...Huh, you know, I never gave that much thought, but yeah, now that you mention it, it's very few new book characters. My knee-jerk response was LOTR, but while the movies are new, the books certainly aren't.
I expect nostalgia might have something to do with it.
I think the main characters that are immortalized the way old book characters are, are video game characters like Mario and Sonic and the Final Fantasy crew.
Funny you should mention that; I was marveling at the number of Mario games the other day, with 30 years having passed since Mario Bros. They're still coming up with new ideas, and I really do think that Mario, at least, will be the Doctor Who of video games, and still be around in another 30 years. To that end, I predict Doctor Who will still be around, too. Fifty years for one TV show (albeit with a nasty hiatus in the 90s) is quite a feat, and that's not counting the comics/audio dramas/novels...
Sherlock definitely will still be around. Countless numbers of different adaptations? Yeah, that won't stop anytime soon.
(Incidentally, Pat was in a couple eps of The Saint ("The Romantic Matron" and "Interlude in Venice"); have you come across him yet? I'm curious as to how his eps are, and if his characters make it... They're both police inspectors, so I'm going to assume he's playing good guys...)
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Date: 2014-07-08 04:56 pm (UTC)I expect nostalgia might have something to do with it.
I think the main characters that are immortalized the way old book characters are, are video game characters like Mario and Sonic and the Final Fantasy crew.
Funny you should mention that; I was marveling at the number of Mario games the other day, with 30 years having passed since Mario Bros. They're still coming up with new ideas, and I really do think that Mario, at least, will be the Doctor Who of video games, and still be around in another 30 years. To that end, I predict Doctor Who will still be around, too. Fifty years for one TV show (albeit with a nasty hiatus in the 90s) is quite a feat, and that's not counting the comics/audio dramas/novels...
Sherlock definitely will still be around. Countless numbers of different adaptations? Yeah, that won't stop anytime soon.
(Incidentally, Pat was in a couple eps of The Saint ("The Romantic Matron" and "Interlude in Venice"); have you come across him yet? I'm curious as to how his eps are, and if his characters make it... They're both police inspectors, so I'm going to assume he's playing good guys...)