[ SECRET POST #2925 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2925 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Good Adaptions

[lb_lee]

Enh, it's a tough call for me. Really, for me it comes down to the very personal taste of, are they keeping to the SPIRIT of the work?

I'm going to use as an example two different adaptions of Alice in Wonderland, both of which used similar inspirations and design aesthetic: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland movie, and American McGee's Alice computer game. In my opinion, McGee's succeeded as an adaptation; Burton's did not. (Even though McGee outright admitted he was inspired by Burton's sense of design!)

In both of them, you have a darker, creepier Wonderland where Alice has grown up. They even have similar stories where Alice has to overthrow the Red Queen/Queen of Hearts, slay the Jabberwock, and get involved in a Wonderland resistance against the Queen's rule!

The thing was, for me anyway, was that Tim Burton didn't really keep with the core WEIRDNESS and nonsense that is part of the original story. His movie has some weird visuals, but it mostly becomes this kind of weird fantasy story that's trying to be epic but doesn't quite succeed. Strange as it sounds, the movie makes too much sense! People are trying to organize military strategy and rulers, and it just doesn't fit the zaniness.

McGee, on the other hand, takes the nonsense and non sequiturs of Wonderland and makes it into a metaphor for trauma and mental illness. It makes sense on a deeper emotional level, but on the surface logic level is total bullshit.

...wow, I never thought I'd find myself arguing that a story making too much sense was a bad thing.

Re: Good Adaptions

[silverr]

*are they keeping to the SPIRIT of the work*

This is my criteria as well. Currently my favorite adapatation is Maeda's anime Gankutsuou (Count of Monte Cristo).

My favorite literal interpretation is Silence of the Lambs.

Re: Good Adaptions

[lb_lee]

Yup. One of my favorite adaptations is Coraline; I liked the movie way better than the book!

Re: Good Adaptions

[(Anonymous)]

Burton's suffered in that, IIRC, originally, it was meant to be an adaptation of McGee's, but they never secured the rights and thus had to change shit when it came down to the wire.

Re: Good Adaptions

[lb_lee]

Oh my god, that makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE.

On the plus side, American McGee himself is now working to get the rights, and successfully Kickstarted a campaign to make a bunch of animated short films about Alice after the events of the two games.

What little has been put up looks really cool. My kid sister (a massive Alice fan) is over the moon about it, even though it probably won't be coming out for years.