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Post by shaxper on Nov 26, 2018 21:00:24 GMT -5
Oh wow am I excited for this one! I am definitely dipping into Spire Christian Comics for one of my choices this year  The true challenge with this assignment is just how broad the possibilities are when you truly stop to think about it. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 26, 2018 21:29:27 GMT -5
I think I could do a whole list of just my favorite adaptations by Richard Corben and it would be a great list...but I might want a little variety.
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Post by foxley on Nov 27, 2018 1:26:02 GMT -5
Oh wow am I excited for this one! I am definitely dipping into Spire Christian Comics for one of my choices this year The true challenge with this assignment is just how broad the possibilities are when you truly stop to think about it. Two possibilities spring immediately to mind. I'll be curious to see which one you're going with.  |
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Post by berkley on Nov 27, 2018 1:39:13 GMT -5
two questions:
what about Mad magazine - style movie parodies and the like? Not strictly adaptations, but they usually follow the plot pretty closely.
And what about unacknowledged adaptations (or steals, to put it another way)? I'm thinking of one specific story that I think pretty obviously lifted the basic premise and a lot of other stuff from a novel but this was never stated openly.
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 27, 2018 8:03:03 GMT -5
Mad-style parodies are acceptable. "Unofficial" (e.g., plagiarized) adaptations are not.
Cei-U!
I summon the clarity!
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Post by brutalis on Nov 27, 2018 8:41:37 GMT -5
Have my 12 choices (I think) and now comes the trimming of the tree and working out their rankings. As these are PERSONAL choices it was a rather quick look up via Google and Mike's Amazing World to remind myself of those I grew up with for holding that special spot in my memories and heart. The top 5 came to mind easily and quicker than ever. It was the lower rungs which really took some more thought for me. I took this one to heart and made my decisions rather quickly this morning from instinct and remembrances from my youth. Really looking forward in seeing the rest of you working through your lists and going Oh, I hadn't thought of or seen that one! Will be some fun unwrapping going on this year for certain  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2018 8:48:50 GMT -5
My initial "short" list has 47 possibilities on it, and that includes entries that simply say Conan or Tarzan and haven't gotten to the point of determining which story lines or adaptations within that broad category I might want to include. And that's after about a dozen possibilities were eliminated after determining they weren't eligible after posing questions to Kurt. I have a lot of trimming to do and likely a lot of skimming through old favorites before making some tough decisions. Possible entries range from Alien to Zorro at this point.
-M
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 27, 2018 9:04:37 GMT -5
I struggled to get 8. I might skip it this year.
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 27, 2018 9:25:04 GMT -5
I struggled to get 8. I might skip it this year. Noooooooooooo, icc! Just do your top 8 if you want. (I'm sure you'll think of more as you're working on those...) |
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 27, 2018 10:25:27 GMT -5
I struggled to get 8. I might skip it this year.
There's a lot more out there than you probably think. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 27, 2018 10:46:14 GMT -5
I struggled to get 8. I might skip it this year. I thought I was going to have a hard time initially. But between Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Mad Magazine I could probably list a hundred or more. |
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Post by Confessor on Nov 27, 2018 10:48:12 GMT -5
Have my 12 choices (I think)... Good lord, steady on, man. I bet you're one of those annoying swines who has all his Christmas shopping done by mid-November! |
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Post by shaxper on Nov 27, 2018 10:51:56 GMT -5
My long list is between 19 and 26, depending on two questions I pmed to Kurt. The possibilities really are wide open with this one if you stop and think about it. The real challenge for me is not getting stuck in multiple adaptations of one property.
And, for those who are stuck, it might help to remember that 1970s Marvel did some extremely liberal adaptations of licensed properties that took on lives of their own.
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Post by brutalis on Nov 27, 2018 11:00:49 GMT -5
Have my 12 choices (I think)... Good lord, steady on, man. I bet you're one of those annoying swines who has all his Christmas shopping done by mid-November! Actually had my shopping done by August this year just to help turn you a different shade of green!  |
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Post by coke & comics on Nov 27, 2018 12:46:36 GMT -5
This is always hard when I am separated from my comics. About half have been placed into storage in San Francisco. The rest are making their way across two oceans to me.
Without my collection to flip through, it's tricky to jog my memory well enough to come up with decent write-ups. But we'll make do.
With any luck my stuff will arrive in time for the challenge to begin. But that would be a Christmas miracle...
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