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29th April 2008, 03:36 PM
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| Re: "Personal" question(s) to John Jarrold Quote:
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29th April 2008, 03:41 PM
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Sorry John just having a bit of fun  Last edited by gary compton; 29th April 2008 at 03:56 PM. | |
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29th April 2008, 03:48 PM
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| Re: "Personal" question(s) to John Jarrold I have no comment to make at this moment in time. But I'm looking forward to seeing Iron Man. He was one of my favourite superheroes back around 1966/7, when I got fed up with DC and realised that the Marvel characters were much more interesting. From what I've seen, Downey has done a good job as Tony Stark. Of course, I'm really waiting for Dr Strange... |
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29th April 2008, 04:02 PM
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Are they actually making Dr Strange? That'd definitely be a good one ... | |
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29th April 2008, 05:11 PM
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| Re: "Personal" question(s) to John Jarrold There's a fairly good Doctor Strange animated film that's straight-to-DVD. It's all updated, of course, but Stephen Strange looks pretty hawt  My only quibble with it is that apparently as soon as you get a bit good at sorcery, your taste in clothing takes a turn for the seriously dramatic |
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29th April 2008, 05:17 PM
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| Re: "Personal" question(s) to John Jarrold I notice they've started releasing those really old Marvel cartoons on DVD; the ones where the characters are just cut-outs, moving across the scenery ... OK, they're a bit pants ... but I still wouldn't mind having a copy! As far as I can remember, they did it with Spiderman, Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, and Thor ... Don't ever remember a Dr Strange animation, though. I'll try and track that one down ... |
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29th April 2008, 05:18 PM
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29th April 2008, 05:22 PM
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| Re: "Personal" question(s) to John Jarrold Did anyone see the Steve Ditko documentary on BBC Four? Finding Steve Ditko, I think it was called; Jonathan Ross, Neil Gaiman, and Alan Moore were involved ... |
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29th April 2008, 05:33 PM
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| Re: "Personal" question(s) to John Jarrold I'm sure they'll repeat it at some point ... Anyway, it was a really good programme! Certainly renewed my interest in comics. As a result of which, I'm currently working my way through Alan Moore's stuff ... |
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29th April 2008, 05:44 PM
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| Re: "Personal" question(s) to John Jarrold Right ... enough of this procrastination! I'm going to attempt to wean myself away from the internet for the next month, so I can get a good bit of writing done, before I go on holiday! Have a good few weeks, everyone! |
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30th April 2008, 01:32 AM
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| Re: "Personal" question(s) to John Jarrold I'm curious. Does current market trends within the publishing field influence whether or not an agent and/or publisher takes on a particular work, regardless of whether that agent and/or publisher personally likes said work? |
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30th April 2008, 08:49 AM
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| Re: "Personal" question(s) to John Jarrold You have to love it both personally and professionally. As a publisher I turned down books I loved, because they had no place in the commercial market - so does every other editor, in SF and Fantasy and every other area of publishing. You acquire books with a mixture of subjective love, gut instinct and a full awareness of the market. If you don't take all that on board, you will fail. So you don't take on a book just because it's right for the market, or just because you love it personally. It has to fulfil both criteria. Last edited by John Jarrold; 30th April 2008 at 09:21 AM. |
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