Aycheb has pretty much argued my case for me (and more ably since she's actually read Promethea). I had thought you meant motive and not motif. So my reply changes a bit. They may well have common motifs, but my argument all along has been that motifs do not, in any way shape or form, demand similar treatment or invite comparison by a standard. The motif fits the motives of the author, and its the motives that dictate how things should be done. As Aycheb points out (and what I've been trying to say all along), Joss patently does not have the same motives in storytelling as does Moore, and that's why his style and method is different.
Whether he succeeds or fails at doing whatever it is he's trying to do remains an open question -- though I can see why a lot of people would want to conclude now that it's a failure. It's just not a failure because it's not done like Moore, and it's unfair to say it's a failure because it's not done like Moore. That's all I have been trying to say.
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Date: 2010-07-14 01:31 pm (UTC)Whether he succeeds or fails at doing whatever it is he's trying to do remains an open question -- though I can see why a lot of people would want to conclude now that it's a failure. It's just not a failure because it's not done like Moore, and it's unfair to say it's a failure because it's not done like Moore. That's all I have been trying to say.