New Yorker blogger gives Wishbone a nod

I was an avid Wishbone watcher. I saw him don a beard in Rip Van Winkle and also challenge the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera.

So, you can imagine how excited I was to see this interview on The Book Bench.

What’s the story, Wishbone? Woof!

Check out my other Wishbone post…

Behind the Times

I am reading an awesome book right now. John Connolly’s The Book of Lost Things is an interesting take on the popular theme of a world in which reality and fairy tales collide.

As I was turning a page, I found myself imagining what a movie adaptation of the book would be like. I popped on the interweb and, low and behold, a movie version is already en route. Due out in 2009.

I would say I have a knack for recognizing when a book has movie potential, but all my insight bubbles up years after the book’s actual release. However, I am not discouraged. Nope. My fingers are still crossed for a Spellman Family film.

What about a new fantasy flick? What fan wouldn’t be excited for a screen version for Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Legacy or Santa Olivia?

Although, screen adaptations sometimes bomb. Hmm…don’t know how I feel about that prospect.

Another Austen Post

If ever you have four hours of free time and an adoration for Jane Austen’s tales, I have a movie recommendation for you. I am sure you are familiar with the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth) and the 2006 version (with Keira Knightly). Yet, there is a jewel of an adaptation buried deep within the BBC archives, circa 1980.

This version stars Elizabeth Garvie as Elizabeth and David Rintoul as Mr. Darcy. Mr. Daaaaarcy?!

I like this version because it feels old—unlike the newer versions which are too cinematically perfect. When I watch this 80s version, I feel more like I am present for the actions and less like a viewer in a theater.

Plus, David Rintoul makes a jawsome Mr. Darcy. He portrays the type of  Darcy that I always pictured when I read the novel.

Hit the link for a scene of dancing, witty banter and backhanded comments.
Dancing with Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy — Pride and Prejudice (BBC 1980)

Anxious To Get Lost In Wonderland

I used to have a reoccurring dream. A vividly colored dream. The sky was a clear, bright blue. I was floating in the blue—no wings, no arm flailing, just gliding through the air. Suddenly, I would drop downwards and land on top of a giant, violently colored mushroom. *Boing, boing, boing* I would bounce from mushroom cap to mushroom cap. Then, in an instant, I would plummet from a mushroom cap and fall towards the ground.

The dream would always end with me flailing awake, afraid that I was actually falling. Strange dream, really. I wonder what a dream analyst would have to say about it?

When I try to recreate the images from the dream with my conscious mind (that is to say, when I am awake and not asleep), I envision the mushrooms as a hybrid of Mario World’s mushrooms and Alice in Wonderland’s mushrooms: large, brightly colored, fatty mushrooms.

My crazy mushroom dream is the thought that popped into my head when I stopped to imagine what Tim Burton’s take on Wonderland will be. Who wouldn’t be excited to see what Mr. Burton is currently pulling from his sleeve? Abra Kadabra! Mr. Burton’s cinematic take on Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland is hitting theaters in 2010.

Wonderland is a world colored by the absurd. Nothing is what it appears.

“Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn’t.”
- Alice, Alice in Wonderland

Well said, Alice. Well said. Mr. Burton’s imagination is refreshing, even if most of his films are visually similar. So, I am excited to see this take on a classic world of imagination and curiosity.

Check out the links for some photos and info about what is happening in Wonderland:
Tim Burton Takes on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ — Yahoo!
Tim Burton Collective News