. Dr. OTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17184879370962618999noreply@blogger.com