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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I've never been a huge fan of Gaiman, and I've always felt like a lot of his stuff was a bit overrated. But that might just be because I knew too many Mall Goth types who couldn't stop fellating him over Sandman.

I have very conflicted feelings regarding Gaiman. On one hand, many of his works are genius. However, other works are merely pretentious... and some things are just outright bad. Sandman is his claim to fame and also one of my biggest points of contention, given the nature of the series.

Then, of course, there's the matter of things like Coraline which I absolutely loved, only to find out that the movie took a few substantial liberties with Gaimon's novel and the biggest changes were clearly for the better. And one of the things I liked most, the artistic style, was -- as I understand it -- entirely the work of Selick and an artist he hired. So the genius that I admired in the work wasn't necessarily the genius of Gaimon. Gaimon had a pretty cool idea (albeit one clearly inspired by other works) and others used that concept to create something incredible.

Speaking of, I think I often miss that kind of element when watching a film or show. I tend to think, "Wow, that's really neat or creative, that seems so beyond anything I might do," while overlooking that many of these things are highly collaborative where, rather than having a singular vision, a group came together to create something cool

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