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Originally Posted by tomaustin
sheep---you are missing the point of aging bosch...
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Tom, I have all the Bosch, Haller, and Ballard books, as well as one of my favorites, Callie Black. My biggest gripe about any book series is 'aging' the character. There is no reason to 'age' them; I don't care if the characters age is never mentioned and prefer it that way. Len Deighton had a great series where he never even gave the character a name, let alone an age. Let them stay 40 forever!
I voiced my latest gripe about the Jack Reacher book series on another forum; Child has retired and left his franchise to his son. The son has only done one book [with dad] and it sucks! I love the premise but the son just doesn't project the imagination Child Sr does.
As for setting Bosch in the present, the producers don't have much choice. It would be too expensive to place Bosch in the years the books were written. The first Bosch was written in 1992; Los Angeles has changed too much since then to film it as it was back then. (Or when the story supposedly occurred).
The demographic has changed also. Everything is aimed at the Millennials now. For anything to succeed, it has to relate to them, not our generation.
But again, there's no reason to 'age' any character. We understand it's a brave new world out there. But the character can be ageless. Let him adopt or reject new technology as he chooses. After all, don't we???
