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That does not seem to have stopped them from making endless film adaptations of the book. Feels like there's been a new one every five years for my entire life.
by karaterobot 3y ago
That does not seem to have stopped them from making endless film adaptations of the book. Feels like there's been a new one every five years for my entire life.
I appreciated the comic book adaptation called Peter Panzerfaust, where the Lost Boys were a resistance cell in WWII, and Captain Hook was a Nazi officer. I assume that doesn't require licensing, because it just uses the ideas without reusing any specific, named elements. It would be better to make something completely original rather than just adapting old material, but that's evidently not possible anymore. So, the next best thing is to recontextualize it and change the idea enough, which not only makes for something novel, but also dodges these ridiculous legacy licensing issues in certain cases.
- RajT88 3y agoBangarang! In seriousness, this seems to be due to the risk aversion in the film industry which started in the 2000's: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_based_on_Peter_Pan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_based_on_Peter... Hardly the only casualty (see: spider man).
- muzani 3y agoNazi Hook is interesting because of the hidden theme behind Peter Pan. Wendy is really the protagonist of the story (hence the original name Peter and Wendy). She enters a dream world where Peter represents her child side that refuses to grow up and Hook represents the adult side. Hook and Wendy's father are voiced by the same people in the movies and plays. So a Nazi Hook might represent Wendy's subconscious pressure to become Nazi? Intriguing idea. Though possibly it doesn't realize the subtone of the original.