mrs_emma_peel wrote:Great comparison pictures Denis
I've just received the comic-strip book - and I'm impressed with the reproduction, colours and lay-out, plus the extras and interviews at the back.
Although perhaps the colours are not quite as vibrant as the originals.
On the separate accompanying booklet advertising new Big Finish productions - there's an interesting piece on the box-sets entitled
They Keep Thrilling Steed in which writers Robert Khan and Tom Sakinsky say that:
'the basic plot points of the comic strip had to be respected, but within that framework we were given quite a free hand.
It had to sound like an episode from the colour Diana Rigg series.'
My problem with that is I wish they had used colour episodes like
Death's Door, The Joker, You Have Just Been Murdered, Escape in Time, Epic and Murdersville
as their script tone and template -
where the thriller element takes precedence and the humour is limited, spontaneous, clever and subtle and all the more entertaining because of that.
A good parallel is the Connery/Lazenby/Dalton/Craig James Bond films.
Thanks, James. Well, it's little bit, to hear your review and other fans much more interesting for it.
Indeed, "paints" in comic Diana collection book are a cold and dark in comparison with originals, although here is rather a matter of taste, that is preferable.
Well, can delve into it a little, it will interesting consider the pros and cons of the original color and the new version, so to speak.
Originals
In my opinion the advantges of these paints are that the reader perceives the images and the story as a whole in more positive key on subconscious level, the choice of bright soft colors more attractive, eyes less tire and in the end the most important thing is that these colors contribute to such expansion, that the plot it seems to be more dynamic.
Also:
Well, the reader will seem at reading what these colors make the work on very infantile perception. That is, all those nice soft tone while pleasing to the eye, yet it is very different Avengers, sort of books for kids or even toddlers. The reader does not experience any particular feelings of anxiety at the development of the plot, emotions soar mainly in a positive way, so he enjoys a good picture, but subconsciously not very happy that his emotions are not working in the right way. These are The Avengers.
New version
Cold and dark colors give this atmosphere and emotions that are absent in the originals, the reader is more delved by the story, despite the fact that visually it may cause someone "depressed". Thanks these colors, the reader even is able to delve into some detailed thinking, perceiving it more seriously.
Also:
Cold and dark colors give a certain aloofness. This affects the mood, a different perception of the characters. Some locations may seem very stringy.
Personally, I still prefer the originals, because I'm like to perceive the Avengers stories in a positive way with a smile on my face - bit in of childish way, as in 1990s.
I would prefer to hear adapting of Avengers episodes, too, rather than other comics strips or even the official Avengers books with fiction. With this material easier to work in any case, because there is a representation of how it looks visually, it helps to recreate the desired structure for adaptation.
Back to above, however have to admit there are a lot of interesting fanfics that I would be happy to hear as audiobooks.
Oh, time is already too late. Continue to be... tomorrow.