thread: 2005-07-05 : Setting and Source Material
On 2005-07-12, Vincent wrote:
Elliot: definitional quibble, I think. (And welcome! Are you by any chance the Elliot I went to Hampshire with?)Sydney: sure. In examining a work for its underlying principles, you've approached it critically. When J says "You can play in the Aliens universe and think that it's about military hardware and wisecracks, not desperate motherhood... You can play in the Star Wars Galaxy and think that it's about Good vs. Evil or starfighters and not choosing when to, and not to, fight for what you believe in" he shows himself already beyond fanfic/pastiche/whatever the hell term I can safely use.
Do we all agree that some fiction simply reiterates its source material, without challenging it or commenting upon it? It merely celebrates its source material, without taking it on in any critical way?
That's the kind I'm talking about.
