I'm so in
Redwall is fantastic
Redwall is fantastic
They need to somehow sneak the theme music in there
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Redwall gets animated film and series on Netflix
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This & Chronicles of Prydain were my formative early reading darlings. I actually looked last year to see if there was a digital omnibus of the series to re-experience it. Frankly for such a well loved property you'd think we'd have like 10 animated adaptations of this series film & show alike by this point.
All these posts expecting them to tone down violence like Netflix execs aren't cumming at the idea of yet another edgy animated show. It even stars talking animals! Wow, this isn't a kids' show! Amazing!
To be clear I'm criticizing the way US studios treat animation, not this series in particular.
To be clear I'm criticizing the way US studios treat animation, not this series in particular.
Hell yes! Love this series. I've spent a long time scouring second hand book shops and cheapo shops trying to find as early as possible prints of the books. I really should find the time to read the last book because i bought it on release and it's just been sitting with the rest.
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There was also a unaligned/good cat in Mossflower. But yes, since most people bring up their issues with the books' (Outcast in particular) essentialist animal/vermin morality, I think it's safe to say that any modern adaptation will either downplay it or go against it entirely with added characters.
When I rewatched a few episodes on Netflix some years ago, I thought it went over the plot well enough, but budget constraints held it a bit back. (A lot like their Tintin adaptation.) Still, a good watch as a kid. However, it seems like Jacques' live-action intros are listed as lost media, which is weird since somebody must have recorded episodes on VHS.
Damn near impossible to improve upon the Nelvana series imo! Getting more of the books adapted is going to be so fun though.
He's been dead for ten years without anything coming out, so we may be in the clear.
Also true. I loved that cat character. I think that always made me view cats in the series as being more neutral so I just never counted them as being on the "bad" side. Haha.
And yeah, I expect that rigid good/evil divide of the original books to be blurred a bit when made today. I feel like Pat McHale writing is a good choice to make that happen. It was just such a shame in the original books, because I genuinely loved them except for that one aspect. There were so many details about so many things and it generally did a good job of actions having consequences, but "good" and "evil" were never questioned - not even when Redwallers did some decidedly bad things. This news excites me precisely because I expect it to be an opportunity to smooth some of those rough edges.
If they ever make one I really hope that they preserve Peterson's art style for the animation.
To the news at hand. I loved Redwall when I was a kid and I hope this series turns out great.
I'm not expecting snakes to be given this treatment given they're like dragons in the world with how dangerous they are to everyone and seemingly being above a lot of the creatures politics and the like.
Holy shit, can't wait for this. I loved Redwall as a kid and had pretty much every book. Great to hear they're doing a series revolving around Martin The Warrior too because that was without a doubt my favorite of all the books. Hopefully it does well enough to continue adapting the other books. Long Patrol when???
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Same! Matthias!!! Lol wasn't Matthias a main character? My memory is... fuzzy
i met brian jacques when someone in the school won a competition i think and he came and talked to the school. he only had the 3 books out then - just looked yeah mattimeo was the last one he'd released.
he really made me want to read them but we were poor as shit so had to rely on the school library and the books were always out and to this day ive still never read any of the books.
he really made me want to read them but we were poor as shit so had to rely on the school library and the books were always out and to this day ive still never read any of the books.
This is one of the best things I have read this week.
And this is one of the best ideas I have read this week. Both parts of that sentence.
EDIT: I forgot 2 critival things
1) Fuck J.K. Rowling
2) Please don't let it be some badly 3D animated trash
And this is one of the best ideas I have read this week. Both parts of that sentence.
EDIT: I forgot 2 critival things
1) Fuck J.K. Rowling
2) Please don't let it be some badly 3D animated trash
Made by the creator of Ghost of a Tale, please (with a lot of help, of course):
IIRC, Jacques said he never wanted there to be an adaptation. Lots of people tried to make it happen, and he always said no.
He evidently didn't mind doing filmed introductions on PBS to the Nelvana adaptation, but maybe that statement was about movies or something.