# Yay! Another one of my favorite childhood stories is being farked over by hollywood! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700 "2002-08-07T00:04:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/1 "2002-08-07T00:04:37Z")
[Woohoo!](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0283084) I can [hardly wait!](http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/tuck_everlasting.html) I guess they can’t do any worse [than](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0164912) [these.](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0243585) [homer] And in case you couldn’t tell, that was sarcasm. [/homer] ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/2 "2002-08-07T00:25:23Z")
Well, duh! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/3 "2002-08-07T00:35:25Z")
My wife teaches _Tuck Everlasting_ in her class regularly, and it’s one of her favorites. We’re both interested to see what the new movie version does with it, though the fact that it’s become a Disney property makes me a little concerned. They’re sort of infamous for butchering good stories. Still, one never knows… the acting talent they’ve got gives me some hope, and a few good movies have slipped in under the Disney name. We shall see… ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/4 "2002-08-07T02:27:49Z")
Jonathan Jackson is a great little actor, if it helps at all. ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/5 "2002-08-07T03:28:11Z")
It’s got to be better than the TV movie version Disney’s doing of _A Ring of Endless Light_. You couldn’t get much worse than that, judging by the advertisements. (No, Disney, there is no great chase to rescue dolphins. Did your writer actually read the book before writing the script or did he just look at the cover art and guess?) I think this’ll be interesting to see, though I doubt the feeling the book gave me when I read it could be duplicated on film. Too creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/6 "2002-08-07T03:51:29Z")
In a world…where childhood fantasy has a dark side…where a gently flowing stream divides heaven and hell…two young lives will fall into madness…and two families will be shattered… forever. James Van Der Beek. Alyson Hannigan. In a Jerry Bruckheimer film. _ **B2T: Bridge To Terabithia** _ Watch that first step. It’s a _doozy_. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/7 "2002-08-07T06:50:01Z")
_Tuck Everlasting_ is one of the books I teach each year, and is one of my favorites. There is already a fairly good movie version. I tend to reserve judgement until I see for myself. Sure, there travesties like _Harriet the Spy_, and _The Secret of NIMH_, but there are also gems such as _Matilda_, _James and the Giant Peach_, and _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_. Let’s just hope the new version comes in closer to the latter set of movies than the former. BTW, I don’t think _Stuart Little_ is all that bad; not great or even good, but hardly terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/8 "2002-08-07T06:52:40Z")
[Tuck Everlasting](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0081664) from 1980, is a gentle, understated version of the story. Not the best acted, or the best production values, but it captures the spirit of the story well. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/9 "2002-08-07T15:23:09Z")
I just saw a poster for this this weekend! Man, I hope they don’t screw this one up. It’s still one of my favorite books and I would love to see a great movie version. I’ll keep my fingers crossed. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/10 "2002-08-07T16:11:05Z")
Funny, I’m a SF/Fantasy reader and have somehow never stumbled across this book. I’ll have to give it a read. And to lower the tone of the board yet more, this movie is just one letter away from being the next Vivid video release. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/11 "2002-08-07T18:21:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Harvey \* > \*\*In a world…where childhood fantasy has a dark side…where a gently flowing stream divides heaven and hell…two young lives will fall into madness…and two families will be shattered… forever. > > James Van Der Beek. Alyson Hannigan. In a Jerry Bruckheimer film. > > _ **B2T: Bridge To Terabithia** _ > > Watch that first step. It’s a _doozy_. \*\* _laughing_ Oh, that would be too scary! ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/12 "2002-08-07T18:37:47Z")
Is it just me, or did they up Winnie’s age? Wasn’t she supposed to be around 10 or 12? ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/13 "2002-08-07T20:46:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by arisu \* > \*\*Is it just me, or did they up Winnie’s age? Wasn’t she supposed to be around 10 or 12? \*\* Quibble the first. And **Finagle** it _is_ a kids book but try it… it’s really good. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/14 "2002-08-07T23:43:37Z")
Gaah. This is depressing. Tuck Everlasting was one of my favorites when I was a kid. Let’s hope it doesn’t get the usual “dumb it down for today’s kids” treatment. That would such a shame. Or worse…make it a cartoon. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/15 "2002-08-08T02:23:54Z")
Speaking of travesties, I just got back from the movies where they had a preview, I kid you not, for “Robert Louis Stevenson’s greatest story as you’ve never seen it before”–_Treasure Planet_. Good God, people, have you no shame? I’ve gotten to the point where I pretty much refuse to see movies based on children’s books. They invariably piss me off. Do not get me started on _Stuart Little_. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/16 "2002-08-08T02:40:49Z")
Seeing I never heard of **Stuart Little** before the movie came out, and I’ve never read **Tuck Everlasting** , I can’t comment on how the stories were ruined on the screen. But, I really enjoyed **Stuart** , and, as I’ll probably be looking for good kids movies for my kids as they get older, I’ll be likely to give **Tuck** a chance (unless it really is supposed to suck, like Dana Carvey’s new movie). So there. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/17 "2002-08-08T14:10:36Z")
> [@](#): > > “Robert Louis Stevenson’s greatest story as you’ve never seen it before”–Treasure Planet. I saw that trailer too; talk about the first few seconds raising false hopes! ☹ Have all the workers at the _Original Idea_ factory walked out on strike? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/18 "2002-08-08T20:17:57Z")
I notice Ben Kingsley plays the “Man in the Yellow Suit.” Who’s going to play Curious George? ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/19 "2002-08-09T00:37:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eonwe \* > \*\*I notice Ben Kingsley plays the “Man in the Yellow Suit.” Who’s going to play Curious George? \*\* Perhaps the youngest Culkin boy? “Tuck” is one of those books I never read, but which all of my friends did-- I get the feeling it was taught in our school district, but since many of my friends were a couple years older than me I somehow missed it. Gonna have to give it a read myself! What I’m really worried about is the upcoming movie versions of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy (for which the IMDB does not yet seem to have a link, but I read about it on this very board!). So much potential… and so much room to screw it up really, really bad… ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700/20 "2002-08-09T01:26:39Z")
You want to see a -really- bad take on a children’s book, go get the straight-to-video release of **Trumpet of the Swan**. The only thing needed to totally screw up a potentially good movie is have Jason Alexander singing as a swan in the first five minutes of the film. _shudders_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-another-one-of-my-favorite-childhood-stories-is-being-farked-over-by-hollywood/122700.md?page=2)