Killtacular
03-26-2002, 02:12 PM
Evan Dorkin recently had a live chat here at Toonzone, and I felt like putting some of the WB-related answers here in this thread. To read the whole transcript, click here (http://adultswim.toonzone.net/evan-uneditted.html).
On "Livewire:"
"Livewire was messed up because it was supposed to be about the public learning about Supes, his first public appearances and public distrust and fear. Rumors he was an advance scout lulling Earth into trusting him, then bringing in an alien army. More action and stuff as well, and more cameos and build up."
On "Little Girl Lost":
"The original Supergirl plot had no stupid metero from space threat -- that was added at the last minute, a producer who'd signed off on our plot freaked and made us change it. Originally, Granny Goodness was on Earth to befriend homeless kids and runaways, and then transport them to Apokolips to transform them into parademons. Scarier than a meteor schtick. But they didn't want a war on Apokolips, because they were having a war on Apokolips.
That's why we did the Supergirl giant-size one-shot for DC, to use our better material and reclaim the character a little. WB was okay to work with, but too many cooks, too much politics, not enough communication between writer staff and design staff. two separate camps makes for stiiff shows. More character and plot vs more fight scenes and three-inch waisted adult woman."
On the Batman Beyond episode "Slicers":
"WB tended to cut out good stuff in scripts to show more fights, and I dig fight scenes, but after a while they're all the damned same. We wrote 'Splicers' for BBa as a horror/action ep, and they cut all the horror elements out, leaving a duller show."
And on other cartoons, such as "Invader Zim":
On Jhonen - Jhonen's a great guy. I think he does solid work that's not always to my personal tatse, but he kept to his vision on Zim, and I thought it was a solid show that deserved to keep going. Jhonen actually asked me about doing a script for them but Eltingville happened, we got the bible and I have pilot notes for a weird bit I might rewrite for something else."
And of course, his favorite live-action Batman?
"Favorite Batman live-action movie: The 60's one with Adam West, of course! The rest is ridiculous, but not on purpose."
On "Livewire:"
"Livewire was messed up because it was supposed to be about the public learning about Supes, his first public appearances and public distrust and fear. Rumors he was an advance scout lulling Earth into trusting him, then bringing in an alien army. More action and stuff as well, and more cameos and build up."
On "Little Girl Lost":
"The original Supergirl plot had no stupid metero from space threat -- that was added at the last minute, a producer who'd signed off on our plot freaked and made us change it. Originally, Granny Goodness was on Earth to befriend homeless kids and runaways, and then transport them to Apokolips to transform them into parademons. Scarier than a meteor schtick. But they didn't want a war on Apokolips, because they were having a war on Apokolips.
That's why we did the Supergirl giant-size one-shot for DC, to use our better material and reclaim the character a little. WB was okay to work with, but too many cooks, too much politics, not enough communication between writer staff and design staff. two separate camps makes for stiiff shows. More character and plot vs more fight scenes and three-inch waisted adult woman."
On the Batman Beyond episode "Slicers":
"WB tended to cut out good stuff in scripts to show more fights, and I dig fight scenes, but after a while they're all the damned same. We wrote 'Splicers' for BBa as a horror/action ep, and they cut all the horror elements out, leaving a duller show."
And on other cartoons, such as "Invader Zim":
On Jhonen - Jhonen's a great guy. I think he does solid work that's not always to my personal tatse, but he kept to his vision on Zim, and I thought it was a solid show that deserved to keep going. Jhonen actually asked me about doing a script for them but Eltingville happened, we got the bible and I have pilot notes for a weird bit I might rewrite for something else."
And of course, his favorite live-action Batman?
"Favorite Batman live-action movie: The 60's one with Adam West, of course! The rest is ridiculous, but not on purpose."