Starlord Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Apparently, this will be 4 ep. mini-series released before xmas. IMO this is one of the greatest stories ever created and should be treated onscreen as such. As some know, there is a version done in the late 70s that was quite dark and really short-changed a lot of the characters. Hopefully 4 episodes will allow them to to tell nearly the full story. Sounds like top level voicework but I'm EXTREMELY disappointed in the animation. Pariah and death tribble 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 It is not really kid stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Read the book back in the '80s. Didn't see the movie. It's an epic story with multiple layers, and the prime protagonist is not an action hero in any way, Video formats don't do that kind of story very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 The BBC Radio Times have it as a two parter on the 22nd and the 23rd December Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 The animated movie was awesome... and apparently traumatized my younger sister the wimp Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 The animated movie traumatized me. And then a few years ago a friend of mine, upon learning of my trauma, insisted that I watch his laserdisc copy so I could see that it wasn't that bad. And I was traumatized again. And afterward he said, "Yeah, that was a lot more disturbing than I remembered." Thanks a lot. slikmar, pinecone, Logan D. Hurricanes and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, Old Man said: The animated movie traumatized me. And then a few years ago a friend of mine, upon learning of my trauma, insisted that I watch his laserdisc copy so I could see that it wasn't that bad. And I was traumatized again. And afterward he said, "Yeah, that was a lot more disturbing than I remembered." Thanks a lot. "You're weeeelllcommmmee" *Goes off singing like the Rock* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 It's not a children's story unless you consider Animal Farm or Gulliver's Travels as children's stories. Rabbits don't tend to live to a ripe old age in nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Stanfield Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 9 hours ago, Starlord said: Hopefully 4 episodes will allow them to to tell nearly the full story. Sounds like top level voicework but I'm EXTREMELY disappointed in the animation. I see what you're saying about the animation. It seems awfully stilted compared to what's available these days. It looks like something that was done with 3D rendering software in the '90s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 The detail's there but it still looks like mid-level video game quality. Some of it might be poor POVs. But yeah, the story's very dark in places, and how much pastoral, rabbits all hopping happily in the meadow, can we take? Certainly, the dark tone is in the book. Adams didn't push it that much, that I can recall. Granted, it's been 30-40 years. But that's the part that makes for the conflict to drive the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 If you think Watership Down is dark, you should see The Plague Dogs. But yes, Watership Down is dark and multi-layered. And it has one of the great taglines: "All the world will be your enemy, and when they catch you they will kill you. But first they must catch you." The destruction of the original Warren (as told be a survivor) is duly horrifying. In the original film, the animation is nightmarish. My worry about the new film is that it will attempt to tone down the horror that is, in many ways, life as a rabbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 An interesting article about the book: The rabbit language of Watership Down helped me make the leap into English This is the first book I remember reading with invented language that didn't seem ponderous and overthought (looking at you, LotR) but actually helped move the story along. I wonder if they'll keep that aspect in the BBC production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 LotR was written around language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 29 minutes ago, Bazza said: LotR was written around language. As I understand it, Tolkien had invented the language and wrote the books as a means of having something to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, Pariah said: As I understand it, Tolkien had invented the language and wrote the books as a means of having something to do with it. That's what I said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 You two must not be speaking the same language. Lawnmower Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 All it takes is invoking the right compiler. Running gcc on xyz.f never works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Trigger. Warning. Watership Down Bunny Slaughter: New Series Less Brutal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 So did anyone see the new film? what did they think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 I have recorded it and have started to watch it. So far so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Whatever happened to the nightmare fuel thread anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/13/2018 at 1:02 AM, Pariah said: An interesting article about the book: The rabbit language of Watership Down helped me make the leap into English This is the first book I remember reading with invented language that didn't seem ponderous and overthought (looking at you, LotR) but actually helped move the story along. I wonder if they'll keep that aspect in the BBC production. I loved Bigwig's line, "Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!" No translation provided, but by that point you've met all the words before and know what he's saying. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary translates it as "Eat shit, you stinking chief rabbit!" Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 41 minutes ago, Old Man said: Whatever happened to the nightmare fuel thread anyway? It merged with the politics thread 26 months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo_bones Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 It is available on Netflix. I have watched it because I will watch or read anything Watership Down related (there is another book called Tales from Watership Down btw) I felt they changed some of the story unnecessarily but other additions I thought were ok. I didnt really like the "love story" stuff they added in. Overall it was...meh. I liked the original traumatizing animated movie better. Old Man, Iuz the Evil and Hermit 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 On 12/11/2018 at 1:32 PM, Starlord said: Apparently, this will be 4 ep. mini-series released before xmas. IMO this is one of the greatest stories ever created and should be treated onscreen as such. As some know, there is a version done in the late 70s that was quite dark and really short-changed a lot of the characters. Hopefully 4 episodes will allow them to to tell nearly the full story. Sounds like top level voicework but I'm EXTREMELY disappointed in the animation. In watching the BBC version, it has just reached end of part 1 and continued with part 2 so it is roughly 45-50 mins an episode. And so far the only rabbit deaths are the old warren as the group has just met Captain Holly again. Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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