Actually, you have me entrigued. Please, I hope you don't mind my inate stupidity, but I really enjoy your personal opion and wondered if you could elaborate on what you wrote?
You said that : "I think the separation of the 'Super-hero' as a form was only ever an aberration and now that Hollywood and TV have started to imitate the stories, forms and styles comics have very little to offer. I think the real problem is the death of narrative appreciation-- which is more to do with reality TV and the demands of sound-bite advertising."
I agree entirely with Hollywood and Tv, picking up and intiminate apon the process of the comic book and the Super-hero genre. Especially, seen through shows like 'Heros' and even the short lived 'Mutant x'. This proves that comic books being over looked as either an art form, literary form and entertainment for so long, is now being seen as perfectly capable art form. However, I do see also how comics are now being dissmissed as Film and t.v reaches a much wider audience.
I think the real problem is the death of narrative appreciation-- which is more to do with reality TV and the demands of sound-bite advertising."
Is this, as I believe a lack of story telling and the creative thought process and imagination that is now seen in shows like 'Big Brother' and 'X factor'?
I sincerely appoligise for any miss spellings and poor use of grammer. Though I am a former English Lit student, I am terrible at grammer.
Please I do not mean anything I write as a personal attack or any such thing.
Thanks again.
Jason Bailey