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Subject: Re: Ok, on a lighter note...

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LrdDimwit

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Date Posted: 17:25:36 05/02/03 Fri
In reply to: Daniel 's message, "Re: Ok, on a lighter note..." on 11:51:05 05/02/03 Fri

>>In a tangentially related question, what about anime
>>music videos? How is that not just crushing the
>>creators' intent and walking all over it, of BOTH the
>>music and the video? I tend to think that at some
>>point you have to agree there is artistic merit in
>>making alterations. Or maybe you don't, I don't know.
>
>Oh trust me I've brought this up a number of times on
>our AMV forum. Generally when there are massive flames
>and bitching about people's videos (videos that are
>awesome). Basically AMVs boil down to us taking
>SOMEONE ELSE'S music and SOMEONE ELSE'S footage and
>creating something that's sort of creative :). Given I
>am downplaying it (strange since I make them) since we
>ourselves have our own visions and try to create
>them...similar to that of an artist.
>
>The big difference in AMVs and dubbed anime is that
>dubbed anime is being distributed as the work itself.
>Dubbed Bebop and Raw Bebop is well..to a degree the
>same thing in the states. An AMV is taking someone
>else's work and creating your own, however NOT the
>calling it the same thing. A new creation in itself
>(now don't take the word "new" the wrong way since it
>is other ppls songs and footage). AMVs are sort of
>their own entity in which our tools are other people's
>work and melding them. We don't ever say things like
>"This AMV IS Cowboy Bebop" or whatever. In a dubs
>case, that is what is going on...a rework of something
>while calling it the same...and IMO it's not the same.
>Wow...I don't think I'm making sense..I should stop.

Actually it does make sense, and it's more or less the conclusion I came to when I thought of the question.

Still, though. Robotech is an entity unto itself. He has never claimed it IS the shows, and in fact the original versions have been released.

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