Posted by jay on 3/18/2008, 7:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Supreme Power News (spoilers)"
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: Did you read the interview today with the
: writer of the Inhumans Secret Invasion tie
: in? He introduced me to a concept called
: writing within the box. That's where
: writing flourishes because there are
: boundaries and the creativity has to service
: them. That's why Chaykin should not get a
: MAX book. Have you seen some of his Flagg
: stuff? Good but too far over the top.
: Chaykin does wonderful plots and great
: characters and being 'all ages' will put a
: capper on his worst excesses.
It isn't about putting "a capper on his worst excesses"; it's about the best way to let him do what he does best, and that requires a MAX book. Howard is not an "all ages" kind of writer; by making him do that sort of work, you're effectively hiring a great, ballsy writer for a great, ballsy book, then emasculating him. He often gets a bad rap for his work, in fact, when he's made to do it under those restrictions. As one of the posters in another forum said, if you hire Howard, you have to let Howard be Howard. You don't hire Jesus Franco to direct "Parent Trap part 48." Well, actually, I would, but I wouldn't impose Disney's restrictions on it!
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