It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief
(The Fly, U2)
Catsidhe, take a deep breath and relax. You're right in that Disney (and sundry others) mangle stories from other times and places. So do your favourite authors. Is it just possible that you don't mention them because you liketheir stuff, and are not so much a fan of Disney's?
Without the ability to change and blend ideas and stories do you think we would have new ones? Or simply endless, and very respectful, retellings of the same old ones over and over again? I think we need both myself. I also think we have both. In abundance.
Oh, and I can live with Disney ending the first Fantasia with Ave Maria, just as I can live with them ending the second with The Firebird Suite. The balance works fine. Arguably, the first Fantasia is a product of it's time and place, much as the legends of the TDD where for our ancestors or the exploits of the Monkey King where for Asia. In a century or less others will be appropriating images and concepts from Fantasia, taking them out of their original context and still others will be gritting teeth all over again.
Exasperation and the Dissenting Opinion (or Welcome to the PoMo Dome)
It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success
Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief
(The Fly, U2)
Catsidhe, take a deep breath and relax. You're right in that Disney (and sundry others) mangle stories from other times and places. So do your favourite authors. Is it just possible that you don't mention them because you liketheir stuff, and are not so much a fan of Disney's?
Without the ability to change and blend ideas and stories do you think we would have new ones? Or simply endless, and very respectful, retellings of the same old ones over and over again? I think we need both myself. I also think we have both. In abundance.
Oh, and I can live with Disney ending the first Fantasia with Ave Maria, just as I can live with them ending the second with The Firebird Suite. The balance works fine. Arguably, the first Fantasia is a product of it's time and place, much as the legends of the TDD where for our ancestors or the exploits of the Monkey King where for Asia. In a century or less others will be appropriating images and concepts from Fantasia, taking them out of their original context and still others will be gritting teeth all over again.