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You’re On the Big Screen, Charlie Brown! Part 3

Posted on August 11, 2023 by stationmaster

Show the World What You Can Do: The Peanuts Movie (2015) When the news that Blue Sky Studios would be making a computer animated movie based on the Peanuts characters was announced, it was met with some skepticism. Blue Sky’s … Continue reading →

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You’re on the Big Screen, Charlie Brown! Part 2

Posted on August 4, 2023 by stationmaster

Free as Running Water, Fresh as Morning Dew: Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977) The first line of this movie’s opening song is “it’s a new day,” and that’s appropriate since the third Peanuts film represents a lot of … Continue reading →

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You’re On the Big Screen, Charlie Brown! Part 1

Posted on July 28, 2023 by stationmaster

In the past, I’ve lamented on this blog that of all the Peanuts specials, only A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown are beloved when there are so many others just as great or greater to … Continue reading →

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Adaptations as Introductions vs Adaptations as Commentary

Posted on July 1, 2023 by stationmaster

This post is going to be a bit different from my usual. I’m going to be discussing a certain kind of adaptation, which I’ll call “the adaptation as commentary,” its advantages and disadvantages. As examples, I’ll be using two movies … Continue reading →

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The Greatest David Copperfield but Not the Greatest David Copperfield

Posted on June 9, 2023 by stationmaster

When I was writing my post about two movie adaptations of Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield, my original plan was to do a quick summary of my thoughts on my favorite adaptation, the BBC’s 1999 two-part miniseries. Maybe something along the … Continue reading →

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Animation Station: The Amazing Balancing Act That Is Phineas and Ferb

Posted on June 2, 2023 by stationmaster

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 →

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David Copperfield vs. David Copperfield

Posted on May 26, 2023 by stationmaster

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 →

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Digging Up Dickens With Wishbone

Posted on May 6, 2023 by stationmaster

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 →

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The Adaptation Station’s Two-Year Anniversary Top Ten List (in Alphabetical Order)

Posted on April 25, 2023 by stationmaster

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 →

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The First Ever Adaptees Award Ceremony

Posted on April 16, 2023 by stationmaster

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 →

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