tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924177687424620844.post5030020823688986132..comments2023-10-12T12:39:14.159+01:00Comments on Nyki Blatchley, Fantasy Author: Let's Just Make Up Our Own StoryNyki Blatchleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07707481035530963855noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924177687424620844.post-80759911367406022272015-06-29T09:20:02.065+01:002015-06-29T09:20:02.065+01:00Totally agreed.
One interesting set of tales that...Totally agreed.<br /><br />One interesting set of tales that has been reinvented so many times almost anything is fair game, however, are the Arthurian legends. The Mallory version is (I think) the one that gave rise to what many think of as the "classic" Arthurian saga, with Lancelot and so on. Yet there are older versions of the story. And the one most modern people probably know best, TH White's version, doesn't even take place in the correct century.<br /><br />But it's a different kind of epic than Homer's works. For one thing, we don't know who the original authors of the Arthur legends even are.E.L. Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631080231126783838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924177687424620844.post-60020432099460177062015-06-28T13:14:40.458+01:002015-06-28T13:14:40.458+01:00Yes, the Earthsea case was not only disrespecting ...Yes, the Earthsea case was not only disrespecting the story but displaying outright prejudice.<br /><br />You're right about the reason for using the title, of course, but I just wish they wouldnt.Nyki Blatchleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707481035530963855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924177687424620844.post-36009289671862585322015-06-28T03:23:16.557+01:002015-06-28T03:23:16.557+01:00This drives me completely nuts too. Another infamo...This drives me completely nuts too. Another infamous example is what they did to the Earthsea books when they made it into a TV show--whitewashed characters and a plot that had very little to do with the original stories.<br /><br />I'm guessing the reason why keep the title of the original story, rather than simply making it a new "from scratch" story, or simply billing it as a new story loosely based on such and such a saga or novel (in the way Blade Runner is loosely based on Dick's novella, or West Side Story is based on Romeo and Juliet) is because they figure they can get some extra viewers in by tying it more closely to a reasonably popular book or saga. <br /><br />I wish they'd at least disclose more clearly that it's only loosely based on the original, at least.E.L. Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631080231126783838noreply@blogger.com