Official Rulk Thread

[Lord Blackbolt]

Didn't Leob's son die last year or something?.....give the guy a break for a rough couple of years.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I know his son died, and it's awful and he has my condolences for it. But his writing's sucked well before anything with his son, so I don't think that's the cause of its weakness. I think Loeb's just passed his expiration date like Claremont.

 

[PhotoJones]

If he is, that was a damn short shelf life.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Some writers are like milk, others are like canned vegetables.

 

[deathshead2]

Loeb works best with Sale.
Anyone else on art and Loebs books range from suck bad to somewhat enjoyible

 

[PhotoJones]

Maybe it's Sale who's actually writing those books.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He knocks Loeb out and ties him up for the duration of the writing process.

 

[PhotoJones]

Wow, that's a lot more violent than what I'd pictured.

 

[deathshead2]

Well that explains that then.

 

[PhotoJones]

Loeb does a lot of TV work, I think. I know he does Heroes, and I can't remember if he's still attached to Lost.

 

[deathshead2]

Loeb does a lot of TV work, I think. I know he does Heroes, and I can't remember if he's still attached to Lost.

I think he left Lost and like BKV replaced him or something. Loebs work on heros is good cus guess what Tim Sale works on the show. I find Loebs movie work like Double Dragon to be huge pieces of crap.

 

[PhotoJones]

Has BKV written a full episode of Lost by himself?

 

[Darthphere]

Has BKV written a full episode of Lost by himself?

One episode.

 

[PhotoJones]

Wow.

 

[Darthphere]

I know his son died, and it's awful and he has my condolences for it. But his writing's sucked well before anything with his son, so I don't think that's the cause of its weakness. I think Loeb's just passed his expiration date like Claremont.

His son actually died closer to 2-3 years ago.

And I really don't think Loeb is passed his expiration date judging from Hulk #1.

 

[PhotoJones]

You liked it?

 

[Darthphere]

Wow.

Why is that wow? He gets credit for that one episode but his official title is Executive Story Editor, he has his hands in everything script wise there.

 

[Darthphere]

You liked it?

Um yeah.

 

[PhotoJones]

Why is that wow? He gets credit for that one episode but his official title is Executive Story Editor, he has his hands in everything script wise there.

It's wow, because I would've assumed he'd have contributed more to it.

 

[PhotoJones]

Um yeah.

Score.

 

[Darthphere]

It's wow, because I would've assumed he'd have contributed more to it.

TV writing is a lot different than comic book writing though. They have like an army of writers who all work together to write one script for one episode. Chances are he came up with the idea for the episode and then brought it forth and got it banged out.

 

[PhotoJones]

TV writing is a lot different than comic book writing though. They have like an army of writers who all work together to write one script for one episode. Chances are he came up with the idea for the episode and then brought it forth and got it banged out.

For sitcoms, it's like that. They usually stick to that age old formula. For most other shows, it can be different. Sometimes a group of writers can pump out an episode, sometimes they each do individual episodes primarily by themselves, with the other writers acting as consultants. It just depends.

 

[Darthphere]

For sitcoms, it's like that. They usually stick to that age old formula. For most other shows, it can be different. Sometimes a group of writers can pump out an episode, sometimes they each do individual episodes primarily by themselves, with the other writers acting as consultants. It just depends.

For Lost, you have to remember it's the brainchild of Lindelof and Abrams. So the writers are working off what they tell them.

 

[PhotoJones]

That's true. But all shows are created by someone. Their involvement can be anything from detailed seasonal outlines, to signing off on whatever idea(s) the writer(s) comes up with.

 

[Darthphere]

That's true. But all shows are created by someone. Their involvement can be anything from detailed seasonal outlines, to signing off on whatever idea(s) the writer(s) comes up with.

It isn't for Lost, Lindelof is always heavily involved, Abrams just sits back and counts the money.