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baleanoptera

Ronia - The Robber's Daughter

Jul 13, 2007 17:00

I am still going through this nostalgic tv-show thing. The last thing that has touched my sentimental heart is the tv series based on Astrid Lindgren's book Ronia-The Robber's daughter.

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nostalgia, music, tv_obsessions, books, tv-shows, video

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applegnat July 13 2007, 15:34:52 UTC

Eeeeeeee. Both these posts are filled with things rich and strange to me, and they're absolutely wonderful. I'm just about to leave work, but I will return on Monday to download most of this. Really, each of your posts seems to expand my horizons that much more. :)

baleanoptera July 15 2007, 18:25:13 UTC

Just so you know all this praise is making me blush. Not a nice colour either - but more on the beet red side. ;)

As for "Ronia" - I can do nothing but highly recommend it. I'm more than a little biased though. This book, and in part this series, shaped me. To the degree that should I point to writers who inspired me and helped me form my views on the world, one of the first would be Lindgren.

I also hope you like the music. I recommend the Ronia music as well. Sung by the Stockholm Opera Choir IIRC.

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baleanoptera July 15 2007, 18:00:11 UTC

You're welcome! While writing this post it occurred to me how much of my childhood was shaped by Astrid Lindgren books and series. Maybe it isn't so strange as I suspect every Scandinavian child is brought up on a healthy dose of Lindgren. (Her books and the Moomin books are one of things that bind Scandinavians together. ;D)She is of course best known for her Pippi Longstocking books, but they never grabbed me ( ... )

baleanoptera July 16 2007, 09:18:50 UTC

*face palm* And in the above comment it should of course be cherry NOT cheery trees. Well, at least they cheer me up? (yes, bad pun to hide my grammatical ineptitude. No cookie for the BluWhale)

richlayers July 14 2007, 03:05:54 UTC

Seriously... you come up with the best posts ever. This book has been on my shelf for a reread for about ... 6 months now? With one thing and another I haven't gotten to it yet, but now I really want to!

Especially since I have another week to wait before the last HP....

baleanoptera July 15 2007, 18:06:15 UTC

Thanks! "Ronia" is one of my favourite books of all time. That, and as I mentioned in a comment above, "The Brothers Lionheart".
It always amazes me how Lindgren manages to write these books that when you read them as a kid they seem pretty straight forward. For instance "Lionheart"; two brothers fight an evil overlord who owns a dragon. The I read it as an adult and a whole new dimension of the book opened up.

And the last HP... I had actually though I was getting detached from those books, but I'm slowly noticing the excitement build up. Especially since I'm pretty sure she is going to kill one of the trio. *sob*

sunnyskywalker July 15 2007, 17:14:41 UTC

This sounds so awesome. Thanks for the rec!

baleanoptera July 15 2007, 17:43:54 UTC

It is awesome! Both the book and the series! Just bear in mind that I grew up with this, so my judgement is pretty much non-objective here. ;) And be sure to check out the music, which is love.

I must say that before Leia or Eowyn or Ripley - there was Ronia. My first female hero. The girl is just wickedly cool, but never ever Mary Sue-ish.

sillyheart July 17 2007, 09:14:29 UTC

oooh funny! i got the music too :-) and the swedish version of the film, don't understand a thing but i know it so well so i don't need that :-)

baleanoptera July 19 2007, 17:43:02 UTC

You're watching the film without subtitles or dubbing? I'm impressed! I don't think I'd have the patience.

But I have to ask - do you have more of the soundtrack than the three I've posted? I'm on an eternal quest to find the whole soundtrack, but sadly that has proven to be very difficult.