# Nothing is sacred. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989 "2009-01-12T21:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/21 "2009-01-13T04:22:08Z")
> [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](#): > > The current TV series replaces Christopher Robin with a girl with an American accent. It’s too painful to say more. Even as a child I knew Christopher Robin was gay, so Disney decided to avoid the whole issue ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/22 "2009-01-13T04:44:23Z")
> [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#): > > They’ve been milking the adult classics for twenty years now, why not whore out of the children’s classics too? > > I would assume that Winnie the Pooh just fell out of copyright protection, right? I don’t know; the article stated that the Milne estate authorized it, but maybe it did fall out of copyright. My mom’s comment on that possibility was “I remember when Peter Rabbit went out of copyright—all of a sudden there were several new versions with new illustrations. You might ask, who could illustrate Peter Rabbit better than Beatrix Potter, but that didn’t stop anyone.” Do you know the other day I saw a mystery series starring Beatrix Potter? I wonder if there are any dead British women authors left who haven’t been turned into detectives? Anne Brontë, maybe, but I’m sure I’ve seen something about Charlotte. I heard the Anne prequel was not particularly good, but I didn’t read it. There was some sort of adventure–really it could have been about any Victorian orphan girl, but of course putting the Anne name on it sold lots more copies. Poor Jane Austen is certainly learning about that–“hey, if I give my historical romance characters names out of Austen novels, I’ll sell a lot more!” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/23 "2009-01-13T04:51:54Z")
Isn’t this crap just glorified fan fic (or even slash from the sounds of that _Secret Garden_ abortion)? It’s obnoxious, but there’s no reason anyone has to think of it canon. Give it the same attention you would give to any other fanfic wankfest on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/24 "2009-01-13T19:46:54Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > The day I found out that they were making a sequel to Harry Potter 8 (well, they’re splitting it up into 2 parts- the movie. 8.1 and 8.2- kill bill style)… That’s when I realized the Wu Tang were right all along… > > Cash Rules Everything Around Me. Gotta get that Dolla dolla bill, y’all… C.R.E.A.M. I’m not sure if I share your cynicism here. Given how long Deathly Hallows is, any remotely reasonable attempt to stay true to the book is going to result in a massively ridiculously long movie. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/25 "2009-01-13T20:23:00Z")
Bah, Ron Howard already proved nothing is sacred the day he Raped The Grinch. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/26 "2009-01-13T20:29:58Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > The day I found out that they were making a sequel to Harry Potter 8 (well, they’re splitting it up into 2 parts- the movie. 8.1 and 8.2- kill bill style)… What do you mean, a sequel to 8? There’s no 8 to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/27 "2009-01-14T03:07:15Z")
Pooh is still copyrighted- Disney, of course, has a share in it alongside the Milne and Shepherd estates. Speaking of posthumous raping of characters, whatever happened to _And Another Thing…_, the new authorized _Hitchhiker’s Guide_ sequel? Wasn’t that supposed to be out by now? ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/28 "2009-01-14T03:26:46Z")
> [@carlotta](#): > > “The Return of the Little Prince” is a concept that fills me with dread. Well of course it does, 'cause he’d be a zombie. A _SPACE ZOMBIE_, no less. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/29 "2009-01-14T03:30:54Z")
> [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](#): > > The current TV series replaces Christopher Robin with a girl with an American accent. It’s too painful to say more. She’s supposed to be his daughter, and I’ve heard he makes “guest appearances” now and then. Not that it excuses it… or their removal of Gopher and Owl… ETA: Or Kessie. (I um… watch it sometimes) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/30 "2009-01-14T03:33:03Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > I’m not sure any sequel could be worse than ["Return to the Secret Garden](http://www.amazon.com/Return-Secret-Garden-Susan-Moody/dp/0451192281). It’s about a love triangle between Mary, Dicken, and Colin, in which Mary and Colin are married, but both are actually in love with Dicken, who eventually kills himself from war related PTSD. It’s even worse than it sounds. Dear God, that does sound frightful. I feel like I should buy a copy just to burn it. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/31 "2009-01-14T03:47:01Z")
No, she’d still get the royalties. Now, if you’d suggested \*stealing \*a copy… I kid, stealing is wrong, almost as wrong as the plot of that book. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/32 "2009-01-14T03:49:28Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > She’s supposed to be his daughter, and I’ve heard he makes “guest appearances” now and then. Not that it excuses it… or their removal of Gopher and Owl… ETA: Or Kessie. (I um… watch it sometimes) Kessie? I’ve been out of the loop. Wiki says it’s some kind of bluebird. Is she recent? I can’t even find a pic of her on google images. ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/33 "2009-01-14T03:50:21Z")
“Winnie the Two” ? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/34 "2009-01-14T04:05:40Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Kessie? I’ve been out of the loop. Wiki says it’s some kind of bluebird. Is she recent? I can’t even find a pic of her on google images. Early the '91 Pooh Bear series (New Adventures) was the Pooh I grew up on, so yes, she’s newer. (I honestly don’t remember much about her, but I think she was cute, she kind of acted like Rabbits adopted daughter iirc.) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/35 "2009-01-14T04:29:58Z")
> [@fighting\_ignorant](#): > > “Winnie the Two” ? Winnie Three Pooh- Milne already wrote a sequel, _The House on Pooh Corner_. As mentioned, Kessie was introduced in the Saturday-morning series _The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh_- she was a baby bird. A more recent addition to the Disney Pooh stable is Lumpy, a childish Heffalump who is good friends with Roo. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/36 "2009-01-14T05:29:23Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > The day I found out that they were making a sequel to Harry Potter 8 (well, they’re splitting it up into 2 parts- the movie. 8.1 and 8.2- kill bill style)… That’s when I realized the Wu Tang were right all along… > > Cash Rules Everything Around Me. Gotta get that Dolla dolla bill, y’all… C.R.E.A.M. Unless you’re choosing to count one but not both of the schoolbooks, Deathly Hallows is the seventh in the series. (The official books are the 7 novels, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and Tales of Beedle the Bard.) ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/37 "2009-01-14T05:33:52Z")
Ugh. I hate this kind of stuff. Every time I see Cinderella 3 or Sleeping Beauty Part Deux, I want to kick a puppy (in a very nice way). I can’t wait for the modern remake of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series where they battle cocaine addictions and prostitution. Unless there’s already some. I’m afraid to Google it. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/38 "2009-01-14T06:26:15Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Winnie Three Pooh- Milne already wrote a sequel, _The House on Pooh Corner_. Don’t forget _Now We Are Six_, an actual Milne sequel where Pooh (and C Robin) admit to being a little embarrassed about their earlier, childish adventures. Which will no doubt be upgraded to Now We Are Sixteen… where they regret their drug habits and early introduction to inter-species sex. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/39 "2009-01-14T18:32:52Z")
> [@Pollux\_Oil](#): > > I can’t wait for the modern remake of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series where they battle cocaine addictions and prostitution. Unless there’s already some. I’m afraid to Google it. Well there’s [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479500/), which, from the reviews I read, was fairly wholesome, featuring Nancy’s small town values being contrasted against Los Angeles, but all in a fairly innocent way. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989/40 "2009-01-14T18:41:59Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > Don’t forget _Now We Are Six_, an actual Milne sequel where Pooh (and C Robin) admit to being a little embarrassed about their earlier, childish adventures. > > Which will no doubt be upgraded to Now We Are Sixteen… where they regret their drug habits and early introduction to inter-species sex. Christopher Robin is a Furry. _(I am SO going to hell for that one, plus it could start a really ugly Pit thread!)_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-sacred/480989.md?page=3)