The Death of Story
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:23 pm
The Devin’s Advocate: James Cameron Calls Out The Story Crisis In Hollywood
This article was written about Hollywood. Isn't it uncanny that it seems to apply to recent trends in anime as well? I mean, people are seriously trying to defend Infinite Stratos' story as well-written. How brainwashed have we become?All of a sudden I’ve found myself in a world where story is for snobs, and only the elites want good characters. All of a sudden Edgar Rice Burroughs is high falutin’ and Back to the Future is impenetrable arthouse fare. I’m not standing here demanding deep and meaningful themes or exquisite metareferences in the text – just simply good old fashioned two-fisted storytelling. Giving a good yarn, and filling it with exciting characters. The action set pieces become disconnected free floating fireworks displays if there’s no story to support them and no characters to give them meaning.