I cant agree Morely. With Disney holding the rights they can and have taken the Star Wars saga farther than Lucas did. The story doesnt end but keeps going and going which is good for fans like me. Look how Lucas did it. 1977 was episode IV, then in 1980 was episode V and in 1983 Episode VI. Then we waited 16 years for episode 1 which was released in 1999. 2002 was Episode II and 2005 we sen episode III. Now 9 years later Disney is making the movies and we already had episode VII, episode VIII is suppose to be released this December and Rouge One has spun off the franchise, If you ask me Disney has taken the ball and is running with it. Not a bad thing.
I wish they would get involved with the Avatar movies and build a fire under their asses so they will put out movies, Been waiting since 2009 for them to make more movies.
Well, ...
I can see your perspective that Disney is a boon in that manner for
fans. That is a good point too, valid. It isn't exactly the point I was
stating though.
What I was considering was that now, if you want to do a different
version of say Beauty and the Beast you need to get Disney permission.
It is the same to write anything new and different in the Star Wars
world, also the Marvel Comics world. Yes before you still needed some
permissions.
Before though a 'common' source existed in public domain which could be
used without a need to track down permission. Lucas had allowed for that
to some extent, Marvel Comics did the same and the fairy tales were the
same. People didn't fear a giant corporation coming after them with a
slew of copyright lawyers for making new aspect to something open
to everyone.
Granted folks do still create new stuff nonetheless in regards to
legality or not. There is a lot more paranoia in doing so now, though.
Enjoying the new creations, new ideas for stories by extension then
becomes all the more harder, limited.
Also what if this big corporation starts taking the myths into the
direction of all the 'good guys' actually being evil child molesters?
That's an exaggerated example but it illustrates something that could be
seen as wholesome being redirected by corporate interests. In doing
that, the corporation takes the fan base off into something the stories
totally were not meant to be.
That to me would insult the intellect of the fan/s, readers, audience/s.
It breaks the sacred unwritten contract between entertainer and the
entertained, the trust that a story will resolve in an at least somewhat
happy manner and you somewhat get what you expected for the investment.
Know that might sound unintelligent or difficult to grasp.
You buy a bar of Ivory soap, you expect it being Ivory soap in the
wrapper. Get it home and unwrap it, you got a bar of Irish Spring. Will
you go buy Ivory again? It breaks the trust a bit, then even more when
it continues to happen.
Sorry to be so long for something probably stated easier by others. It
takes me a bit at times as words can sometimes be troublesome for not
actually expressing the expression behind themselves, getting in the
way. I also need curb passion at times and resonate more reason.
*chuckles* Or, I wind up sounding like one of those old curmudgeon guys
called granddads and saying, "well, piss ...".