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Chronicles of Amber TV series in the making

Started by Soylent Green, July 20, 2016, 04:28:19 PM

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Christopher Brady

#60
August 12, 2016, 01:13:47 AM
Quote from: daniel_ream;912471How fortunate, then, that every scion of Amber has a habit of dressing in their personal colours.

But that's not enough for some people!  They must have different races!  (I'm being facetious and silly.) :D  (ANd I really shoulda put a smiley on my original post about this.)
"And now, my friends, a Dragon\'s toast!  To life\'s little blessings:  wars, plagues and all forms of evil.  Their presence keeps us alert --- and their absence makes us grateful." -T.A. Barron[/SIZE]

finarvyn

#61
August 12, 2016, 06:42:59 AM
Quote from: Omega;912465So what sort of pet will Corwin get?
Pikachu. That way they will catch the 20 and under demographic. :D
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daniel_ream

#62
August 12, 2016, 10:13:05 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;912472But that's not enough for some people!  They must have different races!  (I'm being facetious and silly.) :D  (ANd I really shoulda put a smiley on my original post about this.)

I just chalk it up to more "I don't actually know anything about this hobby/IP/work, but by God I Have Opinions That Must Be Countenanced" virtue-signalling.  Of all the flimsy SJW fig leafs for demanding affirmative action casting, "you have to be able to tell the characters apart" is possibly the most risible when applied to the Chronicles.
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Headless

#63
August 12, 2016, 11:30:43 AM
Quote from: daniel_ream;912493I just chalk it up to more "I don't actually know anything about this hobby/IP/work, but by God I Have Opinions That Must Be Countenanced" virtue-signalling.  Of all the flimsy SJW fig leafs for demanding affirmative action casting, "you have to be able to tell the characters apart" is possibly the most risible when applied to the Chronicles.

You clearly are very upset about something.  I am not entirely sure what.   The suggestion was that making if their mothers all had different skin tones it would allow for a needed level of diversity to the cast.  The idea that color coding the charcters for ease of reference was added as a secondary advantage.  

It's true the charcters dress in their personal colors, but full siblings colors aren't related as far as I remember.  Perhaps color coding the siblings would make it too easy to tell who is allied with whom.  We would not want an audience to say " the Asians are the mistics, The blacks are the bad guys and the Mediterraneans are trying to stay out of it."  I think that would have the opposite effect as what we were looking for.

As for virtue signalling while I am not sure what that means, isn't your condemnation of social justice warriors just as much a declaration of tribal loyalties?

daniel_ream

#64
August 12, 2016, 12:47:33 PM
Quote from: Headless;912503it would allow for a needed level of diversity to the cast.

Begging the question.

QuoteAs for virtue signalling while I am not sure what that means, isn't your condemnation of social justice warriors just as much a declaration of tribal loyalties?

So if I say Nazis are bad, that makes me a Jew?
D&D is becoming Self-Referential.  It is no longer Setting Referential, where it takes references outside of itself. It is becoming like Ouroboros in its self-gleaning for tropes, no longer attached, let alone needing outside context.
~ Opaopajr

Christopher Brady

#65
August 12, 2016, 02:41:47 PM
Can we lay off the absolute statements?  They're unproductive and misrepresenting the conversation.  Please?
"And now, my friends, a Dragon\'s toast!  To life\'s little blessings:  wars, plagues and all forms of evil.  Their presence keeps us alert --- and their absence makes us grateful." -T.A. Barron[/SIZE]

kosmos1214

#66
August 13, 2016, 08:20:59 PM
Quote from: finarvyn;912484Pikachu. That way they will catch the 20 and under demographic. :D
Dude pokemon is 20 years old there are adult fans who are now playing with there kids hell the average age of pokemon fans is on the rise.
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