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Bruce Timm Talks Justice League Continuity By Jim Harvey 03-15-2002 Welcome to part two of Toon Zone Rich Fogel/Bruce Timm Q & A. Below is Bruce Timm's comments on the semi-controversy surrounding Justice League's continuity: "Look, I'm a hardcore comics geek, which means I love continuity, too. I know this sounds completely contradictory to my previous statements on the matter, but it's true. For instance, I got totally bent out of shape when Frank Miller put hippies in Matt Murdock's college during his "Matt meets Elektra" flashback in Daredevil; it completely contradicted my own idea of Matt's timeline, as well as previous "Young Mr. Murdock" stories, I couldn't wrap my head around it! So I sympathize, really. Most of my cohorts at WBA dig continuity as well, (whether they like to admit it or not!) we love to throw in "continuity-connectors", but only when it's appropriate, and doesn't get in the way of the story we're trying to tell. For instance, several supporting characters from our previous series WILL be making appearances in JL. Don't ask which ones, I'm not tellin'! And I couldn't resist throwing in an oblique reference to [Batman Beyond's] "The Call" in the new Darkseid story. As I've said elsewhere, we just try not to allow continuity to completely hand-cuff creativity. C'mon, we need to have a LITTLE "wiggle-room"...!" "The Kyle Question is a trickier thing: from what I gather from reading the various message boards, there are just as many Kyle-bashers as there are Kyle-supporters, so a "fan consensus" on the matter doesn't even seem possible...(do i hear a poll coming on?)...so we're damned if we do, damned if we don't...again, as I've said before, IF we can address the issue without getting bogged down in minutiae, we will. Frankly, I'd rather concentrate on making JL a great show, with exciting, fresh stories, deeper characterization, etc., than worrying overmuch about continuity glitches. We do plan to utilize the GL Corps for a story springboard this year, so we'll see..." Originally posted on Toon Zone News. [ Back to Backstage ] |