Question about VH1 'date stamping'?
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Question about VH1 'date stamping'?
Not sure if anyone would know the answer to this as it's all hypothetical but....in VH1 the story lines were all 'date stamped' with 1991, 1992 etc so you knew when a story was happening. For example, Archer and Armstrong #1 takes place on April 4th 1992. Let's imagine VH1 did not end and it was still running to the present day. How would they have maintained 'date stamping' the story lines without ageing the characters? Would they have had X-O as a 50+ year old man?
I imagine adding complexity like 'date stamping' to a universe brings headaches in addition to the usual continuity challenges. As the books ended in the 90's I guess we'll never know for sure how this would have played out but I'm wondering if Jim Shooter, Bob Layton etc ever explained why they decided to use this method?
I imagine adding complexity like 'date stamping' to a universe brings headaches in addition to the usual continuity challenges. As the books ended in the 90's I guess we'll never know for sure how this would have played out but I'm wondering if Jim Shooter, Bob Layton etc ever explained why they decided to use this method?
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Re: Question about VH1 'date stamping'?
If it was meant to work anything like the New Universe, then the characters would have aged more or less in real time. If that was the case, it would have presented some interesting challenges, but also would have made continuity from bible books like Rai #0 easier to follow.Dallow Spicer1 wrote:Not sure if anyone would know the answer to this as it's all hypothetical but....in VH1 the story lines were all 'date stamped' with 1991, 1992 etc so you knew when a story was happening. For example, Archer and Armstrong #1 takes place on April 4th 1992. Let's imagine VH1 did not end and it was still running to the present day. How would they have maintained 'date stamping' the story lines without ageing the characters? Would they have had X-O as a 50+ year old man?
I imagine adding complexity like 'date stamping' to a universe brings headaches in addition to the usual continuity challenges. As the books ended in the 90's I guess we'll never know for sure how this would have played out but I'm wondering if Jim Shooter, Bob Layton etc ever explained why they decided to use this method?
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