>>I mean, something can follow a worn plot structure and be an original work of fiction, rather than an adaptation, a remake, or a spin-off about a minor character.<<
True. There's a limited number of really popular plot structures. It's just that some things have been done to death, and people are often more interested in repetition than novelty.
Yet over in crowdfunding, one friend wrote about an alien cat kidnapping a human, and another wrote about a sapient building. MOARRRRR!
>>I wish Amazon would do that, because I can absolutely read the same trope/general plot structure twenty times, if it's something I'm into.<<
Options include:
* Search a favorite author's name.
* Search for "book" or "novel" plus any phrase like a trope or subgenre.
* Use the "also bought" menu bar underneath the description of whatever you're looking at. This is most effective with nonfiction but also works with fiction.
* The more things you buy through Amazon, the more they make recommendations of similar things. It's still kind of a kludge but does get better over time.
Also, if you want lists of similar things, Goodreads Listopia is awesome. Type those two words into your favorite search engine and follow with a trope, subgenre, or whatever. Some people use that service to make lists of surprisingly specific things, so it's great if you just want to binge lost prince or pirate romance or whatever.
>>Of course there's differences, but there's also a lot of differences between Eastern canons from various countries, same as there are plenty of differences between Western canons from different countries.<<
I was thinking of things like how Western writers really don't tend to use a spiral plot structure. But I'm sure you know more about Eastern content than I do, so that makes it easier to spot similarities.
>>No, what ultimately makes an adaptation difficult is that a lot of Western executives just don't get what attracts people to an Asian canon in the first place - maybe it's a high level of drama, maybe it's the more open critique of capitalism you often find in Korean works. Instead, they focus on the superficial elements, such as "battle royale storyline" or "zombies".<<
Well, that makes sense.
The most open criticism of capitalism I've seen here was the TV version of "Brave New World." I still use taglines from that to snark at capitalism: "Work! Earn! Buy!" and "If you want it, you can have it. Reach out and grab it! You deserve it." It was so over the top, it was just poking fun at the whole economy.
As for superficial, it turns out that most people create content from the surface in. I create content from the core out if original, or for fanfic, derive in and extrapolate out. Scott McCloud explained it really well with the Six Layers. This explains a lot about why so much media fails to entertain me. Once in a while I find something more solid, though, and I really like that.
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True. There's a limited number of really popular plot structures. It's just that some things have been done to death, and people are often more interested in repetition than novelty.
Yet over in crowdfunding, one friend wrote about an alien cat kidnapping a human, and another wrote about a sapient building. MOARRRRR!
>>I wish Amazon would do that, because I can absolutely read the same trope/general plot structure twenty times, if it's something I'm into.<<
Options include:
* Search a favorite author's name.
* Search for "book" or "novel" plus any phrase like a trope or subgenre.
* Use the "also bought" menu bar underneath the description of whatever you're looking at. This is most effective with nonfiction but also works with fiction.
* The more things you buy through Amazon, the more they make recommendations of similar things. It's still kind of a kludge but does get better over time.
Also, if you want lists of similar things, Goodreads Listopia is awesome. Type those two words into your favorite search engine and follow with a trope, subgenre, or whatever. Some people use that service to make lists of surprisingly specific things, so it's great if you just want to binge lost prince or pirate romance or whatever.
>>Of course there's differences, but there's also a lot of differences between Eastern canons from various countries, same as there are plenty of differences between Western canons from different countries.<<
I was thinking of things like how Western writers really don't tend to use a spiral plot structure. But I'm sure you know more about Eastern content than I do, so that makes it easier to spot similarities.
>>No, what ultimately makes an adaptation difficult is that a lot of Western executives just don't get what attracts people to an Asian canon in the first place - maybe it's a high level of drama, maybe it's the more open critique of capitalism you often find in Korean works. Instead, they focus on the superficial elements, such as "battle royale storyline" or "zombies".<<
Well, that makes sense.
The most open criticism of capitalism I've seen here was the TV version of "Brave New World." I still use taglines from that to snark at capitalism: "Work! Earn! Buy!" and "If you want it, you can have it. Reach out and grab it! You deserve it." It was so over the top, it was just poking fun at the whole economy.
As for superficial, it turns out that most people create content from the surface in. I create content from the core out if original, or for fanfic, derive in and extrapolate out. Scott McCloud explained it really well with the Six Layers. This explains a lot about why so much media fails to entertain me. Once in a while I find something more solid, though, and I really like that.