Comments on: PREQUELS AND SEQUELS ARE RARELY EQUALS http://www.youdothatvoodoo.com/2010/02/04/prequels-and-sequels-are-rarely-equals/ Thoughts on screenwriting and creativity from a UK based writer, trainer, and script editor Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Philip Palmer http://www.youdothatvoodoo.com/2010/02/04/prequels-and-sequels-are-rarely-equals/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 Philip Palmer Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:47:46 +0000 http://www.youdothatvoodoo.com/?p=1577#comment-1270 A brilliant blog - I didn't know this story about Alan Moore! Personally I love the movie of Watchmen - it's the movie of Mark Millar's Wanted that I think is an insult to its source material. But hey-ho, these things are subjective. Moore's genius is beyond doubt - I've recently read FROM HELL, which sets new standards for inventive storytelling. There is one current TV drama which - like the early comics - refuses to credit the writers (or cast or director - only the production company and the BBC get a credit.) There is a cunning rationale to explain this, but the not-so-nice effect is to make the writers anonymous. The Writers Guild fought it but lost. A brilliant blog – I didn’t know this story about Alan Moore!

Personally I love the movie of Watchmen – it’s the movie of Mark Millar’s Wanted that I think is an insult to its source material. But hey-ho, these things are subjective. Moore’s genius is beyond doubt – I’ve recently read FROM HELL, which sets new standards for inventive storytelling.

There is one current TV drama which – like the early comics – refuses to credit the writers (or cast or director – only the production company and the BBC get a credit.) There is a cunning rationale to explain this, but the not-so-nice effect is to make the writers anonymous. The Writers Guild fought it but lost.

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