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[rundownallstar]

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Bill Skarsgård returns as Pennywise in first It: Welcome to Derry trailer The  following articles are the sole property of the writer and published on Entertainment Weekly.  Its posted here temporarily for reference (plus parts work well as a PREview ) It: Welcome to Derry screened the first 10 minutes of premiere at Comic-Con — here’s what you missed Creators Andy and Barbara Muschietti…

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[guybracha]

Titles that need an adaptation at the DCU (part 2)

part 1

A Mini-series starring the Question

Batman Incorporated - a sequel to "The Brave and the Bold"

OMAC - based on the Jack Kirby version

And a JSA reboot based on James Robinson/David S. Goyer/Geoff Johns 1999 series

[pezboisworld]

Comparing Disney's Sleeping Beauty to the classic Fairy Tale

The retcon of Maleficent as Aurora's maternal figure hits me really hard because in the 1959 disney film Malefocent said "beloved by all who know her" which should have affected Maleficent as well. More adaptations could take liberty with the gifts from Fairies or wise women because they were very vague. The original film was pulling from the Perrault and Grimm versions, While I believe the Maleficent movie referenced a modern ideal of "health and happiness" that was not present in the Perrault or Grimm versions. In the Grimm version one of the twelve fairies (actually wise women in this version) bestowed virtue, beauty, riches, and whatever there is in the world to wish for. The gift of health and happiness was added in contemprary editions of Sleeping Beauty that I could only find in school materials.

Using the logic of the original movie to create a twist was very fulfilling and provided enough material for a new film. Ultimately making Aurora's biggest opposition her greatest protector.

Fairy Gifts in Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Beauty - from Flora

A lovely singing voice - from Fauna

Grow in grace, grow in beauty, beloved by all who know her, and on her 16th birthday she would prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die - from Maleficent

A deep sleep that can only be broken by true love's kiss - from Merryweather

The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood by Charles Perrault

...the fairies began to bestow their gifts upon the princess. The youngest ordained that she should be the most beautiful person in the world; the next, that she should have the temper of an angel; the third, that she should do everything with wonderful grace; the fourth, that she should dance to perfection; the fifth, that she should sing like a nightingale; and the sixth, that she should play every kind of music with the utmost skill.

It was now the turn of the aged fairy. Shaking her head, in token of spite rather than of infirmity, she declared that the princess should prick her hand with a spindle, and die of it. A shudder ran through the company at this terrible gift. All eyes were filled with tears.

But at this moment the young fairy stepped forth from behind the tapestry.

"Take comfort, your Majesties," she cried in a loud voice. "Your daughter shall not die. My power, it is true, is not enough to undo all that my aged kinswoman has decreed. The princess will indeed prick her hand with a spindle. But instead of dying she shall merely fall into a profound slumber that will last a hundred years. At the end of that time a king's son shall come to awaken her."

Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar Rose) by Brothers Grimm

...the queen bore a daughter so beautiful that the king could not contain himself for joy, and he ordained a great feast. Not only did he bid to it his relations, friends, and acquaintances, but also the wise women, that they might be kind and favorable to the child. There were thirteen of them in his kingdom, but as he had only provided twelve golden plates for them to eat from, one of them had to be left out.

...the wise women stood forward to present to the child their wonderful gifts: one bestowed virtue, one beauty, a third riches, and so on, whatever there is in the world to wish for. And when eleven of them had said their say, in came the uninvited thirteenth, burning to revenge herself, and without greeting or respect, she cried with a loud voice: "In the fifteenth year of her age the princess shall prick herself with a spindle and shall fall down dead." And without speaking one more word she turned away and left the hall. Everyone was terrified at her saying, when the twelfth came forward, for she had not yet bestowed her gift, and though she could not do away with the evil prophecy, yet she could soften it, so she said: "The princess shall not die, but fall into a deep sleep for a hundred years."

2025/04/07 Fairy tale: Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar Rose) - A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. In times past there lived a king and queen,

[bluecastlecomic]

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Getting back home.

Have you noticed that I do a lot of these "montage-y" pages? I don't know why I planned this project this way, but I think it's got a lot to do with the fact that I generally prefer to use fewer words wherever possible in my own writing. And then I plan them out and kick myself over all the drawing I have to do! (I love drawing, though).

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[jbk405]

Something I find very interesting about the adaptation of The Expanse from novel to TV is how the TV show added a lot more mysteries and hidden information for the characters based on things that were instantly talked about in the books.

Bobbie’s encounter with the Project Caliban protomolecule monster on Ganymede, for example.  In the books when she’s being question by her superiors after the event one of the first things she says is that there was some sort of monster there that attacked her troops and the UN forces both.  When her superiors are skeptical she tells them how to access her suit’s camera footage, they do so, and in the same conversation they come back and apologize for doubting her and they all say “What the fuck is this?”

In the TV series, she’s so disoriented and traumatized that it takes days and multiple interrogation sessions (Plus mind-enhancing drugs) before she can remember the events, and her superiors instantly dismiss the story and order her not to mention this to anybody because they’re part of the cover-up conspiracy.  Her suit’s video footage is unrecoverable (Whether it’s actually damaged or is being suppressed it not made clear).  She has to defy orders and defect to the UN in order to investigate what really happened.

Or Holden seeing Ghost!Miller.  In the TV series he spends episodes keeping it quiet, not wanting to be thought of as insane or hallucinating.  In the books he apparently told his crew the details as soon as it started happening, and he is also quick to tell everybody else as well when he needs to explain where he got certain information.

These aren’t mysteries for the audience, but the characters are kept in the dark for a lot longer.

[megers67]

Sometimes an adaptation is actually good enough that I forget, but then it hits me like a ton of bricks. 

[symbiotic-science]

Deaf moth evolves sound-production as a warning to outwit its predator

A genus of deaf moth has evolved to develop an extraordinary sound-producing structure in its wings to evade its primary predator the bat. The finding, made by researchers from the University of Bristol and Natural History Museum, is described in Scientific Reports today.

A genus of deaf moth has evolved to develop an extraordinary sound-producing structure in its wings to evade its primary predator the bat. The finding, made by researchers from the University of Bristol and Natural History Museum, is described in Scientific Reports today.

It's already known that some species of moth have evolved a range of defensive mechanisms to evade insectivorous bats' highly-tuned echolocation (biosonar) detection skills. The discovery of a wingbeat-powered sound producing structure in the wings of a deaf moth is completely new.

Many larger species of moth use ears tuned to detect the echolocation calls of bats to provide an early warning of approaching bats allowing them to perform evasive manoeuvres. While others, such as some silk moths, have hindwing tails that produce salient echoes which act as false targets to bats—like the towed decoys fighter planes use against radar guided missiles.

The team of researchers from Bristol's School of Biological Sciences and the Natural History Museum, London, were studying a group of smaller British moths known as the small ermine moths (Yponomeuta species), and discovered that despite their lack of hearing they were making continual clicking sounds whenever they fly. Unlike other species of moths, that produce sound in response to detecting an approaching bat, small ermine moths have evolved to produce continual warning sounds.

The sounds these moths produce are very similar to sounds produced by larger moths, such as the tiger moths, which warn bats of the moth's distastefulness or toxicity (known as acoustic aposematism). At night an unpalatable moth cannot provide a bat with a conspicuous warning colour, so instead it warns its predator acoustically. The team suggest that small ermine moths are acoustically mimicking unpalatable, sound producing moths, to warn bats of their own distastefulness.

[burgrova]

Self-published book dealing with the context of biological and cultural evolution. Original text and charcoal drawings by Zuzana Burgrová