Imagine your favourite series (books or TV) – what do you think about crossovers? Imagine possible and impossible scenarios: Dallas – Denver Clan, Miss Marple – Sherlock Holmes, Twilight – True Blood, etc.
I know writers who combine their own series. This is certainly a hard job, having to focus on the protagonists while hosting guest characters from a different series.
Please state your favourite series/character combinations in the comments.
Looking forward to reading your thoughts. 🙂
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I’d like to see cross overs of the X Files and Castle, and Perception. And maybe Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I never thought about it before! The possibilities are endless!
Great suggestions, Miranda!
Castle and Perception: My initial reaction: tough; my second thought: Yeah!
It will be tricky but we can figure it out together!! 😀
I voted it depends, because some crossovers just come off as a sloppy mess. However, I would say in general I love a great crossover. In comic books it’s one of my favorite things.
Some crossovers are great, some are all right, others are a shame. I also opt for ‘it depends’, Robin.
We had a brilliant series that was aired earlier this year in the UK, called ‘Cucumber.’ It was crossed with a series by the same writer called ‘Banana’ and I was gobsmacked how the writer introduced some the characters into each of the series. They were only feeling appearances but it was very cleverly done. The writer was Russell T Davies, who was the man behind bringing Doctor Who back to our TV screens back in 2005.
This is something to look out for, Hugh. I am always grateful for tips like this.
I have to check Russell T. Davies, now…
I would like a really ridiculous one like Breaking Bad and Little House on the Prairie. 🙂
That’s a tricky one, Kerry. 😀
…but fun to imagine. I could see the father in Little House on the Prairie collecting magic mushrooms to pay medical bills. 🙂
I’m anti crossover….
Some crossovers are really a shame, true.
I adore crossovers! That being said, it’s usually best to crossover in a way that doesn’t affect either series — as in, we don’t want readers to only follow one series, read the crossover, and then miss crucial information because they haven’t read the other series. For example, The Flash and Arrow have done a couple of crossover episodes — which is great for me, because I watch both shows — but for someone who only watches one show, they’d be wicked confused. The crossover I’m waiting for (and which will never happen, but whatever!) is a Disney Princess Avengers style movie. Wouldn’t that be epic???
Here’s to fab crossovers, Michelle!
As I stated before, crossovers can be tricky, require lots of organising and skilful weaving of different plots.
Your suggestion is awesome – someday a director might get creative and do just that. 😀
It must be me…I have no idea what crossovers are even with the examples!
Some writers (e.g. D. N. Leo) who write more than one series actually have their respective protagonists appear in the other stories as well. Consider J. R. Ewing (Dallas) visiting Falcon Crest on a regular basis. There are lots of series considered spin-offs. Sometimes spin-offs are even funnier than the original series, Laura.
Oh I see! Thank you for the explanation. 🙂
I had to vote, it depends. I’ve seen good and bad. This year there was a TV crossover between Bones and Sleepy Hollow. It was strange, but fun.
I imagine it being pretty complicated – hence the good and bad examples. Strange crossovers may be quite entertaining. Thank you very much for commenting, Craig.
I shared it on Twitter too. Maybe you’ll get a few more votes.
Please accept my heart-felt thanks, Craig.
Anytime.
I voted and really think it depends – but fun poll K ❤
Thank you very much. 🙂
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Interesting question. I had to think about it for a minute before taking the poll. I’ve seen it well and not so well, so I guess it really depends. Looking forward to the results.
Oops. My fingers got away from me. That should be “I’ve seen it DONE well…”
Thank you very much, Sue. The results will always depend on the participants’ experiences with crossovers.