Jayson’s Reviews > Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car > Status Update
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Notes:
(1) This is one of those cases where the film's far more popular but I've only ever read the book.
- Otherwise I'd have outfitted these updates with GIFs, as is my wont. Though I hear the film's a big departure from the source material, and so it wouldn't really fit.
(2) This is narrated by David Tennant, who I only know by reputation.
- I've never seen "Doctor Who."
— May 18, 2025 07:00PM
Notes:
(1) This is one of those cases where the film's far more popular but I've only ever read the book.
- Otherwise I'd have outfitted these updates with GIFs, as is my wont. Though I hear the film's a big departure from the source material, and so it wouldn't really fit.
(2) This is narrated by David Tennant, who I only know by reputation.
- I've never seen "Doctor Who."
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Jayson
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Notes:
(1) We end with a 4-minute interview with David Tennant.
- Nothing noteworthy, just musings and making connections to the James Bond books.
(2) To me, this feels distinctly of its time.
- Children's books today would never have gunfire nor explain how to rig an explosion.
- Complex vocabulary aside, this is also oddly instructive on matters of mechanical engineering.
— May 23, 2025 11:30PM
Notes:
(1) We end with a 4-minute interview with David Tennant.
- Nothing noteworthy, just musings and making connections to the James Bond books.
(2) To me, this feels distinctly of its time.
- Children's books today would never have gunfire nor explain how to rig an explosion.
- Complex vocabulary aside, this is also oddly instructive on matters of mechanical engineering.
Jayson
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Notes:
(1) So, cheerful music plays when the kids are kidnapped?
- This is where ominous music is actually appropriate.
(2) We end with a fudge recipe, which the book calls "fooj."
- I wonder if this is the inspiration for the cookie recipe at the back of the Green Lantern Christmas comic I read in December.
- I read a lot of books, and I've only ever seen it the two times.
— May 23, 2025 05:15PM
Notes:
(1) So, cheerful music plays when the kids are kidnapped?
- This is where ominous music is actually appropriate.
(2) We end with a fudge recipe, which the book calls "fooj."
- I wonder if this is the inspiration for the cookie recipe at the back of the Green Lantern Christmas comic I read in December.
- I read a lot of books, and I've only ever seen it the two times.
Jayson
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Notes:
(1) I'm struck how ominous the end-of-chapter music has become.
- It's not like anyone's died, they're just doing a bit of spelunking in France.
(2) The children call their mother "Mimsie" again. I'd thought the first time may have been a typo but I guess it's deliberate.
- Odd, especially in this very proper pre-hippie/postwar era.
- Possibly she's their stepmother?
— May 23, 2025 02:30PM
Notes:
(1) I'm struck how ominous the end-of-chapter music has become.
- It's not like anyone's died, they're just doing a bit of spelunking in France.
(2) The children call their mother "Mimsie" again. I'd thought the first time may have been a typo but I guess it's deliberate.
- Odd, especially in this very proper pre-hippie/postwar era.
- Possibly she's their stepmother?
Jayson
is 37% done
Notes:
(1) This really gets into the weeds with automotive jargon.
- I can only assume society, Britain specifically, was more car-literate in the '60s.
(2) "Smart [car] salesmen offered Commander and Mrs. Pott cigarettes and Jeremy and Jemima sweets just to try and tempt them to buy."
- I'm pleasantly surprised the cigarettes bit isn't edited out. I'm anti modern meddling.
— May 21, 2025 07:10PM
Notes:
(1) This really gets into the weeds with automotive jargon.
- I can only assume society, Britain specifically, was more car-literate in the '60s.
(2) "Smart [car] salesmen offered Commander and Mrs. Pott cigarettes and Jeremy and Jemima sweets just to try and tempt them to buy."
- I'm pleasantly surprised the cigarettes bit isn't edited out. I'm anti modern meddling.
