Comments | firiel44: Two fannish nightmares in one

firiel44

Two fannish nightmares in one

Aug 20, 2007 01:01

*facepalm* Just when you thought the fubar with The Dark is Rising couldn't get any worse... They're working with FanLib. So I guess their target demographic is 14 year old semi-literate girls who would never read a high fantasy novel or a TOS. The thousands of people who have loved this book for decades, the teachers and librarians who proudly ( Read more... )

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padawanpooh August 20 2007, 05:28:16 UTC

NOOOOOOO!!! I've been looking forward to this since I heard about it and saw the gorgeous website artwork.

Yep - I'm one of the legions who grew up reading Susan Cooper and her peers (she always had recommendation quotes on other books that I always ended up enjoying) - if they destroy the book I will at the very least have a major strop.

CE *will* be a good Rider I think. Merriman...I always saw him as Patrick Troughton, possibly because I first read The Dark is Rising quintet at the same time I saw The Box of Delights

Something tells me they won't make Greenwitch anytime soon :-(

firiel44 August 21 2007, 04:26:35 UTC

Sorry. :( Forewarned is forearmed, I guess? The knotwork is pretty, CE is pretty, and... that's about it for me. At this point I have no expectations, so if there's anything good about it, I'll be at least a little pleased. Maybe I can manage to treat it as an entirely different story with characters that happen to have the same names and judge it that way.

Troughton would be a perfect Merriman - just the right combo of friendly and dangerous. And The Mind Robber is my favorite Two to date, which goes with how Merriman understands that he's in a story and has to act accordingly.

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firiel44 August 21 2007, 04:16:12 UTC

Hey, I'll *cough* redeem *cough* the Black Rider. But I won't make all of fandom read about it.

I think they've eliminated the character of Hawkin
Dear filmmakers,
There are these things called "archetypes". You may have heard of them. They're kind of a little bit important a lot when you're telling giant epic stories. I would tell you to go talk to George Lucas, but he's not doing so well either these days. Find a librarian and beg her on your knees for forgiveness for what you're doing to this book anything at all by Joseph Campbell. Or maybe a middle school-level guide to myth and legend. Srsly. If all else fails, ask a third grader why the bad guy isn't supposed to have a white horse.

No kisses,
Firiel