11-29-2005, 11:07 PM
...Michael Moorcock....
I read everything he ever wrote, up to a certain point. I think I stopped just as the worst of the years of teen depression lightened up. Pretty much all the incarnations of the Eternal Champion end up killing everyone they love. Depressing as shit, but boy, did I love those characters.
I always felt Elric would have to be too watered down to make it on the screen. He kills everyone he loves and, like, never gets redemption. He's always losing control of his sword, Stormbringer, and it winds up in some pal's chest, sucking their souls. "Whaaaa?" I can hear the uninitiated running for the exits even now.
Still, Dorian Hawkmoon winds up doing ok. Only kills a few of his pals himself and winds up saving the world. And getting the girl. Plus, he's a German that has to take over front running battles for the French against the gone-insane Brits. Can't really miss, can it?
I read everything he ever wrote, up to a certain point. I think I stopped just as the worst of the years of teen depression lightened up. Pretty much all the incarnations of the Eternal Champion end up killing everyone they love. Depressing as shit, but boy, did I love those characters.
I always felt Elric would have to be too watered down to make it on the screen. He kills everyone he loves and, like, never gets redemption. He's always losing control of his sword, Stormbringer, and it winds up in some pal's chest, sucking their souls. "Whaaaa?" I can hear the uninitiated running for the exits even now.
Still, Dorian Hawkmoon winds up doing ok. Only kills a few of his pals himself and winds up saving the world. And getting the girl. Plus, he's a German that has to take over front running battles for the French against the gone-insane Brits. Can't really miss, can it?