watch as flames shoot out of Lisa's head and she disintegrates into a heap of ashes on the floor
Allow me to take a moment to rant about Kevin Sullivan.
This is the gentleman that gave us two lovely movies in the 80s about Anne of Green Gables. They starred the incomparable Megan Follows, and they were fairly faithful to Lucy Maud Montgomery's books. Mr. Sullivan was a star.
In 2000, said star faded somewhat when he decided to make a third AoGG movie and wrote his own plot instead of using LMM's. The result was a decidedly un-Anne-ish movie, but at least he didn't mess with the back story.
But now the man has the gall to make a prequel which seems to not be a prequel at all but instead an alternate universe in which Anne isn't an orphan!
I realize that LMM has been dead for over 65 years and that Mr. Sullivan (presumably) now owns the rights to AoGG. Legally he can do what he wants. But morally? I don't think he has the right to create a story out of thin air and slap the AoGG name on it. If he's so keen to write a story about an-orphan-who-is-apparently-not-an-orphan, for heaven's sake he should give it an original name.* Oh, but I forgot, that would never do as it wouldn't have instant money making value. And that, of course, is the entire point.
Note to self: If you ever write a series of books that is beloved worldwide (a la LMM, C.S. Lewis or J.K. Rowling), keep a tight rein on the rights and instruct heirs to do the same, lest your brain child be sullied by a soulless tv producer who doesn't have the chops to create his own damn story.
*P.S. Yes, I do realize this is somewhat hypocritical in light of the fact that I am a fanfic writer. But (1) I don't make money from my stories and (2) L&C fans the world over - or indeed anywhere at all - are not under the impression that my tales are canon. Many people who watch Mr. Sullivan's AoGG movies think exactly that.
This is the gentleman that gave us two lovely movies in the 80s about Anne of Green Gables. They starred the incomparable Megan Follows, and they were fairly faithful to Lucy Maud Montgomery's books. Mr. Sullivan was a star.
In 2000, said star faded somewhat when he decided to make a third AoGG movie and wrote his own plot instead of using LMM's. The result was a decidedly un-Anne-ish movie, but at least he didn't mess with the back story.
But now the man has the gall to make a prequel which seems to not be a prequel at all but instead an alternate universe in which Anne isn't an orphan!
I realize that LMM has been dead for over 65 years and that Mr. Sullivan (presumably) now owns the rights to AoGG. Legally he can do what he wants. But morally? I don't think he has the right to create a story out of thin air and slap the AoGG name on it. If he's so keen to write a story about an-orphan-who-is-apparently-not-an-orphan, for heaven's sake he should give it an original name.* Oh, but I forgot, that would never do as it wouldn't have instant money making value. And that, of course, is the entire point.
Note to self: If you ever write a series of books that is beloved worldwide (a la LMM, C.S. Lewis or J.K. Rowling), keep a tight rein on the rights and instruct heirs to do the same, lest your brain child be sullied by a soulless tv producer who doesn't have the chops to create his own damn story.
*P.S. Yes, I do realize this is somewhat hypocritical in light of the fact that I am a fanfic writer. But (1) I don't make money from my stories and (2) L&C fans the world over - or indeed anywhere at all - are not under the impression that my tales are canon. Many people who watch Mr. Sullivan's AoGG movies think exactly that.