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With Respect to the Door and Expectations....The REAL Reason 5e Can't Unite the Base
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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 5977763" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>Well, the argument I was making was that reboots go back to basics, removing some of the changes and additions that have accrued over time. Which is very much 5th Edition where they're pulling back many of the additions of 3e and 4e for a very OD&D feel. 5e is very emblematic of the desire to return to the source, not just going back to the last time things worked but to the very early days. </p><p>For Batman that usually means going back to the early Detective Comics stories for inspiration and other Year One tales. But I was explicitly hesitant to do so because I did not want to imply 4e was <em>Batman & Robin</em>, as that would be needlessly insulting.</p><p>And then you went there. Classy. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/worried.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-S" title="Uhm :-S" data-shortname=":-S" /></p><p></p><p>There's a similar drive with Bond movies, where they often reinvent with a new actor when the old starts to sag, often stripping away the gadgets and initially focusing on the man.</p><p>Star Trek has done this twice. When <em>Voyager </em>failed they went back to basics with <em>Enterprise</em>, and when <em>Nemesis </em>failed they rebooted the whole franchise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 5977763, member: 37579"] Well, the argument I was making was that reboots go back to basics, removing some of the changes and additions that have accrued over time. Which is very much 5th Edition where they're pulling back many of the additions of 3e and 4e for a very OD&D feel. 5e is very emblematic of the desire to return to the source, not just going back to the last time things worked but to the very early days. For Batman that usually means going back to the early Detective Comics stories for inspiration and other Year One tales. But I was explicitly hesitant to do so because I did not want to imply 4e was [I]Batman & Robin[/I], as that would be needlessly insulting. And then you went there. Classy. :-S There's a similar drive with Bond movies, where they often reinvent with a new actor when the old starts to sag, often stripping away the gadgets and initially focusing on the man. Star Trek has done this twice. When [I]Voyager [/I]failed they went back to basics with [I]Enterprise[/I], and when [I]Nemesis [/I]failed they rebooted the whole franchise. [/QUOTE]
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