The new Winnie-the-Pooh stories
Dec. 11th, 2009 10:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackI read the new Winnie-the-Pooh stories. They were much better than I expected: normally I'd expect any sequel, even if promising, to be something like:
- Nine princes in amber prequels, which tackled the interesting question of how Amber was formed from the shadows by ripping up the cosmology and inventing a different one instead
- Dune prequels which are gratuitously awful
- Disney winnie-the-pooh which features flying motorbikes
They mostly fit in with the style of the original, and were pleasant, and appropriate.
However, the style seemed formulaic in places, and none seemed very memorable, but I don't know if that's because the original actually was better, or just because people only see the glow of fond memory.
- Nine princes in amber prequels, which tackled the interesting question of how Amber was formed from the shadows by ripping up the cosmology and inventing a different one instead
- Dune prequels which are gratuitously awful
- Disney winnie-the-pooh which features flying motorbikes
They mostly fit in with the style of the original, and were pleasant, and appropriate.
However, the style seemed formulaic in places, and none seemed very memorable, but I don't know if that's because the original actually was better, or just because people only see the glow of fond memory.