[B5JMS] (Newsarama) JMS on taking on FF

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From: cengm04 at aol.com (CEngm04)
Date: 29 Dec 2004 05:08:13 GMT

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>JMS: "Oh, and to the net-heads out there who are on this 'Oh, Joe's going to 
>do a story where Sue tells Reed that Franklin's really Namor's kid', 
>understand: I've written 200 TV scripts and about 100 comics scripts, and 
>the one thing I never do is repeat myself. So y'all may be stuck on that, 
>but I'm not. So there."
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I didn't read Sins Past and don't really have anything against JMS, but why do
we see writers deflect criticism in this manner.  "I've written this and this
and this..."

Surely he realizes we don't give a shit?  Wouldn't a better tactic be
responding with a self parody ("No, i'm going to make Franklin the son of the
Impossible Man!")  or just ignoring it.  This just makes him look pompous and
feeds the fire. 

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 29 Dec 2004 10:05:43 GMT

>Wouldn't a better tactic be
>responding with a self parody ("No, i'm going to make Franklin the son of the
>Impossible Man!")  or just ignoring it.  This just makes him look pompous and
>feeds the fire. 

Because if I did that -- as I've done elsewhere -- comes the accusation that
I'm not taking the criticisms seriously enough, insulting those who raised
them, and thus acting pompous and feeding the fire.

Happened right here, just recently.

Welcome aboard the Kobiyashi Maru.

 jms

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