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Ariel-chan ([info]arielchan) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2004-02-22 21:36:00
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Current mood:*thud*
Current music:Maroon 5: "Harder to Breathe"

A Very Magical Wank
And it isn't even Harry Potter!

Apparently, there is a movie coming out based on the book Ella Enchanted.

It's coming out in just a couple months, but I had no clue until today. When I looked up the movie on IMDB.com I discovered that this book has lots of fans... and they are outraged! Outraged, I tell you!

~*Ariel*~


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[info]froda_baggins
2004-02-23 06:49 am UTC (link)
LMAO.

Though it's hard to fault them. I'm more than a little pissed about it myself.

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[info]shoiryu
2004-02-23 06:55 am UTC (link)
Eee! I loved that book, can't wait to see what they do with the movie! I bet it'll be cute.

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[info]silvernutmeg
2004-02-23 07:04 am UTC (link)
Sadly, I have just watched the trailer. And, um, yeah.

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[info]baskinglizard
2004-02-23 07:08 am UTC (link)
I also saw the trailer recently, and ditto. Not too impressed with that particular artistic vision, I have to say.

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[info]delfeus
2004-02-23 06:52 pm UTC (link)
Can you give me a link to it? I haven't read the book, but I'd like to see what the fuss is about.

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[info]silvernutmeg
2004-02-23 09:40 pm UTC (link)
Here is the trailer, courtesy of Apple. (I think I have to shill for them or they come and take my iBook away, or something.) It is very purple, with pink accents.

Here, for a bit of contrast, is the book, which is neither pink nor purple, but a nice green.

The actual contents I leave you to explore, or not, at your leisure. :D

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[info]delfeus
2004-02-23 10:19 pm UTC (link)
THEY RAPED SOMEBODY TO LOVE!!! Argh....

Looks like a Hollywood teen comedy, not my thing... so, the book is better? It is a book or series?

What's the deal with the chick acting like she's under Imperius and taking commands from everyone?

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[info]esseilte
2004-02-23 11:38 pm UTC (link)
The idea is that basically, it's really loosely adapted from the Cinderella story. Only it actually comes up with a reason for Cinderella being a complete and utter wuss - she was given the 'gift' of obedience by a fairy when she was a baby, and she literally can't disobey anyone.

It was never that extreme, though...in the book, if someone had ordered Ella to fly, she would have been in actual distress and possible physical pain due to being incapable of obeying. I get the feeling that in this film, she'd take to the air.

That said, the film looks like fun. It just doesn't look like the book.

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[info]pipssister
2004-02-24 06:10 am UTC (link)
Hooooleee...

I wanna read the book now. It seemed like an intriguing concept before, but now it seems REALLY good.

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[info]delfeus
2004-02-24 07:48 am UTC (link)
Hmm. Kind of an interesting idea. Makes for some hot smut, actually. *grin*

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[info]silvernutmeg
2004-02-24 12:43 am UTC (link)
*jerks thumb upward*

What she said.

I mean, the real conflict throughout the book, up to and including the denouement, is all in Ella's head, and she's got wonderful stuff going on up there. I was probably foolish of me to entertain half a second's hope that the movie would be like it at all, but ... yeah. *wipes away tears*

And yes, just one book, no sequels in sight or anything.

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[info]delfeus
2004-02-24 07:30 am UTC (link)
...until they make sequel movies. You know they will, if it's even bit successful. :P

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pooka
2004-02-23 07:03 am UTC (link)
I loved that book! And there's going to be a movie? Awww.

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[info]melange
2004-02-23 07:10 am UTC (link)
Heh, one of the posters is named 'BeccaSue'. That's who I would be, if I had purple eyes, and could make Legolas fall in lurve with me at first sight!

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[info]baskinglizard
2004-02-23 07:20 am UTC (link)
My favourite part is the guy who keeps going on about how Eric Idle is a perfect choice for a narrator, never mind that the narrator is clearly stated to be an older Ella:

"I don't know WHO fencergirl is, but she should not, I repeat, should NOT offend Eric Idle."

And when someone else makes a comment that the people in charge should have stuck with the book, they respond:

"Well apparently you don't know very much about the "man" who is narrating! If you did, you wouldn't say such a thing."

Uh-huh. I'm sure Mr Idle is thrilled to have such a champion.

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[info]delfeus
2004-02-23 06:55 pm UTC (link)
Awwww! Cute little fanboys! May I have it for dinner, please? *puppy eyes and mad grin*

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[info]uniquesnowflake
2004-02-23 07:40 am UTC (link)
Completely off-topic:

Your icon makes me horny.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

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[info]nessa_t
2004-02-23 11:03 am UTC (link)
Hmmm... never heard of Ella Enchated. Who wrote it?

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(Anonymous)
2004-02-23 01:40 pm UTC (link)
Gail Carson Levine wrote it. And it's a good book, I own it and I have read it and reread it many times. It is not however the holy grail, as all the people are making it out to be. Freaking psycho's. I'm personally looking forward to the movie, because frankly as fun as the book is, it'd probably be a pretty boring movie.

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(Anonymous)
2004-02-23 03:07 pm UTC (link)
Can't comment much as I have never heard of the book. It is interesting to note though that not only are the fans 'omg so TOTALLY outraged' to a man, but very few of them seem able to spell or punctuate much at all...which makes me think that sadly nobody is going to be able to take them terribly seriously.

Mac

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(Anonymous)
2004-02-23 03:46 pm UTC (link)
Yo. Nice name.

~Mack

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[info]bastet
2004-02-23 03:42 pm UTC (link)
I love that book! I can no longer read it, however, because all the Farscape watching makes it impossible for me not to laugh when I read that Ella & co. live in the magical land of "Frell."

I'm five. If it was possible for five-year-olds to get that geeky that quickly...

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[info]garlicbug
2004-02-23 04:18 pm UTC (link)
I love that book! I can no longer read it, however, because all the Farscape watching makes it impossible for me not to laugh when I read that Ella & co. live in the magical land of "Frell."

You've just taught me an important lesson; never, ever drink Coke while reading F_W posts. *still wiping it off the keyboard*

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[info]bastet
2004-02-23 06:07 pm UTC (link)
Aw, my first f_w keyboard destruction! I'm all verklempt.

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[info]garlicbug
2004-02-24 05:22 pm UTC (link)
You almost ruined my mousepad, too! Good job!

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[info]loki
2004-02-23 04:05 pm UTC (link)
All I really have to say is "Hahahahahah! Cary Elwes!"

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[info]big_bad_wolf
2004-02-23 05:14 pm UTC (link)
Seconded. Whee!

I am the dread pirate Roberts!

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[info]smo
2004-02-23 06:06 pm UTC (link)
"As... you... wish..."

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[info]big_bad_wolf
2004-02-23 06:10 pm UTC (link)
RUSes?

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[info]sparkysrevenge
2004-02-23 06:33 pm UTC (link)
rOus's!

but yes. we all know fangirls are rous's.

and i cannot imagine why they would possibly freak over cary elwes. the thought of him makes me *squee*

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[info]loki
2004-02-23 06:41 pm UTC (link)
"Unlike those other Robin Hoods I have an English accent!"

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[info]isntitironic
2004-02-23 06:37 pm UTC (link)
This is only the second Anne Hathaway movie I've ever heard of, but so far it is getting the exact same reaction out of me as the first did. That being: "people tell me the book is good, but based on the movie trailer, I'm afraid I will be taking them at their word."

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[info]maryavatar
2004-02-23 07:18 pm UTC (link)
Oh God. I'm going to let my icon speak for me. Again.

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[info]froda_baggins
2004-02-24 02:23 am UTC (link)
Thank you. THANK. YOU.

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[info]bastet
2004-02-23 08:37 pm UTC (link)
I love the other threads too! Like someone campaigning for a set of Dealing with Dragons movies, which would pretty much rock.

And, people being "disappointed" in William Golding for making up S. Morgenstern. That's *adorable.*

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[info]silvernutmeg
2004-02-23 09:43 pm UTC (link)
Hee. When I read the Princess Bride, I was fifteen, just old enough that I was all, "Oh, this [metanarrative] is so cool! Nice!" And then I was all, "Wait, is this for real?" And then I was all, "Nah, no way is this real." But this little part inside me kept saying, "It is so real. It is so. You don't know everything, do you? There could be an S. Morgenstern and you wouldn't know anything about him. I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!"

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[info]belafarinrod
2004-02-23 10:30 pm UTC (link)
I'm so glad I'm not the only one to react like that ^^ I was like "Is he... can't be saying that if it were real? Or is it? Nah... But maybe?"


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[info]pipssister
2004-02-24 06:13 am UTC (link)
What? Soon you're going to be telling me that people thought Go Ask Alice was real!

Oh wait, that was me... [sigh] Although I do have to admit that even when I read the book, I at least proud myself on the fact that even back then I thought the main character was a total half-wit.

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[info]fryingpanofdoom
2004-02-24 04:29 am UTC (link)
Like someone campaigning for a set of Dealing with Dragons movies, which would pretty much rock.

*Ahem*
None of this nonsense, please. :P

Cimorene, Mendanbar, and co. would like to stay the hell out of this mire of wank. They would also like 'Enchanted Forest Chronicles' fans to join the new-ish LJ community, [info]the_efc.

P.S. Points to JournalFan username.

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(Anonymous)
2004-02-26 04:20 am UTC (link)
Late commentating, I know, but I had to say something.

There is a reason for the outrage. Ella Enchanted is a kick-ass book. The protaganist is spunky, has her own problems, can be shockingly naive, and keeps you hooked. The whole plot is so wonderfully traditional yet different.

I have been following movie productions since before they had casted everyone. I was annoyed from that point on. Miramax calls it a "teddy bear project" geared for "younger audiences." No. Just...no. The whole story has been assraped and I am not over reacting when I say that. A tip: read the book. Watch the movie. Throw popcorn at the screen.

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