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[raihu]

Compliments of temple_viper:

Tim Burton is supposedly signed up to remake Alice In Wonderland for Disney.

This could be a wonderful thing, or a terrible thing, or one of those things that gives you indigestion but not so much that you regret the ultimate consumption of it. We shall see.

And a QUERY:

Comments

[cloudmx]

Remaking Alice in Wonderland for Disney?

Great, this will have Johnny Depp AND Helena Bonham Carter AND with music composed by Danny Elfman AND be really dark and scary.

[lion_rose]

I know not how to comment on the Wonderland remake. I'd just be impressed if someone actually tried to follow the book. I think I'm ahead of my time on that one, though

[lottery]

I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who's even remotely optimistic about Burton's Alice, if only because I want to see him try to put in elements from In the Looking-glass that didn't make it to the Disney version.

Then again, I'm biased. I love every adaptation of Alice (AMERICAN MCGEE'S OMFG) save for The Looking-Glass Wars, which struck me as retarded. It was trying to be what Wicked was to The Wizard of Oz. AND FAILED. D:

I have faith in Tim, though. Big Fish is my favorite movie of his, and if he puts Alice in that vein, I'm sold. :D

[raihu]

THIS IS THE THING. If it's good, it's going to be so good, and Sir Burton of the Awesome Brigade has a pretty good track record for this kind of thing. I think the one time I really saw him stumble was with Corpse Bride, just because ... I'd already seen what he could do with stop-motion animating. I'D WANTED FRESH BLOOD, which we received in Sweeny Todd.

Oh, PS: I TOTALLY FORGOT TO FLAIL ALL OVER YOU FOR THAT AWESOME MRS. LOVETT PROFILE FOR WEEEEEKS AGO, BAD ME. D: But it rocked. I just have to tell you exactly whyyyy. *whine*

Er, yeah. I think we're in store for some beautiful, dark Alice-ness; in 3D no less! If that's the case, we are going to have to plan some squee sessions, make sure that all goes down without any property damage.

[blizzardseason]

COMPLETELY UNRELATED: So I'm in that English-Class-I-Hate and we're studying What's-His-Face as a review for the final and we get to the Not-Apologizing-Dying bit and all I can think is HemlockShakesHemlockShakesHemlockShakesHemlockShakes and it took so much effort to not raise my hand and say, "They made him drink a hemlock shake."

Thanks.

[raihu]

OH MY GOD, YOU ARE SO WELCOME.

This is a true honour. Unf.

PS: sry, socrates :D

[miarr]

TIM BURTON, HELLO WHUT, I, WHUT, WHO, WHUT.

There are not enough ♥s in the world. :O

Re: Persephone: Honestly? Your writing is poetic and lyrical and breathtakingly gorgeous in its imagery. I'm not just saying that, it's true; your writing breathes with beats and verses and phrases which are so vivid it seems impossible they're just lines on paper. But there's a danger with that sort of style, because go too far and it turns incomprehensible. Reading this, I was reminded of Gaiman's Delirium, which I'm assuming is not the desired effect. Phrases like mouths full of sunlight are beautiful and thought-provoking; ivory bones blown hollow and musical stretches too far and tips over into obtuse. Them's my two pennies, anyway, though I'm no proper judge. :D

[miarr]

P.S. YOUR SERVANT IS A MORON.

That would be me. Jesus, I need to wire your ljfeed into my synapses; that way I won't miss so TERRIBLY MUCH. D: Anyway, Matrix!fic is just as awesome as ancient Grecian drug trips; possibly moreso, because I have a feeling you'll rock that post-apocalyptic streamlined-science vein hard. Crit still stands, and it's interesting to note that yes, it can be read as both Hades!Persephone and The Wife. Means you must be doing something right. ♥

[raihu]

OH MY SHITTINGHELLSNAPS. RAVEN RAVEN RAVEN.

You are a beautiful shiny thing. Your crit is always so ohgodamazing and helpful and delicious, and now you have also solved my dilemma. I mean, I just wandered back, saw all the comments and went, "Oh, haha, perhaps providing a little more context would have been wise." But I like that people read it and critiqued it while thinking of Demeter's Persephone; how does one use this delight?

You have answered that question: revisit the myth.

HADES/PERSEPHONE TECHNOMYTHOLOGY, HOLYYYYYYYYYYY shizz.

SJDHFaksjdhf, your presence is an inspiration. XD Consider applying to the League of Muses, they could use a darling like you.

[miarr]

HOLYSHIT. HOLYSHIT. HOLYSKLDJFa;fnSDJKF KEYBOARD MASHING LIEKWOAH.

WILL COMMENT AGAIN WHEN AM IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF BRAIN BUT RIGHT NOW AM UNABLE TO FUNCTION BECAUSE WTF YOUR IDEA -> GOLD.

IN THE WORDS OF 4CHAN ANONYMICE:

I CAME.