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rockfenris2005 05:26 am UTC 10/24/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Psycho And Carrie And Rosemary's Baby - steven_stuart 03:33 am UTC 10/24/13 |
> > > They have a chance the second time to make them closer to > > the original books. But also, I hope they do their own > > thing. I don't want a remake of the Jack Nicholson version > > of "The Shining". Adapt the book again. I don't want a > > remake of the MGM "Wizard of Oz" either (I don't know how > > many people would...) Adapt the book again. > > That's a very good point. BTW, if they remade Wizard from > the original source material, how different would it be > from the Judy Garland version? Would it be more scary? > When I was a kid, I absolutely loved Wizard (I still do > but it's different now). Then it had horror movie elements > for me. I was scared of the horrible lady who tries to > kidnap Toto. I felt awful for Toto until he escaped. I was > scared by the tornado. Also, by the Wicked Witch Of The > West and the flying monkeys. When Dorothy melts the Wicked > Witch with water, I found her sinking into the floor to be > scary and for a brief moment I thought the guards were > going to attack Dorothy. But yet I was transfixed. Every > time I saw it. My one regret is seeing it only on TV and > not in a cinema. The original book is more episodic. And that would be a challenge to resolve. For example, the Wicked Witch of the West is not introduced until after the Wizard instructs Dorothy and the others to kill the Wicked Witch. And note that he said kill her, not just bring back her broom. Also, there were no farmhands in Kansas. And Dorothy didn't wake up and say "And you were there, and you were there, and you were there". Because it wasn't a dream. Oz was a real life place. The original book begins with Dorothy, Toto, Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. And then along comes the cyclone. Also, the Good Witch of the North was not Glinda. Glinda was the Good Witch of the South. The characters were combined in the film. The Good Witch of the North was like the fairy godmother in Disney's "Cinderella". There were more adventures, more episodes. After the Wizard left Oz, Dorothy and the others then travelled to the south, Quadling Country, to meet with Glinda. Glinda didn't come down in her bubble. It's all quite interesting. But you have to take all of that and turn it into a film and the book as I said, from my memory anyway, feels more episodic. MGM actually stayed pretty faithful overall. Still, there's room for a more faithful exploration. I wish they'd turn the original book series into a TV series or something. That's what they could be mining, IMO. The Oz books were a sensation in their day. > > > I am not sure how different Carrie is from the > > > novel. Do you know? I haven't read the novel for thirty > > > years. > > > > I've forgotten mostly. I think there was something about > > Carrie wreaking destruction on half the town afterward? > > NOW THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN THE NEW VERSION! > > That is apparently in the new version. What was the fire > destruction scene like in Carrie The Musical, I wonder. I've never seen it - either version - but it's pretty powerful sonically from what I've heard of the 2012 CD. (I still haven't listened to the whole thing. I more or less focused on the songs I really wanted to hear and that's it, haha. That has to change.) > What is this new musical Stephen King is doing with John > Mellencamp about? Someone told me they are working on it > together but I don't know the plot. I shall Google. "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County". I haven't really looked into it yet. | |
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