Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

This blog probably isn’t really going away forever. I’ll probably revive it in some form or do some new posts in the future. But I won’t be doing regular posts. This really does feel like the end of an era … Continue reading →

Posted on October 25, 2025 by stationmaster | 1 Comment

Oliver Twist Without Coincidences?

Posted on September 26, 2025 by stationmaster

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is a book I love but I typically don’t love adaptations of it. The shorter ones, such as the musical Oliver! or the 2005 movie, cut the mysterious Monks, one of my favorite villains in … Continue reading →

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Adaptation Station Blog Posts That Were Not to Be

Posted on July 25, 2025 by stationmaster

Waste not, want not, I suppose. Scott Cramer, a YouTuber whom I like[1]Partially because we’re both North Dakotans., once did a video about ideas he had for YouTube videos which he ultimately never made for various reasons. This allowed him … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 19th century novels, A Christmas Carol (2009), A Christmas Carol in Prose, Charles Dickens, Cinderella, Disney Anim-Anthology Movies, fairy tales, musicals, Peter Pan, Prince Caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Little Mermaid, The Reluctant Dragon | 5 Comments

The Second Adaptees Awards Ceremony

Posted on April 16, 2025 by stationmaster

Remember when I did that anniversary post that was like an awards ceremony for characterizations in all the movies/miniseries/plays the blog had covered thus far? Wasn’t that fun? Well, I thought it was fun, and since I probably won’t do … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 19th century novels, Charles Dickens, Cinderella, Cyrano de Bergerac, David Copperfield, fairy tales, Great Expectations, Into the Woods, musicals, Peanuts, Phineas and Ferb, Prince Caspian, remakes, Return to Oz, Robin Hood, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Comments Off

Animation Station: How Charles Dickens Went Inside Out

Posted on July 5, 2024 by stationmaster

I’m filing this post under Animation Station because it’s about an animated movie that’s not an adaptation of anything-two movies like that actually. But I will be writing about themes and messages they have in common with the works of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 19th century novels, Animation Station, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain | Comments Off

The Best Great Expectations Miniseries Is Unavailable for Streaming

Posted on April 27, 2024 by stationmaster

It may sound crazy to say that the Disney Channel produced a better miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations than the BBC ever did but that’s what happened in 1989! Just eight years prior to the 1989 miniseries, the … Continue reading →

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Two Adaptations of Great Expectations that Deserve Commendation

Posted on April 20, 2024 by stationmaster

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens has been adapted into several miniseries and you’d expect that I, as a fan of the book, would prefer those to the film adaptations. After all, they’re longer, slower paced and theoretically include more from … Continue reading →

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Special Anniversary Lookback: The Best of the Obscure

Posted on April 14, 2024 by stationmaster

I admit it. I write about many famous stories on this blog. But one of my favorite things about it is drawing attention to works of art or entertainment about which many people haven’t heard. It gives me joy to … Continue reading →

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A Scrooge Girl in a Scrooge World

Posted on December 16, 2023 by stationmaster

A nice thing about my blog not being widely read and me being fairly anonymous is that I feel comfortable making certain embarrassing confessions on here. When I was a boy, I would secretly watch Barbie movies. I had (and … Continue reading →

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An Unusually Unfaithful Christmas Carol

Posted on December 9, 2023 by stationmaster

Last year, I blogged about some unusual, animated adaptations of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol in Prose. This year, I’m going to do the same. You know, considering how frequently it’s been adapted, it’s amazing how faithful most versions of … Continue reading →