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]

The box set has come down I think, and of course you can probably find a used set on ebay for considerably less money.
See, that's what I mean about perspective. The last couple of generations don't have a clue what life is like without a handheld something, instant access to everything... over stimulation from so many sources it's a wonder there aren't more incidents related to withdrawal if and when it occurs.
Life today is a different kind of science fiction from what was anticipated in some of the epic fiction of the past, but it's science fiction nonetheless.

[orockthro.livejournal.com]

Well... XD I don't see it as quite as much a dire post apocalyptic nightmare as all that. :P
I think having access to source material quickly means accurate characterizations, and more opportunity for finding quirky fun missing scenes to write since what's missing from the ep is easily identifiable.
Considering we're having this conversation on the internet over a device, I think for all it's possible downsides, the internet age is a good thing and is incredibly helpful in bring people and ideas together. Right now, we are each less alone. :)

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I'm not against it ;) I do wish that there was less resistance to traditional venues and vehicles for entertainment. Real books, real conversations that aren't held ransom by a phone in someone's hand... that type of thing.
The inability of this current crop of teen to thirty somethings is marked by an annoying habit of bringing their phones to everything, including a family meal or a social outing that is for the purpose of connecting. It's almost impossible when the person who calls takes precedence over the ones in the room.
That's my gripe. I'd be in withdrawal myself if someone took my computer away ;)

[orockthro.livejournal.com]

:P
I saw this "game" where at social dinners out, everyone has to put their phone in the middle of the table. If someone touches theirs before the meal is out, they're responsible for paying for the whole party's dinner. If no one does, it's dutch as usual.
XD
Might solve your problem...

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

The internet is just the next step on from tv which came after radio which was a step on from newspapers. The ancient Greek philosophers though books were a bad thing as they'd ruin peoples memory. Exactly the same argument as was used when pocket calculators became cheap enough for children to own.

As someone who grew up in a house with one cold tap indoors and you went outside for the toilet, I much prefer modern conditions. The good old days might be old, but they weren't that good.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

My father used to say that mankind would never be able to keep up with technological advances because they would come too quickly. He would have been amazed at what we have access to now. When I was a kid there was a House of the Future at Disneyland that featured what were considered the technological wonders we would one day use. One of them was a phone with a screen that enabled you to see who you were talking to. That seemed so fantastic, and yet now it's possible to carry that in your pocket. Soon the watch from Apple will make Dick Tracy's wristwatch transmitter a reality.
And there's more to come.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

I wonder how long Uncle continued with communcators and when they decided it wasssimpler if everyone just used their mobile phones.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Mobile phones didn't become truly convenient until the mid 90's. Up until then they were big, bulk things, not something to slip into a jacket pocket.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

True, the size of bricks and weighed much the same.

[orockthro.livejournal.com]

<__< Just looked it up. The box set is about $125 on ebay. That might be happening soon. *Coughs*