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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8233001"><p>Keep in mind when Ravenloft came out we were drinking from different sources too, but the argument laid out in Black Box was 'go back to the classic sources, there is value in them'. And it isn't like black and white movies were still being made when Ravenloft came out (black and white horror films were considered old at the time). Don't get me wrong I looooove survival horror, and I love all kinds of subgenres of horror, but I do think if they incorporate stuff like survival horror its really not going to be Ravenloft anymore. They can update it and still be rooted in foundations like Shelley, Le Fanu, Blackwood, black and white horror movies, hammer film, etc. Put if you put comic book stuff in there, that is going to produce a very different feel IMO. I am not saying newer media isn't a good fit (I could certainly see something like some Japanese Horror working well in the Ravenloft setting). But when you add to a genre to continue to give it life (which I think genres do need), compatibility is really important. For instance wuxia benefited from borrowing from spaghetti westerns and Samurai movies. But careless or hamfisted genre blending can be really thin and odd (like the Cowboys and Aliens movie). I think it's important to go back to the foundational sources, even if those sources mean something different to a new generation.</p></blockquote><p></p>