-
Recent Posts
- The Best Great Expectations Miniseries Is Unavailable for Streaming
- Two Adaptations of Great Expectations that Deserve Commendation
- Special Anniversary Lookback: The Best of the Obscure
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 12: Will We Ever Go Back?
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 11: It Is Finished
Recent Comments
- Eileen Harte on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 9: Whoa, Horsie!
- stationmaster on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 7: Some Man in a Red Coat Hands You a Sword
- Eileen Harte on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 7: Some Man in a Red Coat Hands You a Sword
- stationmaster on Animation Station: The Amazing Balancing Act That Is Phineas and Ferb
- Rach on The First Ever Adaptees Award Ceremony
Author Archives: stationmaster
Animation Station: The Amazing Balancing Act That Is Phineas and Ferb
For a brief interval, (theater) enables us to become gods. Stripped of all nonessentials, that, I think, is the ultimate nature of the theatrical passion, and that is why in one form or another, practically everything that goes on in … Continue reading
David Copperfield vs. David Copperfield
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens’s beloved novel about friendship, marriage, parenthood and life in general, doesn’t necessarily lend itself that well to a movie. Not only is it long, like all of Dickens’s major novels, but it’s structured like an autobiography … Continue reading
Posted in Comparing Different Adaptations
Tagged 19th century novels, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
Comments Off on David Copperfield vs. David Copperfield
Digging Up Dickens With Wishbone
I don’t think I could do a more entertaining job of explaining the premise of the old PBS Kids show, Wishbone, than this imagined version of the pitch meeting for it. VISIONARY: So there’s this dog.PBS SUITS: We’re listening.VISIONARY: And … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 19th century novels, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Wishbone
Comments Off on Digging Up Dickens With Wishbone
The Adaptation Station’s Two-Year Anniversary Top Ten List (in Alphabetical Order)
Technically, it’s no longer this blog’s two-year anniversary, but I still felt like doing this list of the top ten movies/shows/plays about which I’ve blogged. Here are some disclaimers. If you’ve been following my blog and remember the other “list” … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 18th century novels, 19th century novels, As You Like It, Cinderella, Defending Disney Nostalgia Bait, Disney Anim-Anthology Movies, Emma, fairy tales, Fantasia, Hand-Drawn Dreamworks, Jane Austen, Les Misérables, Little Dorrit, Nicholas Nickleby, Peanuts, The Storyteller, William Shakespeare
Comments Off on The Adaptation Station’s Two-Year Anniversary Top Ten List (in Alphabetical Order)
The First Ever Adaptees Award Ceremony
Today is the two-year anniversary of The Adaptation Station.com! I wanted to do something special to commemorate it. My first idea was a post about my top ten adaptations about which I’ve blogged. My second was a post that was … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 18th century novels, 19th century novels, Aladdin, As You Like It, Bleak House, Charles Dickens, Cinderella, Emma, fairy tales, Freaky Friday, Hand-Drawn Dreamworks, Jane Austen, Les Misérables, Little Dorrit, Little Women, Love and Friendship, Mary Poppins, musicals, Nicholas Nickleby, Peter Pan, remakes, William Shakespeare
1 Comment
Caging Skies and Adapting Jojo
“The great danger of lying is not that lies are untruths, and thus unreal, but that they become real in other people’s minds. They escape the liar’s grip like seeds let loose in the wind, sprouting a life of their … Continue reading
Animation Station: Disney’s Anim-Anthology Movies Part 5
As years passed since Fantasia’s initial release in 1940, it became increasingly revered. Finally, in the late 90s, the Disney company was confident enough (or alternatively hubristic enough) to do an official follow up. Well, they were confident enough to … Continue reading
Animation Station: Disney’s Anim-Anthology Movies Part 4
Among the few who have reviewed all of the Disney anim-anthology movies from the 1940s, Fun and Fancy Free and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, each of which consists of two featurettes, seem to be regarded as the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Animation Station, Disney Anim-Anthology Movies, fairy tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, musicals, The Wind in the Willows
Comments Off on Animation Station: Disney’s Anim-Anthology Movies Part 4
Animation Station: Disney’s Anim-Anthology Movies Part 3
OK, I’m going to cheat a little here. So far, I’ve been covering the Disney anim-anthology movies in the order they were released. But an interesting thing about the series of Disney anim-anthologies that went from 1942 to 1949 is … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Animation Station, Disney Anim-Anthology Movies, musicals
Comments Off on Animation Station: Disney’s Anim-Anthology Movies Part 3
Animation Station: Disney’s Anim-Anthology Movies Part 2
I admit one of my biggest hurdles when I started off on this series was the thought of reviewing Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros, which I remembered as being the most boring of the Disney anim-anthologies. It’s true that … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Animation Station, Disney Anim-Anthology Movies, musicals
Comments Off on Animation Station: Disney’s Anim-Anthology Movies Part 2