Oh no way, it never dawned on me before that it's a real place :o
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Oh no way, it never dawned on me before that it's a real place :o
Absolutely gorgeous images. I'm so glad to see that it's still there and hasn't been developed as was proposed a couple of years ago. I must say that I am very jealous!
It's a really nice place, you should try paying it a visit. ;-)
Watership Down is owned by a private person (afair), so it cannot not be "destroyed" in that sense. What you mean is I think the new extensive building plans for Newbury, which will most likely include the old Sandleford home, so maybe Fiver's vision actually becomes real. :-/
Sorry for the double post, but maybe some are interesting in this:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...oOh3xbOecRB14Q
The BBC may produce a new series of Watership Down like the one from 1999, which was not very successful, though. But I admit I liked it very much, in spite of their flaws. I hope this time they start the series at the beginning and not in the middle of events, which I think confused many people.
For some time there were also some rumors about a new CGI remake of the movie, but you can hardly find any information anymore, so maybe they replaced it with this series. However it still needs to be confirmed.
I think a CGI Watership Down would have been bad :p I do remember rumors of that a long time ago though. As for the series, I just accepted it for what it was, it was a typical kids series with overdone voice acting, poor animation and badly designed bunnies, that being said, I did enjoy a lot of aspects about the series, and Campion is one of my favourite series characters. This is the first news I've heard of a new series, and it sounds more like adapting the film story into a series, although I'd prefer they used the book.
It's a tough thing to do though, because most cartoon tv series are associated with kids, but WD isn't really a kids story, so who knows how they'll target it if it does end up being made.
There is finally some news on the CGI remake:
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/bbc-p...-2-110217.html
But they are spreading so many small snippets about this remake, that I start doubting that we will ever see something. With the new technology there is of course potential for an worth-watching relaunch.
"BBC Plans To Improve ‘Watership Down’ With CGI"
Oh my god, that headline. Makes my blood boil. CGI does not equal improvement! :roar: If the entertainment industry could get this through their thick skulls soon I would be quite pleased >_>
On the topic itself though, I'm really not sure if I would be interested in a remake - it wouldn't be nearly as dark as the original, that I am certain of.
I have decided that every time one of these remake things surface & loom, that I am just going to ignore it and pretend it isn't there, because half of them I've heard of have disappeared into nothing as they aught.
I don't see why we need a 3d remake in the first place? I find that the original movie is generally critically acclaim, have a wonderful animation and have a cult following. I don't know why do we need to spoil it.
No it's getting really serious and official:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...p-down-casting
The remake will be a co-production between BBC and Netflix consisting of 4x 60 minutes long episodes. When they more stick to the storyline of the book and the CGI animation is acceptable, I don't see why it can't become very popular.
Yes, I started a new thread on that here about a week ago: http://leahalalela.net/showthread.ph...own-miniseries!
Very exciting :D
That's a beautiful picture!
I have yet to see this ... I really should. Starting to get really intregued with what it really is.
Richard Adams, author of Watership Down passed away a few days ago on Christmas Eve. He was 96. :( Super sad, he was such an inspiration.
"My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today"
His daughter's statement was so sweet, I teared up a little at work. R.I.P. Richard Adams, you were truly an inspiration that sometimes a person's life work can come later in life from humble beginnings. You created a world so many people needed and took to, I always felt it as rich and detailed as JRR Tolkien's. Thank you.