Re: In defense of Continuity

>From: "Jay and Diane Rudin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

>1. A plot that requires knowing earlier stories is bad.  Continuity is no
>excuse for poor writing.
>2. A plot that is damaged by knowing earlier stories is bad.
>Anti-continuity is no excuse for poor writing.

Unfortunately, far too often using continuity details in a story becomes
building a story entirely around continuity details. I don't want to read a
story that exists only to further explicate something that happened 10 issues
ago. I don't think most non-fan readers do, either.

>Hardly.  The audience knew who Batman was primarily from comics and serials.

But the Batman who was heard on the radio wasn't entirely identical to the one
in the comics (and certainly not to the one in serials), anymore than the radio
Superman was identical to the comics one.


Best, Pat