• Artaca@lemdro.id
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    5 months ago

    Dang I had so many of these books growing up. Either my memory is trash or I didn’t actually read most of them because the only thing I remember is some guy got stuck as a hawk lmao

  • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    The 90s one was SO bad. Maybe they can do it better with the CG now, but so much of the book series was based on extremely visceral body horror and violence. I don’t think any faithful adaptation could get a rating to be viewed by its intended audience.

    • Mirshe@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I was about to say, you can’t even do a “teachable moments” sort of kid’s show with it because half the books are “teachable” in the sense of teaching a child to fire an RPG. Like, by only the eighth book (out of 56), one of them has already nearly died (maybe twice), and we also start getting thoughts like “could I murder my own brother if it came down to it”.