hooo.

[kaigou]

Kifed this link from Tiercel, who had it posted awhile back but I'd never followed it...damn, I should've. You want Narnia? You want Disney doing Narnia? Here's your response, babe.

Cripes, they're doing a live-action version of Charlotte's Web...with Julia Roberts as Charlotte? Yegawdz.

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[morgan-idril.livejournal.com]

Wow, i just love it when the literary explodes! I am looking forwards to seeing Narnia, but then I hadn't read anything about it up until this time.

So, yeah the the Christians...been reading the series since Jr High and yes that was a while ago. And you know even tho I was introduced to it in church I never ever saw it as Christian. Ever, folks. Not until a friend pointed it out to me while in college. Feh. So yes I can see that but for me Narnia is all ways magical and celtic yes, and nothing can beat Aslan singing Narnia into existence from the Magician's Nephew. Still gives me the chills and I cry at the beauty I see in my mind.

Which brings me to LotR, I got lucky and read it when it first came to the States. Had a great uncle and aunt who sent us all the new fantastic reading at the times. And since then I and my husband have read 5 or 6 sets of paperbacks into shreds. I was not pleased with Aragorn at first, but I did like Aragorn after awhile... but I too separate the movie verse from the true verse. But I will confess to liking the dirt under his nails.

And Samwise was wonderful...seems like the secondary characters like the hobbits were the ones that caught the book the best.

Which brings me to Cooper and Alexander, may the attempt at the Black Cauldron be for ever banished. I so hope and cross my fingers that none of the books catch the eye of some producer. I agree I so do not wish to to see Will americanised, or watch the destruction of ancient rites because the PTB can't wrap their minds around it so no one else could either. Feh...*not gonna rant, not gonna rant*

There are so many good people out there with ideas that just beg for exploration in film form. I just wish that the idiots would take a chance and jump in. To hell with what the Hollyweirds think. It just occurred to me that Hollywood suffers from the same problem as DC does. Neither can manage to look beyond the Belt.

Live action Charlotte's Webb...faints.

I always enjoy your LJ, you kick start my sleeping creative center.

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

I can only recall find L'Engle on the shelves at the church reading library. I seem to recall it was right next to "I'm Okay You're Okay" which sounded interesting but turned out to be some boring self-help book. Oh, and "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" which was a great title but just a tad too old for my fourth grade sensibilities. (I read it more thoroughly as a junior in HS and got it.)

I'll join you in the whole Cooper reaction moment: *not gonna rant, not gonna rant* because it would be just too, too easy to 're-envision' Cooper as a way to 'update it' and 'make it relevant' and I can so see corporate dimwits arguing for exactly that... *sigh*