Lucas Blogs About Books

At least they got the human-to-dragon scale right. Hey! Remember a couple weeks ago when I talked about how much the old Hallmark/Sci-Fi Channel miniseries based on Earthsea ? Well, now I'm gonna talk about how Studio Ghibli donked up their Earthsea adaptation! SPOILERS , of course. The Farthest Shore (1972) & Tehanu  (1990) by Ursula K. Le Guin (with a little bit of Tales of Earthsea  (2001) & The Other Wind  (2001) thrown in for good measure) into Tales of Earthsea ( ゲド戦記 or  Gedo Senki ) dir. Gorō Miyazaki, written by Gorō Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa What gives? Studio Ghibli and Ursula K. Le Guin seem like two great tastes that should taste great together. Heck, if Teto (Nausicaa's pet fox-squirrel) isn't inspired by Ged's pet otak , I'll eat my hat (Please note: I will not eat my hat). The Original: All right, let's get this show on the road. The film borrows a good deal more from The Farthest Shore than Tehanu , so I'll focus a little ...

Okay, so like I get why they put the dapper pig on the Beauty and the Beast cover, but why is the Porco Rosso  cover so brooding? And why don't they show the fucking plane? It's like Disney didn't even want people to buy this movie. Some people like to complain about the inevitable changes that occur when a story is adapted from one medium to another. But let's be honest, sometimes, the less faithful an adaptation is, the more memorable it is. So, in this series I'll be taking a look at adaptations where creators took one look at the source material and said, "FUCK THAT NOISE!" to see how that turned out. Today's Oddaptation: The Story of the Beauty and the Beast (1740) by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, translated by James Robinson Planché, adapted (?) by Rachel Louise Lawrence into Porco Rosso (1992) ( 紅の豚 Kurenai no Buta ( Crimson Pig )) dir. Hayao Miyazaki Or, why everything is better with airplanes. The Original: So, there's...

One of these covers better communicates the reading or viewing experience to the audience. I'll leave which one up to you. Some people like to complain about the inevitable changes that occur when a story is adapted from one medium to another. But let's be honest, sometimes, the less faithful an adaptation is, the more memorable it is. So, in this series I'll be taking a look at adaptations where creators took one look at the source material and said, "FUCK THAT NOISE!" to see how that turned out. Today's Oddaptation: The Count of Monte Cristo ( Le Comte de Monte-Cristo ) (1844) by Alexandre Dumas (père) into Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo  ( 巌窟王 Gankutsuou ) (October 2004-March 20005) Studio Gonzo, Series Director, Mahiro Maeda Sure, Alfred Bester beat Studio Gonzo to the whole " Count of Monte Cristo  in SPAAAAAAACE" thing by several decades, but, he did so in the same medium as the original, buh-ut, according to Wikipedia , Gankuts...