Comments on: Stay True to the Story http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/10/stay-true-to-story.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: cybercoven.org » TV and Movies: Occupying my Time http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/10/stay-true-to-story.html/comment-page-1#comment-6097 cybercoven.org » TV and Movies: Occupying my Time Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:11:52 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/10/stay-true-to-the-story.html#comment-6097 [...] The Dark is Rising. I actively avoided this movie when it was released, because I’d seen the news that it was deliberately being purged of ‘pagan’ references. Since those same pagan references being a key component of the storyline, I didn’t care to [...] [...] The Dark is Rising. I actively avoided this movie when it was released, because I’d seen the news that it was deliberately being purged of ‘pagan’ references. Since those same pagan references being a key component of the storyline, I didn’t care to [...]

]]> By: r@d@r http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/10/stay-true-to-story.html/comment-page-1#comment-1199 r@d@r Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:38:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/10/stay-true-to-the-story.html#comment-1199 all i had to see was the trailer to know it was an insult to anyone who enjoyed the original books. really, i think it was the worst cinematic adaptation of a fantasy novel series that i have ever seen, and i've seen plenty. i even liked both films adapted from "war of the worlds" even though they depart so drastically from that great literary work.<br/><br/>sometimes it seems hollywood film producers are out to live up to the stereotype of them as brainless, bloodsucking cretins who wouldn't know entertainment if it shot them in the face. i know there are many film producers in hollywood who are principled patrons of the arts, but sadly they don't have the deepest pockets. all i had to see was the trailer to know it was an insult to anyone who enjoyed the original books. really, i think it was the worst cinematic adaptation of a fantasy novel series that i have ever seen, and i’ve seen plenty. i even liked both films adapted from “war of the worlds” even though they depart so drastically from that great literary work.

sometimes it seems hollywood film producers are out to live up to the stereotype of them as brainless, bloodsucking cretins who wouldn’t know entertainment if it shot them in the face. i know there are many film producers in hollywood who are principled patrons of the arts, but sadly they don’t have the deepest pockets.

]]> By: Erik http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/10/stay-true-to-story.html/comment-page-1#comment-1188 Erik Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:01:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/10/stay-true-to-the-story.html#comment-1188 <i>one hopes that the message has been firmly telegraphed: stay true to the story.</i><br/><br/>Frankly, given the Hollywood mentality, the message they get will more likely be "fantasy is over"... one hopes that the message has been firmly telegraphed: stay true to the story.

Frankly, given the Hollywood mentality, the message they get will more likely be “fantasy is over”…

]]> By: Jennifer http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/10/stay-true-to-story.html/comment-page-1#comment-1187 Jennifer Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:45:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/10/stay-true-to-the-story.html#comment-1187 And every time I hear someone wail, "They ruined the book!", I'm going to quote Stephen King, who often heard the same thing said about the movie adaptations of his books.<br/><br/>He'd point to his bookshelf, where all the books were lined up, and say, "No they didn't. They're just fine, all sitting right there." And every time I hear someone wail, “They ruined the book!”, I’m going to quote Stephen King, who often heard the same thing said about the movie adaptations of his books.

He’d point to his bookshelf, where all the books were lined up, and say, “No they didn’t. They’re just fine, all sitting right there.”

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