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Bring on the Magic

Neverwhere on BBCThat’s not to say that I actually liked Neverwhere as a novel, but I am interested in seeing the BBC miniseries some time.  Although I thought parts of the book were quite trite, the actual concept was cool, and it would be fun to see it played out on the screen, even though I’ve been warned about the cheesiness of the low budget production.

We’re used to having low budgets for fantastical films, and animation in place of live action, and not always because fantasy and comics go hand in hand.  Despite the great stories and magical worlds, it doesn’t always work out, though.  One of my man’s favorite fantasy series of all time was the original Dragonlance, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.  So, of course, when we heard there was an animated movie coming out on DVD, we put it at the top of our movie list.

I think he fell asleep halfway through just to avoid the torture of watching this film.  From the cheesy seventies style animation to the bad, bad acting, and the annoyance of having to listen to Keifer Sutherland’s voice for an hour and a half, it’s simply not worth it.  Plus, we understand compromise in story line when it comes to translating from book to film, but they flattened the story and sucked it dry.

Either way, I’ve heard Neverwhere was worth the watch and that my seventeen-year-old nephew watched straight through, way past his bedtime, because he just couldn’t turn it off.  Wish me luck.

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2 Responses to “Bring on the Magic”

  1. Desi Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    I LOVED LOVED LOVED the original Dragonlance series. Even at the tender age of 13 I could appreciate the genius of the character development in these books. I tried to read a couple of the later series but…meh.

    Oh and hi. I’m back. It’s been a long time. I have a lot of catching up to do…

  2. Ann Says:
    June 18th, 2008 at 5:26 am

    There’s some marketing term they use to refer to over-extending a brand name. The marketers say, hey, this brand sells a whole lot, let’s make another product that’s somewhat different and give it the same brand name. Then your brand becomes diluted with stuff that’s mediocre at best, so the whole brand comes into question. Well, they put that Dragonlance brand on a whole lot of books after the original series, and as you say, “meh.”

    As for Neverwhere, I did finally try to watch the BBC production, but it was pretty unbearable.

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