While I've made no secret that I find almost every post-Salamandastron entry in the Redwall series to be formulaic and rather trite, I still enjoy reading the early novels.
A genuine movie adaptation would be nice. The Nelvana series PBS used to show years ago had an obviously limited budget...and had to downplay certain harsher elements of the series. (Such as the high mortality rate in armed combat.)
That said, Don Bluth's studio has never impressed me much.
Rock-A-Doodle. *shiver*
I'd kind of like to see a Redwall movie done live action, with the animals a mixture of Creature FX Puppets and CGI.
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If nothing else Narnia showed how audiences have no problem with the killing of woodland creatures.
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quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: I find almost every post-Salamandastron entry in the Redwall to be formulaic and rather trite
Yes! Salamandastron was the first one I read and I went backwards from there, and fell in love with the series. Then when I caught up and read the ones that came after, I lost interest. I despised Loamhedge.
That said, I would like to see the books adapted successfully. They have some good story lines (though IMO, the first book was one of the weaker ones).
Which was your favorite book?
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Bluth's Secret of Nimh will always be one of my favorite animated films, and that film had a sizeable dose of rats killing rats...
That being said, I don't think I like anything else by Bluth. Titan AE was...not disgusting, I just didn't like the style of the characters; something about their squarish jaws I think.
That's still interesting news.
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quote:Originally posted by Earendil18: Bluth's Secret of Nimh will always be one of my favorite animated films, and that film had a sizeable dose of rats killing rats...
I have such mixed feelings about The Secret of NIMH. On the one hand it's a dazzling, emotionally moving film.
On the other, it's about as far from a faithful adaptation of Robert C. O'Brian's Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH as one can get.
Sometimes I find a film adaptation that makes drastic changes to the source material just as good (or even better) than the original...but in this case, I wish they had just made it a completely original property.
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I read Redwall first, and I think I still enjoy it the most. I agree that the later entries have been of lesser quality, though I did really enjoy The Legend of Luke.
I'm really leery of Don Bluth taking this on, but I'll reserve any judgement until I see something of it - largely because I can't think of anyone I'd trust more.
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I had Redwall read to me back in third grade. I read it to myself a little while later. I still like it best of all the books I think. I read a few of the others, but never really got all that into the series. I think I found it rather formulaic even for the early books too.
I don't know much about Bluth's studio, but I loved Titan AE.
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Meh. I read Redwall, but I sort of stopped there. A fine children's book, but nothing that can stand up to an adult's jaws.
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I enjoyed the first book, Redwall. But I couldn't stomach any of the others. I just couldn't force my way through Mattimeo.
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quote:Originally posted by James Tiberius Kirk: Wow, it's been a while since I read those. First one was Mossflower -- I remember that being my favorite.
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I couldn't have said it better myself.
Mattimeo was very DARK. That's why I had a hard time reading it. The way the kids were treated etc.
If any book should be adapted into film it should be Mossflower. It's the best of the series with Salamandastron and Mariel of Redwall coming in close second.
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Count me in the fairly large camp that loved the early novels but dropped off reading them after it became clear every novel was a clone of the one before it (Also see: Xanth)
I think Redwall is my favorite. It is, in my opinion, the most epic and remarkable story. The transformation of Matthias, from a bumbling mouse tripping over his own habit, into the unstoppable incarnation of Martin that strides alone into Redwall, surrounded by a hostile army, is amazing. So memorable that I, well, remember it, even after all these years.
Though I will say my favorite character is in one of Mariel's books... I think it's the second one. Blaggut, the only creature in the entire series ever to go against his genetically determined alignment and become good.
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I remember being in love with Mariel of Redwall, Mattimeo, Mossflower, and Redwall. Enjoyed Salamanastron and the couple made around it, but never picked up any others. Man, those books were so wonderful. And the food they ate! Mmmmm!
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quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: Redwall has a large adult following around the globe. Just sayin'.
So does the Bible. So did Mein Kampf, in its time. More to the point, so do frekin' Harlequin romances. Just sayin'.
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