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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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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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Faerie Tale Theatre’s Most…Interesting Episodes

Posted on November 18, 2023 by stationmaster

My last two posts were about what I consider the best episodes of Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre. This post is about ones that maybe could have been the best, or at least among the most interesting, but are held … Continue reading →

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Giving De Vil Her Due Part 2 (Hey, That Rhymed!)

Posted on October 27, 2023 by stationmaster

Better the Devil You Know: 102 Dalmatians (2000) Since I specifically mentioned the opening credits sequences for the first two Dalmatians movies, I should note this one has a surreal visual one much like the original animated film. It’s not … Continue reading →

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Giving De Vil Her Due Part 1

Posted on October 20, 2023 by stationmaster

In my last post, I mentioned that one of my favorite things I’ve written on this blog has been a series about the 2014 movie, Maleficent, despite my having-at best-a very mixed opinion on it. I published it to coincide … 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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Cinderella (2015): My Favorite Disney Nostalgia Bait Movie

Posted on June 3, 2022 by stationmaster

This isn’t exactly the most controversial choice for the best of Disney’s recent (and seemingly unending) line of remakes and updates of old material. I believe it was one of the better received ones. But it’s not a totally safe … Continue reading →

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Aladdin (2019): My Second Favorite Disney Nostalgia Bait Movie

Posted on May 29, 2022 by stationmaster

OK, I’ll cut to the chase. I find Will Smith’s Genie funnier than Robin Williams’s Genie. Note I said funnier, not more fun if I can make that distinction. Robin Williams’s Genie is probably more fun, but the only funny … Continue reading →

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A Mild Defense of Disney’s Recent Line of Nostalgia Bait

Posted on May 6, 2022 by stationmaster

It’s no secret that the Walt Disney company has been relying on remakes of their more popular older movies a lot lately. 2019 saw not one, not two, but four of them! (Aladdin, The Lion King, Dumbo and Lady and … Continue reading →

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