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Haters are going to hate.
Praisers are going to praise.
The Bungie Forums are what keeps my mind sharp and my fingers active, between writing my own movie scripts, drawing, and studying industrial design. At the moment I'm working on miniatures for a short movie that I'll hopefully be able to film once I've saved up for a camera... That's me, with the mug, trying to have a conversation with Konoko.
About AFoA: who's to say what's fan fiction nowadays... It's not like The Beatles could just add two new guys and continue making The Beatles songs... It would just be a name.
Endorsed or not, everything should be judged by its own merits, the problem is only that if anything that lived up to the criteria of being a part of a franchise, would be an official part, we wouldn't see the end of it; there would be fan fiction left and right, and there would be huge arguements--even more so than now--about what is canon and what isn't, it would ruin it for everyone*. It's therefore an officail endorsment is required, and very much needed. But just because something is endorsed doesn't mean that the additional title suddenly will live up to its original, or fit it more than a peice of fanfic could have done.
*why I personally despise fanfic. Just don't do any, make up your own damn stories!
There are hardly any true series out there, just a lot of official fanfic sharing the the same name because of endorsments and contracts.
I know I'm being naive, but it's closer to the truth than the consensus of what a actually title is, it's jus less conveniant. Example: if a sequel isn't created by the same people, it is diluted, there's nothing one can say that will change that. Thats the lowest common denominator, is the creators. Even if they change stuff, they have the right to it. But they have themselves to blame if they aren't respected anymore for doing so.
I think the industry has to learn to be more honest and more thorough when defining what a title is.
/rant.
[Edited on 10.30.2012 8:01 AM PDT]