tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79384591177891436062024-02-07T00:22:57.359-06:00Peter Von BrownThe official site of the author and webcomic artist.Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.comBlogger895125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-27002373146900182812016-03-31T12:00:00.000-05:002016-04-07T14:06:46.099-05:00Welcome to WOLVERTON!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgx-uqY54E7U8Q63CVgQUoaTYz7O_ehByBKO9CXteoFO8xQGmfOJqsYcc2ofor6ezjNcFVQTXt0SeqgG4iGBoPj5w6Z3_VBmV4xttPPA4BgX4CS6ULQ3cX_4QVoE-KsuJgX0NEFrSFXjA/s1600/WolvertonPic.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgx-uqY54E7U8Q63CVgQUoaTYz7O_ehByBKO9CXteoFO8xQGmfOJqsYcc2ofor6ezjNcFVQTXt0SeqgG4iGBoPj5w6Z3_VBmV4xttPPA4BgX4CS6ULQ3cX_4QVoE-KsuJgX0NEFrSFXjA/s640/WolvertonPic.png" width="640" /></a>Hey there!<br />
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Yes, I'm still around. What I posted <a href="http://petervonbrown.blogspot.com/2014/01/post-posting-blues.html" target="_blank">last time</a> about disenchantment and such holds true.<br />
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But I'm back for a moment to let you know of my latest project.<br />
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Long story short, throughout my life I've drawn these little werewolves off and on. I've made sculptures of them, too. Cut to sort of recently - my darling wanted to see more. So I began drawing them once again. Because I guess I'm prone to storymaking, I "heard" conversations going on among the werewolves depicted. Next thing I knew, I'm making a webcomic.<br />
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My werewolves are like regular folk, doing regular things - although in wolf form. I figure if there actually were lycanthropes in the world, not all of them would be menacing and vicious. There's bound to be some who just like hanging out, as wolves. And these like-minded and sociable werewolves live in and run the town called Wolverton.<br />
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Wolverton is an ongoing narrative webcomic which updates Wednesdays. So I hope you'll visit, and check in each week to see what the 'wolves are doing. And if you like it, please share it!<br />
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Thanks.<br />
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You can find it here: <b><a href="http://wolverton.thecomicseries.com/" target="_blank">Wolverton</a></b><br />
<b> </b>Also on Tapastic: <a href="https://tapastic.com/series/Wolverton" target="_blank">Wolverton on Tapastic</a><br />
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On the <a href="http://www.werewolves.com/introducing-the-kinder-gentler-werewolves-of-wolverton/%20%20%20%20http://werewolf-news.com/2016/01/wolverton-where-werewolves-hang-out-and-have-pizza-just-like-everyone-else/" target="_blank">WEREWOLF NEWS </a><br />
On <a href="http://www.werewolves.com/introducing-the-kinder-gentler-werewolves-of-wolverton/" target="_blank">WEREWOLVES . COM</a><br />
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*P.S. - Yes, I've still got novels churning in my mind, too.Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-68051552197163527912014-01-15T12:18:00.001-06:002014-01-15T12:18:45.137-06:00Post Posting Blues<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5rhfE7kdCb1Fg8h131WNlw92wzY_czEh3NDbeSkfGg-QxcFgybUrtnBKFhZ581mz12IpXlAhpHITIt07X1Jgs44W_F7G-TGzHIl4Bgdw2WBV-tIDJSH0uiF2oDptE4dvOeXMSa0Yff8/s1600/Jazz+clip+art.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5rhfE7kdCb1Fg8h131WNlw92wzY_czEh3NDbeSkfGg-QxcFgybUrtnBKFhZ581mz12IpXlAhpHITIt07X1Jgs44W_F7G-TGzHIl4Bgdw2WBV-tIDJSH0uiF2oDptE4dvOeXMSa0Yff8/s200/Jazz+clip+art.png" width="195" /></a>Yes, I am still alive.<br />
Yes, I am still working on the same projects. <br />
So why have I been absent?<br />
Truthfully?<br />
It became rather a downer to post. It seems that all I'd been doing is ranting about something or other and why it does or does not bother me. I don't see the need to berate online anymore, I suppose. And even when I praised, it would seem to lose luster or turn against me. For instance, I'd had a post about the MTV series <i>Teen Wolf</i>. I honestly thought that, as a re-imagining of the 1985 movie (which I saw in the theater at original release, for the record) had been clever, fun and engaging. It captured the original in many direct as well as subtle ways. A grand homage while still being a fresh take on it. Anyway, the second season of it, my friend Buttercup and I quickly frowned. It veered so far from the elements that made it compelling so as to be intolerable. We stopped tuning in, and it left me nigh embarrassed to even have posted praise in the first place. The post no longer exists. It must somewhere in the Internet, sure. <br />
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Yes, I know rants are a large part of the reason for blogging. But the point is, that for good or ill, the bitching or showering of accolades doesn't have the same appeal. Especially when it backfires, for lack of a better term. Does it mean I'll never review anything ever again? Well, "never" only works for Peter Pan. Does it negate the merits of the first season (in the case of <i>Teen Wolf</i> for example) so as to not warrant the review? No, of course not. I just have a particular fondness for werewolves and the 1985 film. (I'd been in high school, okay?) Had a moment of werewolf-like slashing there.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXIHZfL0CmVjkw8PSynWLtdGguto3EymbFOx7VsZe-j7xcUS5infdMeuSjKxqcAPZssJM5k0H130g1i-nbMgcPTnQTEMiwrBhN4eKEjV9Fzmeylnm35Qc-6B6K9l4o_B4jvGS1-EMPlY/s1600/''Bedford''+Pan+PPNW.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXIHZfL0CmVjkw8PSynWLtdGguto3EymbFOx7VsZe-j7xcUS5infdMeuSjKxqcAPZssJM5k0H130g1i-nbMgcPTnQTEMiwrBhN4eKEjV9Fzmeylnm35Qc-6B6K9l4o_B4jvGS1-EMPlY/s200/''Bedford''+Pan+PPNW.png" width="200" /></a>And as for Peter Pan? Sure, there's been plenty that's come to the window. But again, given my good-intentioned (or wildly obsessive, take your pick) purist nature regarding the eternal boy of Barrie... well, all it ever winds up is as another rant on the contradictive elements. Which most times are immediately evident. So do I draw attention to the works that, in my opinion [and some others I know], ignore the sanctity of literature? At the very least it's disrespect of a fellow artist, not to mention a renowned one. Not sure if I should or not.<br />
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What I do know is it always makes me sad. And it reads as nothing but hateful.<br />
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So, to sum up, I tend to always have to remind myself of a quote from one of my favorite films <i>L.A.Story: </i><br />
<span style="color: blue;">I don't think you realize how unattractive hate is. </span>- Harris K. Telemacher<br />
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Yes, I will still write posts. Things are bound to come up that are worth mentioning. Personally I like finding obscurities, sharing new perspectives or analyzing Barrie's boy the best. When such gems come my way, I'll post.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhUWJXaRMQsTax2t-Y_SMgECOt95WbDAft3oRnXN9_Dyq-iqmdOLzJcgWe8_kRS3pbeXRieDRgTVON3SZgF3OmIHvLxSyd_JOZ68LHBdpZVY54L7FmQdvAnSFGjp39PR1o0ANpVUrtC4/s1600/once-upon-a-time.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhUWJXaRMQsTax2t-Y_SMgECOt95WbDAft3oRnXN9_Dyq-iqmdOLzJcgWe8_kRS3pbeXRieDRgTVON3SZgF3OmIHvLxSyd_JOZ68LHBdpZVY54L7FmQdvAnSFGjp39PR1o0ANpVUrtC4/s200/once-upon-a-time.jpg" width="200" /></a>Oh - if you're wondering: No, I do not watch <i>Once Upon a Time in Wonderland</i>. Honestly? Simply? It didn't seem my cup of tea for Alice adventures. And yes, yes I did watch the past season of <i>Once Upon a Time</i> which took place nearly entirely in the Neverland. Did I like it? I bet you can guess. The answer is 'yes & no.' Again, it's a re-working of it, so it took liberties. Given that freedom to reinvent, it had good form and bad form. All in all, it worked well. I intend to write more. Maybe I'll post a rant.Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-42139766437038580712013-08-16T16:08:00.000-05:002013-08-20T17:30:31.841-05:00Nosey About the Nursery<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvm15zYdNirDISbHAd3iPQNJJ2DeKj2m1lvVLOQGZJX4mx2gNH9uC7_ie0X3xF4gvffY9dkdzHUYsYD1s_Cv66MRF8_s5h48TjvB-tKa-dcfXsS1hAtIzQrVXlO2_Gfo_vGbp5GhCPVI/s1600/ppnursery_pan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvm15zYdNirDISbHAd3iPQNJJ2DeKj2m1lvVLOQGZJX4mx2gNH9uC7_ie0X3xF4gvffY9dkdzHUYsYD1s_Cv66MRF8_s5h48TjvB-tKa-dcfXsS1hAtIzQrVXlO2_Gfo_vGbp5GhCPVI/s400/ppnursery_pan.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">You know how it’s Wendy’s last night in the nursery when
Peter Pan comes to take her away?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I don’t.</span></div>
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It’s not in Barrie, folks. Neither book nor play.</div>
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Disney seems to have concocted this wrinkle as well.</div>
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Nowhere in Barrie’s texts does it suggest Wendy is being
made to grow up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither Mr. Darling nor
Mrs. Darling approach (or even reproach) Wendy about her time in the nursery.</div>
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But as with many other <a href="http://www.petervonbrown.blogspot.com/p/misconceptions-about-peter-pan.html" target="_blank">errors</a>, it has become ingrained into
popular thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>P.J. Hogan, too, used
this concept in his, the only live-action [& not silent] motion picture of
Barrie’s tale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I did enjoy the
added<span style="color: blue;">*</span> character of Aunt Millicent who wished to impart her womanly knowledge
on Wendy by taking her away from the nursery, I wish Hogan had not done the
“last night” shtick.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">*</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">or rather replacement for Liza the Maid</span></div>
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To me, the actual
story makes the situation all the creepier.</div>
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Consider that in the popular skewed scenario, Wendy has
cause to leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, she’s being
made to do something she supposedly doesn’t want to do - become an adult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So she retaliates by flying off with Peter
Pan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s afraid/angry/curious/take
your pick!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For she’s not really any of
those emotions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t go for that
reason at all!</div>
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Think about it the other (ahem! actual) way - Wendy &
her brothers leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without
warning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without being admonished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[Unless one counts the debacle with Nana, but
that’s not an incident to incite children to run/fly away.]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wendy leaves because she wants to go be a
mother and have adventures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So she
abandons her own mother to do so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There’s no “This will show them!” or “They don’t really want me!”
mindset involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She leaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just before Xmas, mind you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much
darker than one might first realize, no?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just like the rest of the story.</div>
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So please let Wendy not be fearful that she’ll grow up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s in her nature to do so, just as it’s in
Peter’s to not.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">UPDATE</span></b></span>: So much to recall in Barrie! When my friend and colleague Andrea Jones (author of <a href="http://www.reginettapress.com/hookandjill/" target="_blank">The <i>Hook & Jill</i> Saga</a>) read this, she reminded me that Barrie does indeed have a line which tells us Wendy did not fear the fate of adulthood. Must have sunk in to me, even if I didn't recall it specifically: <span style="color: blue;"><span class="null">You need not be sorry for her. She was one of the
kind that likes to grow up. In the end she grew up of her own free will a
day quicker than other girls.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">On which hand does the captain have a hook instead?</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeyo1GOT-0ebumM-ER4vNWlLc-FVTldaBmoH9ODcjIHZgqNaCncD0X1rasIrpYo1XtJI8re15p1ttGhYJcoGGuYwtPzYi8qQHNgvjUTyuA87OYXMH378FsKsDocnch1XlCdNqQkVwyVI/s1600/Jason-Isaacs-as-Captain-Hook-jason-isaacs-13665402-269-400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeyo1GOT-0ebumM-ER4vNWlLc-FVTldaBmoH9ODcjIHZgqNaCncD0X1rasIrpYo1XtJI8re15p1ttGhYJcoGGuYwtPzYi8qQHNgvjUTyuA87OYXMH378FsKsDocnch1XlCdNqQkVwyVI/s400/Jason-Isaacs-as-Captain-Hook-jason-isaacs-13665402-269-400.jpg" width="268" /></a> </div>
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This is one (among many) pet peeves I have regarding
people’s perception of the Peter Pan story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Seemingly invariably, people tend to be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most likely because of the majority of Captain
Hook depictions on stage and screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually they show the left hand with the claw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, it’s likely that would-be Hooks can’t swordfight with their left
hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it’s a detail that’s
switched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wrong image/idea becomes ingrained in
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My new (relatively, I’ve known him months now) friend
Darling had not been sure which hand the infamous pirate lord sported his
menacing iron.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he didn’t want me to
tell him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wanted to reason it
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He DID!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Correctly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Assuming James to be
part of the right-handed majority trait from the start, the hook would HAVE
to be the right hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Darling figured that James fought valiantly
with it against his foes, and therefore that hand would be prominently in
position for hacking off. </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Besides this simple
logic, there’s the bit that Darling does not yet know: The issue of infliction rather than circumstance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cutting off someone’s hand is ‘wrong’ enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet when it’s the most often used hand, the one
which allows someone to function (let alone swordfight), it’s something else
entirely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not only problematic, but
more humiliating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of us realize
that part of the reason Hook is bloodthirsty for Pan stems from the fact that
the flying urchin mutilated him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
Peter had chopped off his left, it would have been dreadful, but not as
debilitating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pan knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So whack went the hand on the right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t work the other way.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Side Note</b>:<span> </span>Jason
Isaacs [the best Hook!] had been asked if he had swordfight training.<span> </span>Of course, said he.<span> </span>“With your left hand?” came the follow-up
question.<span> </span>And so, Isaacs learned to
fight with his other hand instead.<span>
</span>Bravo.<span> </span>Thanks for not “copping
out”, director P.J. Hogan and Jason Isaacs!</span></div>
Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-87787648517381278652013-07-13T14:23:00.001-05:002013-07-13T14:23:53.806-05:00Revising MySELF & My Work...<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What have I
been up to?</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Lots,
actually.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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I’ve been
rather busy in both the areas of pleasure and work.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLBvDUoj6HCEf-13Bi9_b4SidMsAw-OHrgMblrY3lHatCodbCtt2KhIjkbyhHJB_ObMPTj2lwwonULsOlZvM_rwkv8Mh6u8AeH9Giq9Rz2YGBuvpwTEiBufJwrp6_TMHTNKNCdqDvIL0/s1600/PeterV.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLBvDUoj6HCEf-13Bi9_b4SidMsAw-OHrgMblrY3lHatCodbCtt2KhIjkbyhHJB_ObMPTj2lwwonULsOlZvM_rwkv8Mh6u8AeH9Giq9Rz2YGBuvpwTEiBufJwrp6_TMHTNKNCdqDvIL0/s320/PeterV.png" width="297" /></a>First off, I
suppose I should talk about the drawing here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Obviously it’s just the ‘cartoon’ of me from up on the left tweaked to
reflect my new haircut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn't seem know what to do with it these days, and I’d been letting it grow out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few months back the joy of it became a
chore and -sinp- cut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I'd rekindled my passion for hats. </span>Since then,
I’ve made a new friend, Darling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
suggested I go shorter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said, I
didn’t have any particular way I wanted my hair to go at this point, so I
ventured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I don't use the hats anymore, at least not right now. </span>I’ll change the upper left picture
eventually.</div>
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So some of
my time is filled hanging out with Darling, and that, coupled with the general wonder,
events and surprises one encounters in Life accounts for the pleasure I spoke
about.</div>
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On the “work”
side I re-read two of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is that
work?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure, when your intention is polishing
and revising.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A bittersweet sort of
work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I of course, then, needed the
queries to go with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One never knows
and it’s easy to get too close to it, but I feel them to be solid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many approaches, angles and the like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Special thanks to Doodles who took an axe to
one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So much better!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so,
I am now ready begin the grueling process yet one more time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already have, in fact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did the required homework and I’ll be
submitting any day now.</div>
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I’ve also
been working on, for a lack of a better term, a special edition of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peter Pan’s NeverWorld</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will include annotations, other artwork
& more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s often on the backburner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I do return to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now I’m focused on the querying.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboraqEq-4RHiwW7u3ulKc__yux4u7rvAHvajzxmgS7HUI5TFICo9DZbNdFg-UQ1u23Ayocimzm79gpVNPEwdeaLq2HOYS3PBVICw_xLquwerXjiOq-ZvEJhTYfNQUtHC-yFPIANlxDOo/s1600/Princess+Alice+copy.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboraqEq-4RHiwW7u3ulKc__yux4u7rvAHvajzxmgS7HUI5TFICo9DZbNdFg-UQ1u23Ayocimzm79gpVNPEwdeaLq2HOYS3PBVICw_xLquwerXjiOq-ZvEJhTYfNQUtHC-yFPIANlxDOo/s200/Princess+Alice+copy.png" width="145" /></a>And in the
category that’s a little of Column A & a little of Column B, Darling and I
had become mildly obsessed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for a time
with “Princess Alice” – a character from a serious psychological study by Jesse
Bering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>It’s designed to examine how children’s behavior
is affected by an invisible person watching over them. The Princess Alice Effect
shows that children are less likely to cheat when they believe in an invisible
figure looming over them. There's more to the study than that, as it also explores at what age and how complex cognitive processes form.</div>
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Anyway,
given my penchant to wonder and immerse myself, Darling and I have been
pontificating about the nature of the character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoy over-analyzing the sparse
information we have about Princess Alice, trying to glean the nuances of her psyche,
powers and the like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It also yields deep probing into the nature of reality. </span>Please understand
that it’s all for amusement and yet we mean no disrespect to Bering, his work or
the study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the contrary, we were
rather taken with it,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hence our desire to expand & create with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Darling’s lightly considering composing a
piece inspired by Princess Alice and I hope to write out the notes and ideas we
have as an essay, with the citation/justification for the claims of her
highness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe one day for both
projects!<br />
<br />
After all,
the chatter of other characters is never (thankfully!) turned off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always plunking away at the other books in my head,
too… more tales of the NeverWorld and other books’ sequels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m leaning toward one in particular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, it would be book three of the very
book I’ll be submitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found some
writing scraps <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>lost in the shuffle and
it rather got me thinking…<br />
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By the way,
here’s a <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/video-of-the-week/2012/09/06/the-princess-alice-effect/" target="_blank">link </a>to how the study appeared on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Through
the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman</i>.</div>
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Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-52752828554856190792013-06-11T15:34:00.001-05:002013-06-11T15:36:20.358-05:00A Super Detail<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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However, I'm going to go see <em>Man of Steel</em>, but ONLY because I want to see how it's handled given the intentions of the film. By which I mean: It's a just a Superman movie. Don't ask if it relates to the other versions - it doesn't. It's not really based any you already know. Don't expect a flat-out & full origin story, a la a reboot. It's a different take in that his secret identity is Superman, not Clark Kent. (Think about it. He's been brought up/taught not to use his powers. They're too dangerous/conspicuous/etc. Thus, he has a difficult time adjusting to everyone's "love"/appreciation of his powers. Nice way to make him vulnerable, no?) Also because of the horrendous, insipid, lousy and incomprehensibly bad <em>Superman Returns</em>, I want to see this character redeemed, as the filmmakers also reportedly set out to accomplish. I'm cheering for them to do it. He may be lackluster in my eyes, but this famed character deserves better. Otherwise I could not care less about him or any other superhero. (The only exception is Thor. I still want/need Norse myth on-screen, even if it is the Marvel version. Thus, I'm looking forward to <em>Thor: The Dark World</em>) </div>
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Anyway, as the 'Man of Steel' is popping up everywhere now, a query popped up in my mind. It's a very simple question, but it causes a great deal of trouble to the logistics of the mythos.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How does Superman/Clark get his hair cut, nails trimmed, etc.?</span></div>
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Technically he can't. He's invulnerable. Bullets bounce off and knives curl on his body. So how is it ever possible to groom himself? Oops.</div>
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It's a minor detail, yes. But it's always in the details.</div>
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Storytellers must and should and cannot ignore them by any means.</div>
Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-59158926803722445992013-05-19T15:17:00.001-05:002013-05-19T15:18:31.250-05:00Scooby DONE, It Again!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XBPTxzKtQihVhzKNeAtjks32ns0Qy8Sup4xpTQl9fMwTfOfPJ5P4_axUMAoR-2VhcpyQf3DRyTrltyzuTeC0AwJL8DVvhFdX6Uy2KKvKmUECHQ38Kp0vycoWjHrJHwqD8y7mQ9hcF6k/s1600/scoobydoomysteryincorporated.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XBPTxzKtQihVhzKNeAtjks32ns0Qy8Sup4xpTQl9fMwTfOfPJ5P4_axUMAoR-2VhcpyQf3DRyTrltyzuTeC0AwJL8DVvhFdX6Uy2KKvKmUECHQ38Kp0vycoWjHrJHwqD8y7mQ9hcF6k/s400/scoobydoomysteryincorporated.jpg" width="266" /></a>I’ve expressed before how delighted I am with the latest
incarnation of Scooby Doo, <i>Mystery Incorporated</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now has come
the time to report on it once again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
it ended!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And what a treat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain.</div>
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The show’s return surprised me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TiVo of course knew it would be on and voila,
it appeared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then another, every day
thereafter for a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I noticed two
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps you recall that one of
the great strides this version takes is the introduction of an overlying story,
an arc that plays out amid the standard type of episode we expect from a Scooby
Doo show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, the overall story being
told seemed to be drawing to a close.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
would have been quite surprised if it didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
Everything in it all pointed toward the last episode being nigh. </span>Especially due to the other bit I noticed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Chapter number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chapter 50 proved not far away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then it came, but we did not get to the
end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know how it is - expanding the
climax to greater glory, and then the denouement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d talked to my best friend Laughter about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’d not been able to follow the
show, but liked it very much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>High
praise, believe you me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I told him
that it appeared to be ending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He liked
the idea of it resolving, but felt sad that there wouldn’t be anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For I wound up making that clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wouldn't just end… it aimed to end the whole thing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Scooby Doo story, over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or it seemed it would, at the very
least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reply, paraphrased, “No more
shows???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it’s so good!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said how I wouldn’t WANT more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love Finite Cartoons and it just wouldn’t
feel right because I’d expected a great shebang closing.</div>
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Well, it turns out that I’d been mostly right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>50 seemed the logical choice of episodes, but
then, 52 cards in a deck is more like a clue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not of anything in particular, just for the fun sake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>52 episodes it turned out to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And what a triumph!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fantastic bit of storytelling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had so much to love – from callbacks to
other episodes, to pathos, to exciting and gut-wrenching scenes, the perfect
use of “Scooby Doo!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where are you!?” and
parts that made you watch in horror because you never thought you’d see it
happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really liked it, can you
tell?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then we get to the end. I’d
been right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s difficult to explain
without ruining it, but the whole premise of the Scooby Doo programs is no
longer valid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The larger mystery of it all
is solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I cheered as Fred
actually said, “Okay gang, let’s solve this Uber Mystery!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But guess what.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The writers proved themselves one last
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In an unexpected maneuver of plot that
calls back to what drew me into this version in the first place, they set up a
sequel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t roll your eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new premise, a callback itself, is one
that I cannot wait to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bring it on,
Mystery Inc.!</div>
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Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-19152546212254289392013-05-13T20:19:00.002-05:002013-05-13T20:19:51.541-05:00Twice Upon a Barrie-Land<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZnVQeY8OPKqofiCJgYd7IxWsyeHooWVXNoGkU5wAXCRD6x1B3yOKvRMWggfFARnupN41BZM0PWwgPQlpO8FdvwT8bcRw6vxZDl5PjPEBxtclqZXUE3MAqiJX7ZgidXjSK8mOvbw_zFs/s1600/IMG_1187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZnVQeY8OPKqofiCJgYd7IxWsyeHooWVXNoGkU5wAXCRD6x1B3yOKvRMWggfFARnupN41BZM0PWwgPQlpO8FdvwT8bcRw6vxZDl5PjPEBxtclqZXUE3MAqiJX7ZgidXjSK8mOvbw_zFs/s320/IMG_1187.JPG" width="320" /></a>There's more to report about how the TV series <i>Once Upon a Time</i> is handling the most famous work of Sir J.M. Barrie. This post has spoilers, so be warned. The first post is <a href="http://www.petervonbrown.blogspot.com/2013/05/once-upon-barrie-land.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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This episode is a direct extension of the previous. Its title completes the "directions to the Neverland." I have that in quotes for two reasons: 1) they're using Disney's addition of the word "star" 2) they're not really the correct directions anyway. At any rate, <i>Second Star to the Right</i> led into <i>And Straight in 'Til Morning</i>. [There should be a "then" in there, without the apostrophed "till" but who's counting? ;) ]<br />
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Here's what we discover:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Wry_xp61YNibPDt91m139a3bTmtWbFGHwe78mH8S9jsjEhsN56zahZjwds0Ct09sVT5aqRPeBQSo9b971ss9jgEMGo27EDBYbEwVg5U0FMZ-1BhbRA3wPUE0Rm88RUfNpGP2uipOx60/s1600/IMG_1188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Wry_xp61YNibPDt91m139a3bTmtWbFGHwe78mH8S9jsjEhsN56zahZjwds0Ct09sVT5aqRPeBQSo9b971ss9jgEMGo27EDBYbEwVg5U0FMZ-1BhbRA3wPUE0Rm88RUfNpGP2uipOx60/s200/IMG_1188.JPG" width="200" /></a>We do see the island, sort of, for we finally reach its shore. In fact, as you can see, it's also the fantasy element shown this time amid the woods in the opening. Okay, remember the character I'd mentioned who went in place of a Darling boy and fell into the ocean when struggling with the Shadow/Pan? And I'd thought he'd be a pirate, then? Well, he won't be. You see, the boy pieces together that Hook is responsible for taking his mother away back in the land he came from and therefore wants nothing to do with the captain. A little more on this kid in a bit.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2diMX6kG3vaB0wUjNYNWNQCgZU0LXT9k7o9qMAsXHMUxrGEzH1i73wseRH9G5rzLaYx0Wz0XPYPWAtj9WBWx7El9fUjDWkYRWAc-F6upn4C2BpaOFN0qOFLp3ismKKZut53Ww_rr_8ec/s1600/IMG_1186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2diMX6kG3vaB0wUjNYNWNQCgZU0LXT9k7o9qMAsXHMUxrGEzH1i73wseRH9G5rzLaYx0Wz0XPYPWAtj9WBWx7El9fUjDWkYRWAc-F6upn4C2BpaOFN0qOFLp3ismKKZut53Ww_rr_8ec/s320/IMG_1186.JPG" width="320" /></a>We also see "The Lost Ones." They've dropped the word "boys" for "ones." I like it, for it makes it more intimidating. And that's definitely the vibe they're going for here. Besides that, they've got them in their early teens, if not teenagers. So they're not exactly mere boys. Oh - at least for now they do not fly. They approach by ship. The Lost Ones have a reputation in this world. You don't want them to show up, they're feared. They pester Hook because they think he's harboring the boy that fell into the ocean. At the time he is, but hides the boy from them. Smee (introduced into the show before Hook, for the record) expresses his concern about having any dealings with the kid. He says, "What if the boy belongs to him?" And the way he says it invokes a capital H. "He'll be looking for us. He knows this land better than we do." Interesting, no? Who could he be talking about? I knew right away. I bet you do, too.<br />
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Moving on, from what we have to gather, the infamous immortal boy of the island is not in fact just that truly scary Shadow from the other episode. The Lost Ones tell Hook that He will rip your shadow from you as a punishment and it is reportedly very painful. So it would seem the Shadow goes and fetches for a real boy, the leader of the Lost Ones. But where is the real evidence?<br />
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Right around the bend. Okay, the boy from the other world escapes Hook and is found washed ashore by the Lost Ones. They examine him, but apparently He is looking for a particular boy. It turns out he's not the boy they need. One asks if they will ever find him. Another replies, "Of course we will. It make take time, but Peter Pan never fails." Ah! He does exist by that name! And he's looking for none other than the main boy character from the series, of course.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNvhnov8YC9bCXDQkS9VWYjYKnenCBPBwulo8cmmd-JsdPLUeRtTHoUXqsUiePxtmF25WjRbp3mnueobHmEtEQK3guN7xdpr5m9jxD9-u4VkI8BYRXwTDs2HCYm7fBGtAL42uZ4qsEnM/s1600/IMG_1189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNvhnov8YC9bCXDQkS9VWYjYKnenCBPBwulo8cmmd-JsdPLUeRtTHoUXqsUiePxtmF25WjRbp3mnueobHmEtEQK3guN7xdpr5m9jxD9-u4VkI8BYRXwTDs2HCYm7fBGtAL42uZ4qsEnM/s320/IMG_1189.JPG" width="320" /></a>To add more spice to this spooky spin, on their way to the Neverland via a portal (which they could only open with Hook's help!), Rumpelstiltskin says they (the other characters) have no idea who they're dealing with...and when is asked "Who's that?" the response is "Someone we all should fear." Think about that for a second. This is the Dark One saying to fear! Granted, Rumplestiltskin has mellowed out a bit given his time as Mr. Gold in Storybrooke, and his literal (pun noted) relation to the other characters by blood and escapades - but he is still to be feared in his own right. And yet, he's warning them. Truth is the previous paragraph's events take place after this one's. Know what that means? He's talking about Peter Pan!<br />
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And so it seems that Peter Pan, in a new and twisted incarnation, will be the "Big Bad" for at least part of the next season. For this had been the finale, and we are left hanging with the characters on their way to rescue the main character boy from his clutches. I, for one, am very curious how they'll handle and depict Pan. I bet it will be delightful. Too bad we'll have to wait until the Fall!<br />
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<br />Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-3981093226827232062013-05-13T09:25:00.000-05:002013-05-13T09:25:00.511-05:00Sound the Buzzer, Not a Bell<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAETemVp0jbfSWy7IhyRdcEamrqONkhaLfrEBTa7wRa58fpovaxTBu0JloOt4UA1bS7wF-QSxAJ0IlggqIP7SYd7xUx3uc_i60Z0yqi2xZ-yyweIV5vINrV12gbvqVYZiTirwnHHm_80w/s1600/IMG_0876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAETemVp0jbfSWy7IhyRdcEamrqONkhaLfrEBTa7wRa58fpovaxTBu0JloOt4UA1bS7wF-QSxAJ0IlggqIP7SYd7xUx3uc_i60Z0yqi2xZ-yyweIV5vINrV12gbvqVYZiTirwnHHm_80w/s320/IMG_0876.JPG" width="238" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">I captured this bit of reality a significant while ago now when I'd been out with Buttercup. I think it's easy enough to figure out where, given what can be seen in the photo edges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Note that Barrie's most famous fairy is listed among other great literary characters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's also spelled wrong. It's two words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Oops.</span><br />
<br />Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-21253491948781784872013-05-10T08:57:00.001-05:002013-05-10T08:57:45.008-05:00Pan & the Pyramid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Jeopardy! </i>isn't the only game show that likes to <a href="http://petervonbrown.blogspot.com/search?q=jeopardy" target="_blank">mention</a> Peter Pan!<br />
Here he is on the original PYRAMIDs. <br />
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But Pan's been around a good long while - and the new PYRAMID has him at the apex, too.<br />
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[I stopped watching the new one, though. It's just not the same. Maybe it's because it needs Dick Clark?] </div>
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<br />Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-22798450754082072162013-05-09T00:01:00.000-05:002013-05-09T10:39:19.740-05:00A "Charmed Digit" [3] over 150!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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Truly, what else can I say?</div>
I certainly hope I've done him proud.<br />
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Thank you, Sir!</div>
Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-80722763425490186382013-05-05T21:33:00.002-05:002013-05-05T21:39:54.573-05:00Once Upon a Barrie-Land<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This post contains spoilers about the TV show <i>Once Upon a
Time</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proceed at your own risk.<br />
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I’ve made it known before that I enjoy ABC’s <i>Once Upon a
Time</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a clever and fresh
take on fairy tales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, once upon a
time, they expanded the definition by including the Lewis Carroll Alice
tales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little later on, Dr. Frankenstein
came into the mix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet it still remained
as fantastic as the stories from which it borrowed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a nutshell, “The Mad Hatter” explains to
the skeptic character that all stories are histories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re just told differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our ‘actual’ history, in other words,
probably lost something of pure truth in the writing of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speaking sort of metaphorically, all worlds
can be peeked into, or semblances of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this
way, we can allow for the spins on characters and events that we thought we
knew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The creators of tales heard
whispers and tried to get it right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe they did, maybe they didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of course, this only works within such a construct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Separate <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peter
and Wendy</i> and it becomes law until itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It can’t be told differently or contradicted or re-imagined… not unto its
own telling as told by the author.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the show does allow for deviations and it’s in this way that<i> Once Upon a Time</i> finally fully approached the Neverland.</div>
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With some rather unexpected results!</div>
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from the Neverland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although we do know
(and saw him chart a course for) the infamous isle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[<i>Once Upon a Time</i> utilizes flashbacks to
fully tell and realize their story.]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their Hook is meant to make us swoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He’s much younger with good looks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And his personality is sort of Jack Sparrow mellowed out with a touch of
Barrie’s evil man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hook is on the
incorrect hand, but then, it’s correct for Disney’s version and this is a
production under their jurisdiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An
interesting variation and major change is that Peter Pan did not cut off the
captain’s hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, not here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather it had been the crocodile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Except the crocodile isn’t an animal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a man with scaly skin, none other than
the show’s Dark One himself, Rumpelstiltskin, who’d been thwarted by the pirate
earlier in life before obtaining his magical power<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">. </span>The way I figure it,
Peter would convince himself he cropped off the hand and bragged as such, thus
the tale came to be. For a whole season or so we’ve been wondering about the Neverland
and Peter Pan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lemonie and I, and
probably a slew of others, suspected a character as being Pan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> He even recognized and disliked seeing Hook. </span>But, we were wrong.
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Well, they finally showed us how both the boy and the island
manifestation in this version of fantasy on the episode “Second Star to
the Right.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Naturally they used Disney insertions
into the tale of Peter Pan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second
star to the right is one of two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, despite the title, it is never spoken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We see
a “second star” flash when Wendy is taken away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And yes, I phrased it that way on purpose. For the living shadow is the
other Disney touch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet another
unexpected twist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just the
shadow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s no boy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s never referred to as Peter nor Pan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Only the magic shadow. Yet we </span>can see that he’s dressed in leaves. Though Wendy wants to go (and it’s
just her, by the way, not her brothers, too) the shadow forcibly drags her
away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had been warned by a boy she’d
been harboring in the house unbeknownst to her parents. (I didn’t know the
nursery had a hidden compartment either, but it’s quite Barrie-like!) And oh –
this boy happens to be from another world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(This character fell into ours through a portal too many moons ago in
the overall story.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He fears magic, but
away Wendy goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She comes back,
though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And mentions the mermaids and
fairies…and the darkness at night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
then describes the cries of children wanting to go home. But the shadow won’t
let them leave!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She escaped because it
wanted a boy (imagine that!) and she said it could take one of her
brothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The boy from the Enchanted
Forest (the main place the storybook characters in the show came from) tries to
defend them but ultimately goes instead to save the Darling Family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(The boy lost both his parents, so it’s
important to him.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He fights the rapidly and dangerously flying shadow
along the way, though, and plunges into the sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s picked up by Captain Hook.</div>
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As for the Neverland itself, we don’t get to see it other
than glooming in the distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
disappointed in that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For their version
needed to have it mysterious and foreboding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Overall, I rather liked this take on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A recurring theme and line of the show all throughout has been “Magic
comes with a price” so I enjoyed making the Neverland and its child thief as
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBvc-0B4WmVt-w-wNtD4Au4U7N4cuL50T-08umaacMMTCMaPBMYW_ByYCKtIbJqn7j2TOqMkjbWMNxMBkYu9bYo_X0mAKZntxGG51U0Z2IiBRvPHI2-_y4BNcJE3cAaIW0UZ4kJshbEU/s1600/ouat27.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBvc-0B4WmVt-w-wNtD4Au4U7N4cuL50T-08umaacMMTCMaPBMYW_ByYCKtIbJqn7j2TOqMkjbWMNxMBkYu9bYo_X0mAKZntxGG51U0Z2IiBRvPHI2-_y4BNcJE3cAaIW0UZ4kJshbEU/s320/ouat27.png" width="320" /></a>Lastly, I’d like to say the portrayal of the Darlings is wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They certainly “looked” like them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And how wonderful to weave in more of Barrie
by having Mrs. Darling all too welcoming and ready to have another little one
join the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, Mr. Darling
had two shillings to say about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
in the end, Mrs. Darling won out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any
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Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-20790160796297507792013-05-01T00:00:00.000-05:002013-05-01T01:34:59.135-05:00Peter Pan 101<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The "magically appearing overnight" statue of the infamous boy from Sir J.M. Barrie's most beloved tale has now seen a myriad of nights since then. One hundred and one years of them, in fact.<br />
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That's me there... in "painture." I'm holding a picture of what Barrie had envisioned for the statue from George Frampton. But, you can't win them all. For the record, I'm back to wearing hats.<br />
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I've posted further information as well as my opinions of the statue over the years. But no matter which lens is used, I'll not ever be able to discredit the sheer grandeur of craftsmanship and detail of the statue itself. But more importantly, nothing will ever diminish the pure magic of the that moment.<br />
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Other posts on this date: <a href="http://petervonbrown.blogspot.com/2008/05/96-years-ago-today.html" target="_blank">2008</a> <a href="http://petervonbrown.blogspot.com/2009/05/still-standing.html" target="_blank">2009</a> <a href="http://www.petervonbrown.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-still-there.html" target="_blank">2010</a> <a href="http://www.petervonbrown.blogspot.com/2011/05/for-nearly-century-now.html" target="_blank">2011</a> <a href="http://www.petervonbrown.blogspot.com/2012/05/peter-pan-is-100-again.html" target="_blank">2012</a>Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-664546581535810012013-04-19T11:30:00.002-05:002013-04-19T11:30:34.819-05:00Play THIS One on the Pipes, Pan!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Just a picture of an island -<br />
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If you’re not aware, “I Am a Rock” is a song by the great duo Simon & Garfunkel. Naturally, I had to look up the lyrics. Too bad that some of them don’t fit very well with Pan, but much of it does. Perhaps the only one that is completely unlike Pan is a disdain of laughter. (What a horrid notion anyway!) The others can at least be chalked up to metaphor such as having books - [in many cases] these are just stories, and he loves those. And the "Don't talk of love" set brings to mind the <em>Fairy Dance</em> scene in Hogan's version.</div>
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<strong>I Am a Rock</strong><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Simon & Garfunkel</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>A winter's day <br />
In a deep and dark December; <br />
I am alone, <br />
Gazing from my window to the streets below <br />
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. <br />
I am a rock, I am an island. <br />
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I've built walls, <br />
A fortress deep and mighty, <br />
That none may penetrate. <br />
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. <br />
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. <br />
I am a rock, I am an island. <br />
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Don't talk of love, <br />
But I've heard the words before; <br />
It's sleeping in my memory. <br />
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. <br />
If I never loved I never would have cried. <br />
I am a rock, I am an island. <br />
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I have my books <br />
And my poetry to protect me; <br />
I am shielded in my armor, <br />
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. <br />
I touch no one and no one touches me. <br />
I am a rock, I am an island. <br />
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And a rock feels no pain; <br />
And an island never cries.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/My9I8q-iJCI" width="420"></iframe>Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-52075520778077039412013-04-16T23:36:00.001-05:002013-04-16T23:36:52.557-05:00PANcil Drawing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How did P.J. Hogan reveal to Jeremy Sumpter that he'd gotten the role of Peter Pan?<br />
He showed him a drawing and asked him who it is. Jeremy replied with the obvious. Peter Pan.<br />
But the sketch depicted him, said Hogan.<br />
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Pretty cool. I like the drawing. My only critique is that he looks rather tall. Also note that Pan apparently had wraps on his feet as part of the design. I can see the probable need, and the logic. But I'm glad they chose to eliminate them. Barefoot is just much more in tune with rough and tumble Peter.<br />
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Thanks for sharing this pic, Mark Robert. He's Sumpter's manager and you can see this photo and much more at the official <a href="http://www.jeremysumpter.com/photo_gallery.html" target="_blank">site</a>. I'd been curious what the drawing looked like ever since I'd heard about it. I think it's on the extras in the DVD. Or else it had been during a promotional interview. I don't remember... it's been nearly a decade since the film came out!<br />
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At any rate, always a delight to see a nicely done drawing of the eternal boy. And even better to see an historic one! (That label too much for you? Don't forget he's the first Pan on film that's not silent, filmed on a theatrical stage or animated. Not to mention the first seen boy in the role on film.) <br />
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It’s the 306 anniversary of his birth date. Euler, a Swiss mathematician and physicist, pioneered and made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. Already hurts my head. (I’m not a math person!)</div>
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So why do I bother remarking on it?</div>
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I discovered the accidental reference after having written the book. Perhaps sadly, Frankie Euler isn’t anywhere near the mental level of his non-namesake. But I like him anyway. </div>
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The book in question, by the way, is <i>What If It’s a Trick Question?</i> and it can currently be read online at <span class="st">Authonomy </span>. The link is in the left sidebar column. Not sure if it's going to be there much longer or not - so start reading what's been called my masterpiece by some, and meet Franklin Euler for yourself.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">*As always, my drawings, deemed either good or bad in quality/skill/etc., are primarily for my amusement only.</span></div>
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Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-15434514986598252162013-04-07T08:17:00.001-05:002013-04-07T08:18:06.823-05:00The Realm of Barrie?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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that never diminishes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beyond that,
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about the world that Barrie created and about Barrie himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks for that, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Glad to help when I can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still
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the play and screenplay, with the weight certainly upon the former two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then take
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Jill</i> <span id="goog_834556817"></span></a>Saga.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her books skillfully chart
another course for the classic tale without losing sight of or respect for
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They extend the “world of Barrie” in
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Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-47578321738044487092013-03-24T08:50:00.001-05:002013-03-24T08:52:50.855-05:00A Little Inky<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGyAmeYefX43cax4jx3jvaiQsXoDVIVJOsybm6P9zP7TUDBSd_athdv5CaRRsUmUZO_HlCzPbpKe2lLO04hGcmCAD4oyv_G3aekfDfPiVQ_vRfTpdW6G_crt5EEeofFjF9BsK-VliUx4/s1600/Haunt.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGyAmeYefX43cax4jx3jvaiQsXoDVIVJOsybm6P9zP7TUDBSd_athdv5CaRRsUmUZO_HlCzPbpKe2lLO04hGcmCAD4oyv_G3aekfDfPiVQ_vRfTpdW6G_crt5EEeofFjF9BsK-VliUx4/s200/Haunt.png" width="154" /></a>I just might have come up with the title for my on-again-off-again "ghost story" novel. I have it in quotes because it's not your typical entry into the genre. Many parts of it have been or are elusive for me. Some have been solved, others explored - yet the title has always been not even a ghostly vapor. But I think the Muses have granted me what it shall be called. Maybe I'll revisit what I've got on virtual paper for that book.<br />
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Speaking of revisiting, I've also been on the NeverWorld. I had a re-read of what currently amounts to Book Two. I had begun writing it too many moons ago. So many that counting in moons makes no sense. I'd probably not seen it for a decade. I'd put it down when the window shut. Since then I've had some ideas for it and the next book (and other beyond three). I also, of course, reworked my original writings of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Pan-Betwixt---Between-Brown/dp/1468027077/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364132770&sr=1-1&keywords=Peter+Pan%3A+Betwixt-and-Between" target="_blank"><i>Peter Pan: Betwixt-and-Between</i></a>. But I'd actually been writing both of them at the same time. I'd bounce back and forth from the mid-past to the far-future from the story that began on stage. Well, a little while ago I felt an itch to bounce (Calm down, Pogocat!) back onto the magical planet.<br />
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I won't lie. It's terrible. But that's only a half truth. The story isn't terrible. It's the execution of it. But then, I'm being hard on myself. It's a relief to remember it's a mere first draft. I'd just been unfolding the story onto paper, heedless of craft. But it's also a fact that I can't help but try and shape it as it should be as I go. Attempts at emulating Barrie abound but I could see right through them. It just needs some tinkering there and lots of rewrites and cuts elsewhere.<br />
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The story, on the other hand, is still quite fun in my opinion. It has the same feel as the first book in that many characters are running/flying around engaged in various activities, shifting in and out of the situations which are actually all tied to the main event. I'm once again borrowing from folklore for this tale. A really interesting character shows up. I wish I could say I invented all of the quirks and traits. But it certainly is a blast playing with them. I also think it has a grand feel, worthy of the magnitude of the adventure planet. Yet there's not as much as I remembered. I'd been saying (and believing) that I'd half written. It's actually more like one-third. (Stop scowling, Halfway!) But that's just on paper. The tale is all there, just needs to be told.<br />
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So it looks like it might get a little inky for me in the future. Plenty to splash onto paper... even if it is sometimes virtual.Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-10745633261670620322013-03-03T18:37:00.001-06:002013-03-24T08:52:27.523-05:00Betwixt-GLITCHES!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">OUTDATED POST - BOOK</span> BACK ON SALE</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">------- </span></span></b></span><br />
Well, Anon (my faithful reader and #1 fan), has reviewed the book in its present form.<br />
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Wouldn't you know it but some stuff slipped through the cracks.<br />
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THE FAIRIES HAVE "MISCHIEF-ED" ME! <br />
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Some "extra or missing word" type errors somehow escaped the watchful eye of me & my proofers!<br />
I'd like to believe it's a testament to being engrossed in the tale... I'll go with that. <br />
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Therefore, <i>Peter Pan: Betwixt-and-Between</i> will be temporarily unavailable.<br />
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It will come back for sale <b>very </b>soon.<br />
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If you have a copy already, fear not. It's nothing beyond the aforementioned variety of typo. And now you have a collector's edition, in a way.<br />
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My apologies, by the way. It happens more than we (humans) like to admit.Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-68025880871466114982013-02-19T13:02:00.000-06:002013-02-19T15:44:01.402-06:00This Movie Needs a TOON Up?<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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Hollywood is producing yet another remake. But again, there’s a twist. Not in semantics this time, as in “reboot” or “reimagining” or “revisionist” or “retooled” or anything of the sort. The “rub” is who’s starring in it.</div>
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The movie being retackled is <em>The Stooge</em>. It starred Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Who on earth could re-do those two, right? Oh, probably in Hollywood-ese that likely works out to George Clooney and Jim Carrey, yes? No. Ready for the twist? Martin will be portrayed by Mickey Mouse and Lewis by Roger Rabbit in an animation & live-action hybrid film. Whoa.</div>
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And despite all the rest of it I, for one, would love to see Roger frustrate Mickey. Could be fun. </div>
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Oh yes - there’s one other “twist” as it were. Also ‘starring’ are Walt Disney and the great Orson Welles. Ah, what CGI and the 21st Century can’t do, eh? I do find this idea unnerving. I just hope they creatively use their previous utterances to shape ‘new’ dialogue for them. In other words (ha!) there’d been talk MANY moons ago about being able to feed all of a person’s voice recordings into a computer and then have it interpolate and extract and configure it into an entirely new set of words, the result of which is [supposedly] how said person would have sounded when speaking it. For instance, in theory it’s possible to have John Lennon sing a NEW song. In my opinion, this is creepy and wrong. So, yeah, I hope they never perfected this practice...</div>
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But anyway, here's to it coming out well and we pray it doesn’t make stooges of them, the cartoons, Hollywood and us.</div>
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Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-51001384570760358632013-02-11T13:50:00.002-06:002013-03-29T22:15:11.389-05:00Interpretations CAN Be Wrong<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This, you see, makes it even more complicated than it already is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order for this image/idea to be so, his parents would had to have seen him as a bird to begin with... and if that were the case, they certainly wouldn’t have left the window open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also implies that he mutates fully into a human later on in life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If THAT were the case, then he’d lose his special magical quality of being neither-nor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides all the [warped] logistics of it contained therein and beyond, we can’t ignore the fact that Barrie had been well aware of Rackham’s drawings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which means that if Pan had been meant to literally be “betwixt-and-between” in physical form, Barrie would have corrected Rackham’s interpretation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure he would have, given how fussy and attentive he’d been when it came to his eternal boy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For anyone needing clarification on "Betwixt-and-Between" you'll certainly find it in my interquel <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Pan-Betwixt-Between-Brown/dp/1468027077" target="_blank">novel</a>. As you might expect, it expands the idea into the broader scope of the character of Peter Pan. </span></div>
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Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-56495333495839670892013-01-23T18:30:00.002-06:002013-01-23T18:30:22.678-06:00He's BACK!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know, it's been a while. There's no real excuse other than getting tired of bitching about things in typed form... not finding time (in the <i>mea culpa</i> sense) and many other events that have happened to me. But I return, just like Pan always says he will. And I've brought good news.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Peter Pan: </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Betwixt-and-Between</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">My interquel no<span style="font-size: small;">vel <span style="font-size: small;">bringing to light the lost years of everybody's favorite lost bo<span style="font-size: small;">y.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">is <b><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></b>! That's right... <b><span style="color: red;">AVAILABLE</span></b>!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">A</span>mazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Pan-Betwixt---Between-Brown/dp/1468027077/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358983749&sr=1-3" target="_blank">link</a></span></span></span><br />
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How did a wild, eternal infant in a London park become the Boy Who
Wouldn’t Grow Up fighting pirates in the Neverland? Which, of course,
requires growing up — and ceasing again? Tall questions for such a
small boy. At long last, the story of how a baby came to be the boy we
know on the magical island.<br />
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Once again, I've scoured Barrie's remaining ideas, delved into his world and devised the answer to one of the most troubling dilemmas in all of the Pan-iverse. I hope you enjoy it. I've already had two of the toughest Pan critics delight in its pages... and some non-fanatics are satisfied as well.<br />
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It's been too long, but I am finally able to bring it to you. Thanks for waiting. I really appreciate it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">P.S. - If the e-book versions aren't available at the time of this posting, they will be up soon.</span>Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-13610258597181167142012-10-27T23:09:00.001-05:002012-10-27T23:09:04.756-05:00E-GAD! E-BOOK NeverWorld!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxvi-OBoSbXcwwt-sziWznIWd8edHINDRXfVpVC9BR2bWZXl4r_rKSePamLbPMHPmBc1p6p-RDMbZhLROKOexhrP7W03Gz5AjBVd6biVbvUF5JEFHg0-vbLPHcLnCXKyK4l2mtAlfKmI/s1600/ereaders1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxvi-OBoSbXcwwt-sziWznIWd8edHINDRXfVpVC9BR2bWZXl4r_rKSePamLbPMHPmBc1p6p-RDMbZhLROKOexhrP7W03Gz5AjBVd6biVbvUF5JEFHg0-vbLPHcLnCXKyK4l2mtAlfKmI/s400/ereaders1.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">It's been far too long...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">but NEVER too late.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Peter Pan's NeverWorld</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">is<b> finally</b> available as an e-book<span style="font-size: large;">!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">So if you've been waiting, Pan's at the window.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">If <span style="font-size: large;">you're already a fan, <span style="font-size: large;">be sure to let you<span style="font-size: large;">r </span>electron<span style="font-size: large;">ic-book<span style="font-size: large;">-reading friends know<span style="font-size: large;"> they can visit Peter<span style="font-size: large;"> again<span style="font-size: large;">, too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy <span style="font-size: large;">e-reading!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Pans-NeverWorld-ebook/dp/B009XJ5914/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351397216&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">A<span style="font-size: large;">mazon K<span style="font-size: large;">indle</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/peter-pan-s-neverworld?store=ebook&keyword=peter+pan%27s+neverworld" target="_blank">Bar<span style="font-size: large;">nes & Noble Nook</span></a> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span>Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-63886858276182861342012-10-08T17:41:00.000-05:002012-10-08T17:41:00.301-05:00Hooked on "Jeopardy!"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFdkxHknnDAJMolDlOQAog9Gzcf6htpnSSOsrI_4NX0dYPrFOp-6jelhyTkiL_n3s-qC_fzxQr41vWLbR36dd6XohKuWu3alY25DVPeF4tApfZ96GjD2I1yEuwWq9JzL0AGEgRyZdcQE/s1600/IMG_0835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFdkxHknnDAJMolDlOQAog9Gzcf6htpnSSOsrI_4NX0dYPrFOp-6jelhyTkiL_n3s-qC_fzxQr41vWLbR36dd6XohKuWu3alY25DVPeF4tApfZ96GjD2I1yEuwWq9JzL0AGEgRyZdcQE/s320/IMG_0835.JPG" width="320" /></a>See? <i>Jeopardy! </i>loves Barrie.<br />
Again and again.<br />
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Though this time around the "question" is correctly "Who is Captain Hook?" and this is notable since, oddly, he's not a commonplace occurrence in these all too common occurrences.<br />
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Also, about this entry, just a <i>Jeopardy!-</i>esque nit-pick.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrq1mU_Uu-SV-pmf5TrtCb7jAbeWqz29WRFZoIpLxTh6MaSEMlOjYIulwINJb0xUvvbJYipQF8HPU-zDY4TLsaI2qzxvXXg8iUV8Q1APKOZWkefJzBVu72s0uJ5bMLvZky4tcjgX5niw/s1600/IMG_0833.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrq1mU_Uu-SV-pmf5TrtCb7jAbeWqz29WRFZoIpLxTh6MaSEMlOjYIulwINJb0xUvvbJYipQF8HPU-zDY4TLsaI2qzxvXXg8iUV8Q1APKOZWkefJzBVu72s0uJ5bMLvZky4tcjgX5niw/s320/IMG_0833.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />It should read "Peter and Wendy" not "Peter Pan" since it says literature. When I think of Literature, I think books. A play is fiction as well, but it falls under the Theatre category. There may be no distinction here but my own, and it certainly doesn't belittle or inflate the issue either way. Especially since <i>Jeopardy!</i> could in fact be referring to any of the myriad of publications of the well know tale under the title "Peter Pan."<br />
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Oh well... until Pan and Barrie fly into the little blue rectangles again...Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-19774485117596612542012-10-07T14:29:00.002-05:002012-10-07T14:31:07.706-05:00No Question About "Jeopady!" Anymore...Once again Barrie has shown up on <i>Jeopardy!</i><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OaOXJtQyiqbpyq3ZWZMYG7A6RLMzaUzXVfN6RixK9nkEN6kuXBDXakJrMosV6N2vjHAQoJD_u-mU65SE9H4dhKVKTnSrl5C2fTdM3u07j_XxapVz7PblT82I73V9XrTjhrd0HFlECbU/s1600/IMG_0834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OaOXJtQyiqbpyq3ZWZMYG7A6RLMzaUzXVfN6RixK9nkEN6kuXBDXakJrMosV6N2vjHAQoJD_u-mU65SE9H4dhKVKTnSrl5C2fTdM3u07j_XxapVz7PblT82I73V9XrTjhrd0HFlECbU/s320/IMG_0834.JPG" width="320" /></a>Interesting category for it. What it refers to (as Alex Trebek explained) is the leading man in Kate Winslet movies. They were asking for the name of the movie.<br />
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"What is <i>Finding Neverland</i>"? is the question of course.<br />
I'll not mention the lack of his moustache and how it makes no sense at all.<br />
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I say "No Question" in the title there, but there is certainly room for coincidence or over-sensitive noticing of Barrie and his famed creations showing up.<br />
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<a href="http://petervonbrown.blogspot.com/search/label/Jeopardy">What are the other appearances?</a>Peter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.com0