tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887611099343215170.post5550692356564875493..comments2024-03-08T11:30:06.141-05:00Comments on By Any Other Nerd: The Case Against Dracula: Circumstantial Evidence and the NovelLance Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09781437456030157583noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887611099343215170.post-4826312532331735362011-04-23T16:56:30.202-04:002011-04-23T16:56:30.202-04:00One story that has been reinterpret is King Arthur...One story that has been reinterpret is King Arthur. The book Sword of the Rightful King. This book is told from the perspective of Morgana, a vindictive woman. She believes her son, Mordred should be the true heir to Uther Pendrangon’s throne and that Excalibur is his birthright and not Arthur’s . Another reinterpretation to the classic British legend, is Pendragon. This story is about a boy who is the supposed heir to King Arthur, but in present times. He has to battle dragons and find out the truth all the while trying to save his father. In addition to the King Arthur stories, there are graphic novels reinterpretations. One example is the graphic novel Thor. Thor is a reinterpretation of the Norse Mythology of their Gods, Thor in particular. In the graphic novel, Thor is betrayed by his brother. He is cast out of Midguard and is forced to live among Humans. While among the humans He learns that it’s not bad being a human. He has to retrieve his hammer and fight his way back to Midguard to prove his innocence. Some instances where the retold story surpasses the original would be popularity. One example is Pendragon instead of King Arthur. It apples better to the audience because it is modernized . It allows readers to empathizes with the “bad” character in the story. An author would take on a story that has already been told because it gives them the chance to show the story through another characters eyes, like in Sword of the Rightful King. These are only a few of the stories that have been reinterpreted throughout the years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887611099343215170.post-81370858148257347532010-11-11T11:21:47.014-05:002010-11-11T11:21:47.014-05:00There's a lot of classic stories that have bee...There's a lot of classic stories that have been told to death in a lot of different ways. The first one that comes up in my mind is the three little pigs. As a little kid, I pretty much made my mom read me all of them during my brief but intense obsession with the story There's a myriad of stories told from the perspective of the wolf, portraying him as kind of a patsy to the antics and pranks of the three little pigs, who are portrayed as antagonistic and malevolent. The story is also told in many different settings, which drastically alters the details of the story and the way the characters talk and speak, though the outcome is more or less the same. For a story that's so familiar to so many people, it's interesting to see it from a different perspective, but keep the overall familiarity of the story that reminds you of enjoying the original as a small kid.<br />Another classic story retold from different perspectives is the Matrix, through a variety of mediums. When the trilogy was being released, there was a series of comic books and video games released simultaneously with the films that followed the story of Naiobi and Ghost, two human fighters who piloted the ship Logos and who's story paralleled that of Neo and the crew of the ship Nechabudnezzer. An animated television series called the Animatrix was also on at the same time that the films were being released, and was composed of short vignettes of those in and outside of the Matrix, and how their storylines intersected and affected each other. The creators of the series, Andy and Larry Wachowski, have stated that when the film, game, and series are viewed together, the multiple perspectives provide an overarching view of the series that enhances the viewing experience.<br />(Comment Posted by Jake Gilbertson)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com