Random Friday
Welcome to random randomness. Sort of. I watched Pan, which might actually sound like a good prequel to Peter Pan, but makes me wonder. Does Hollywood really think that making sequels and prequels to classics is a good thing? No risk-takers there anymore. No original screenplays, please, just in case we can’t sell the movies. Sigh. So reminds me of traditional publishing…
I mean, the kid is great, Hugh Jackman unrecognizable, but… was it really needed? You know what it did to me? I went to finally read the actual book! I have downloaded it on K.K. ages ago, and now I finally got to reading it, LOL! And since the first two chapters reminded me of another movie, so…
I rewatched Peter Pan. Of course it’s slightly revised, but it’s so much more faithful to the book (and original play, apparently, I haven’t read that one)! This Peter Pan might be slightly older than the previous one, but it’s certainly closer to JM Barrie’s spirit, IMHO.
Now prepping for art weekend. Cristina is coming over and I hope to do at least two more illustrations for Quests, although only 3 out of 5 will be used as covers. I guess I’ll post what I won’t use on DeviantART when I’m done… Gotta wrap up book 2 and send it off to editor as well…
Have a great weekend!
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I saw a two part mini series about Peter Pan recently. It was called "Neverland" (it's a couple of years old, I think, but this was my first time watching it). Anyway, it was good in itself, but didn't fully fit with what I'd read/seen before about Peter Pan's origin story. That's an issue I've noticed with a few things lately. I wish they'd check all the details mentioned for origin stories before doing prequels!
Now that I'm almost done with the book, even the 2003 movie took a lot of liberties (unless it's based more on the play, which I haven't read)! ;) And I'm not rewatching the Johnny Depp movie at this time. Boy, how tedious children's books were at the time, though! I'm glad they don't write them like that anymore, LOL! I'll finish it because I'm almost done, but I can't say I'm loving it! ;)
Yes, some are quite tedious compared to more modern children's books. I sometimes like it for the change of pace though. Mind you, some people still write books like that for children even now.
