"This is wordplay, but it isn't just wordplay." Some artistic encouragement and a sneak peak of what we could be talking about in the secret halls of this Society in 2023.
On the adaptations front - what about story continuation but in a different format. I watched Dumbledore’s secrets and it got me thinking in this line. The Fantastic Beasts films are canon with the HP books rather than the HP films because there are no books BUT they’re a different art/story form/medium. So how does that impact the overall wizarding world story?
I hope that addresses your question. Maybe there's more to come about adaptations this year. Maybe we have to accept the loosening of the literary hold on the idea of 'canon.'
I was *this close* to finally watching The Secrets of Dumbledore a few nights ago. Maybe tonight!
Since the Fantastic Beasts films are the original form of that story, they don't count as an adaptation. They are a pre-continuation of the Wizarding World as depicted in the HP books. Of course, people will interact with it differently since it's a different medium. But that's to be expected. Um, maybe a novelization of the movies would count as an adaptation, but I think novelizations are more bound to their source than the other way around.
I was just reading about this last night though: how modern myths and meaningful stories may no longer comes to us primarily through literature. The next spate of significant mythic stories will likely be ground out by Hollywood and by amalgamous internet/social media concoctions. What does 'adaptation' mean when we're talking about the Slender Man movie -- a movie which finds its source in a meme?
On the adaptations front - what about story continuation but in a different format. I watched Dumbledore’s secrets and it got me thinking in this line. The Fantastic Beasts films are canon with the HP books rather than the HP films because there are no books BUT they’re a different art/story form/medium. So how does that impact the overall wizarding world story?
I hope that addresses your question. Maybe there's more to come about adaptations this year. Maybe we have to accept the loosening of the literary hold on the idea of 'canon.'
Yes, that does answer the question. I think I largely agree but need to have a longer think through the social media and internet aspect?
I was *this close* to finally watching The Secrets of Dumbledore a few nights ago. Maybe tonight!
Since the Fantastic Beasts films are the original form of that story, they don't count as an adaptation. They are a pre-continuation of the Wizarding World as depicted in the HP books. Of course, people will interact with it differently since it's a different medium. But that's to be expected. Um, maybe a novelization of the movies would count as an adaptation, but I think novelizations are more bound to their source than the other way around.
I was just reading about this last night though: how modern myths and meaningful stories may no longer comes to us primarily through literature. The next spate of significant mythic stories will likely be ground out by Hollywood and by amalgamous internet/social media concoctions. What does 'adaptation' mean when we're talking about the Slender Man movie -- a movie which finds its source in a meme?