reader/them
That agreement problem.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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sumi - Aug 20, 2007 9:01:13 am PDT #963 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
brenda m - Aug 20, 2007 9:04:13 am PDT #964 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That is a little over the top - though I have to say, reading that article it does sound like they went out of their way to fuck it all up.
Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2007 9:04:48 am PDT #965 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A friend of mine, when she first saw the trailer, reacted with shock and horror and horrific shock. She scrunched down in her seat and seemed slightly traumatized for the rest of the previews.
Miracleman - Aug 20, 2007 9:06:59 am PDT #966 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I don't think I would get that invested...though I have been known to growl "WRONG!" at certain licenses taken by comic book movies.
A part of me didn't DIE but got very sick at the "Horton Hears A Who" trailer, however.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2007 9:07:38 am PDT #967 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That agreement problem.
Is that still considered a problem? I thought the pendulum had swung back to acceptable.
I'm going to keep using it until someone comes up with something better.
Oh, the article makes the movie sound disturbingly not like the book. I guess it makes a better article if you interview the people who're unhealthily attached to the work, but I'd be more sympathetic to the plight of balanced people than that.
Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2007 9:07:48 am PDT #968 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't think I would get that invested...though I have been known to growl "WRONG!" at certain licenses taken by comic book movies.
Speaking of, Miracleman, have you seen these? You really, really need to. Start from the beginning. They're fucking hilarious.
Volans - Aug 20, 2007 1:09:59 pm PDT #969 of 10000
move out and draw fire
Holy cow, that was Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh?!? No wonder...
Gris - Aug 20, 2007 4:31:38 pm PDT #970 of 10000
Hey. New board.
One heart-broken reader of the original books reported that upon watching the trailer, a part of them died.
I started crying. In the movie theater. It was pretty traumatizing. I think that the hyperbole is actually a pretty common one, too.
ETA: For fear of seeming too crazy, it didn't make me so sad that I failed to enjoy the movie. But those books were very important to me as a child, and seeing it so screwed up makes me hurt internally.
Anne W. - Aug 20, 2007 5:54:21 pm PDT #971 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
those books were very important to me as a child, and seeing it so screwed up makes me hurt internally.
Yes. This.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2007 6:10:30 pm PDT #972 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I guess I'm not that attached to any story. If they messed up an adaptation of something dear to my heart I'd cling more tightly to the original, but as long as that doesn't go away I wouldn't be more than disappointed.
It is possible I have no heart to break. That has been previously suggested.