Choosing Properties and Forms
Given the wide range of content ready to develop from both the expected and more unusual sources it is good to ask, why this property? With a property that already has a significant life in other media the motivations appear clear, but history proves again and again that successful intellectual properties don’t always move easily from one form to another. The primary reasons seem to be base incompatibilities between the source medium’s storytelling language and those of the targeted medium, but that’s not the sole reason. Any attempt to break down the reasons for choosing an intellectual property over another, outside passion for a particular story, touches on a complex web of cultural and financial motivations ...
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