Oddaptations - The Story of the Beauty and the Beast → Porco Rosso
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...