A new take ?

carpetmojo · 04-23-2012, 03:19 AM

Just in case it's too hard and boring for the "Digital Generation"......

[ "Wind in the Willows" next up .......

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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...internalSearch

wyndslash · 04-23-2012, 03:26 AM

very interesting...o_o

tubemonkey · 04-23-2012, 04:50 AM

Not interested. If I want something more than straight text, I'll watch a movie or listen to a dramatized audio production.

Tony1988 · 04-23-2012, 06:57 AM

I don't see anything wrong with this. it was bound to happen one day. its the same with film remakes. if I am interested I will watch if not I wont I will continue to enjoy the original. Usually I am not. Today's kids are easily bored. they grew up with CGI films and Computers. so as far as I.am concerned it's a good thing for them.

Shack70 · 04-23-2012, 07:08 AM

I can see there being an audience for this but it wont replace actual books.

fjtorres · 04-23-2012, 07:52 AM

It would be nice if that kind of "ingenuity" were deployed creating something really new instead of trying to milk/leverage somebody else's work. (Even if it is in the PD.)
I'll pass.

carpetmojo · 04-23-2012, 11:20 AM

Yes, it sounds a bit like those live the story, solve the mystery, kill the vampire/monster/evil being, and decide what to do at various steps along the way things, that I bought a few of for me and my lad to have fun working through when he was a good bit younger - I think we finished one [got killed I think ] had a start with a couple more, then both decided it was much more interesting to actually read a proper book.........

ApK · 04-23-2012, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fjtorres

It would be nice if that kind of "ingenuity" were deployed creating something really new instead of trying to milk/leverage somebody else's work. (Even if it is in the PD.)
I'll pass.

ORIGINAL "choose your own adventure" stories are a dime a dozen. It's the handling of the classic work that makes this unusual.

I'd be interested in checking this out on a couple levels, and I'm pleased that it comes with the classic text. Many times have I seen an adaptation or derivative work of some book I hadn't read and been prompted to check it out to see where new material aligned and diverged.

ApK

04-23-2012, 03:19 AM	#1
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	A new take ? Just in case it's too hard and boring for the "Digital Generation"...... [ "Wind in the Willows" next up ....... ] http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...internalSearch

04-23-2012, 03:26 AM	#2
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	very interesting...o_o

04-23-2012, 04:50 AM	#3
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,762 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	Not interested. If I want something more than straight text, I'll watch a movie or listen to a dramatized audio production.

04-23-2012, 06:57 AM	#4
Tony1988 Guru Posts: 718 Karma: 4033862 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: sony prs-350	I don't see anything wrong with this. it was bound to happen one day. its the same with film remakes. if I am interested I will watch if not I wont I will continue to enjoy the original. Usually I am not. Today's kids are easily bored. they grew up with CGI films and Computers. so as far as I.am concerned it's a good thing for them.

04-23-2012, 07:08 AM	#5
Shack70 Guru Posts: 777 Karma: 1043626 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: York, Pa Device: Kindle Paperwhite 11th Generation	I can see there being an audience for this but it wont replace actual books.

04-23-2012, 07:52 AM	#6
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	It would be nice if that kind of "ingenuity" were deployed creating something really new instead of trying to milk/leverage somebody else's work. (Even if it is in the PD.) I'll pass.

04-23-2012, 11:20 AM	#7
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Yes, it sounds a bit like those live the story, solve the mystery, kill the vampire/monster/evil being, and decide what to do at various steps along the way things, that I bought a few of for me and my lad to have fun working through when he was a good bit younger - I think we finished one [got killed I think ] had a start with a couple more, then both decided it was much more interesting to actually read a proper book.........

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