Tag Archives: fairy tales

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

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 →

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Speaking of Snow White Movies…

Posted on July 19, 2025 by stationmaster

I first saw Hallmark Entertainment’s Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001) before I was ten years old. It would be a long time before I got to watch it again, so it loomed large in my childhood imagination. … Continue reading →

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Snow White (2025) Makes Me Neither Happy nor Grumpy Part 2

Posted on July 11, 2025 by stationmaster

This is a continuation of Part 1. If you haven’t read it already and you want to understand this, you’d better do so. CCC 3: The Movie is Anti-Man/Anti-Romance I can’t blame people for expecting this since Rachel Zegler’s infamous … Continue reading →

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Snow White (2025) Makes Me Neither Happy nor Grumpy Part 1

Posted on July 10, 2025 by stationmaster

I never wanted this to be a Disney blog. I mean, I always wanted to do some blog posts about Disney movies since I’m a fan of fairy tales and classic children’s fantasies, many of which they’ve adapted, and I … Continue reading →

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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 →

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A Cinderella Musical That’s Not Rodgers and Hammerstein

Posted on January 17, 2025 by stationmaster

The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella is a 1976 cinematic musical retelling of the famous story of the siege of Orleans. Just kidding. It’s a retelling of Cinderella. There’s plenty to love about this film, starting (literally) … Continue reading →

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Was Maleficent’s Sequel an Improvement on It?

Posted on October 26, 2024 by stationmaster

Does anyone else remember my series about the 2014 movie Maleficent? Probably not. It didn’t get an enthusiastic reader response, but it was one of my favorite things to write, so for what will likely be my last Halloween-themed blog … Continue reading →

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Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Three-Way Faceoff

Posted on September 7, 2024 by stationmaster

In The Sound of Music‘s words, let’s start at the very beginning. Well, OK, not the very beginning. That would require getting into the complete oral and literary history of Cinderella. Let’s start with 1957 when CBS did a musical … 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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