The Round Table - Who Will Bridge The Gap?

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I was reading the interview at Del Floria's that features orockthro , a new and young version of the MFU fan.  You can find that interview HERE She has written some stellar stories for the fandom, and to be honest, I don't think any of us older writers could have done it with the same attitude and style.  There really is a difference between writing from our perspective and that of the younger generations that didn't live in the 60's.
The film version of The Man from UNCLE has been done as a 'period piece', meaning they've tried to capture that era as well as is  possible, but it's not going to feel like the 60's, no matter how much care is given to the task.  That's fine, I'm not  complaining, I am merely struck by  how different the interpretation is from those who were there, the first generation if you will, and those who have come along a few decades later.  We all try to paint a similar picture, but somehow the strokes are going to be inherently, vastly different.
That's not a bad thing, and infact, when reading the stories by writers like orockthro, I'm impressed by how tangibly fresh it seems.  Same characters, same old UNCLE and yet... it isn't.
I don't know if I have a question, but I'm interested in what other people think about this.  Will it change the fandom to have writers coming in who see the 60's from their perspective?  How will we fare, the older, original fans?
Brave New World?  I wonder...

Comments

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

That might have been the case, our politics were tied up with Vietnam at the time so everyone had to be anti-communist and anti-Soviet, since they were supplying the killing machines being used on our troops. It's always about the homeland, regardless of whether you call it patriotism or survival.
As for Profumo, since it was about spies and politicians, I took the liberty of putting our Soviet spy in the line of fire; it just seemed reasonable. Perhaps not.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

The are some situations where IK would have been more welcome than NS in the UK. There are many who regard the US as either a big bully poking its nose in areas where it isn't wanted and others who haven't forgiven you for staying out of WW1 and WW2 for such a long time

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I guess that's one way of looking at things, and unfortunate considering how much Americans love the UK.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Then again we think you hate us . From Hollywood villains being British to terrorist bombs and guns being sbought with US dollars.

But American croquet players are lovely people. And Eldest has been well looked after when playing in the US.