Wandering around Wonderland

I'm not usually a big fan of film makers who "mess" with my favourite books. I do however make an exception for anyone who has made a film adaptation of Alice (in either Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass). There's something about the Alice books which remain enjoyable, no matter how much they have been messed with. Having said that, to anyone for whom an Alice film, especially the Disney version, is their first introduction to the story, I would urge you to go and read the original books by Lewis Carroll first. At least you will then know that Tweedledum and Tweedledee never set foot in Wonderland or that the Cheshire Cat never sang Jabberwocky. Once you know which characters and poems belong to which book, you can sit back and enjoy all the weird things that film makers do to them. Disney's version in particular, is a bit of a mish mash of the two books, but it's no less enjoyable for that.

I've just ordered a copy of Jonathan Miller's film adaptation from 1966 which I only saw once but it left an impression for being more unusual than some of the more colourful versions such as the one with Fiona Fullerton as Alice or the more recent one with Tina Majorino in the title role. In this latter version, not only do we find those pesky twins back, but there's a whole section from Through the Looking Glass slotted in for some bizarre reason. Don't get me wrong; I liked it - but, what was it doing there? Why not make a whole film of Through the Looking Glass and have done with it?

Looking ahead, I can't wait to see what Tim Burton does with the story, especially since Alan Rickman is lending his voice to the Caterpillar. Unfortunately, this new film wont be released until next year.

Meanwhile, I'll leave you with this, and if I'd been a good girl and stayed away from the internet like I promised, I'd never have stumbled across this little gem:

A strangely mesmerising, hypnotic thingy...

Enjoy!

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Now what is she up to?

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Having resisted the whole Twitter thing for so long, I can't believe how much I've enjoyed it over the last week. There are numerous positives, for example, having a finger on the pulse of many "trends." Being able to follow other Twitterers has been fun and varied. I've also discovered (as an aside) what Google Reader can do having idly subscribed to a few feeds in the past and then forgetting about them. There is of course, one big negative to all of this; it zaps a lot more time than I would otherwise like. So, we're back to the same old same old...

I know I was supposed to have given up procrastination... and I will... tomorrow!

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Humpty's Brick Wall

I don't know about rabbit holes but I seem to have written myself into a bit of a plot hole at the moment. In an attempt to sort this out I've been steadily working my way through the snowflake process. This is helping but I'm beginning to panic again because I'm seeing for the first time what a huge task I have on my hands. Why didn't I go for something simpler? On the other hand, I keep getting those glimpses of the whole story and then, just when I think "That's it!" they've gone again. I had two such moments this morning and it's extremely frustrating.

I'm also conscious that I haven't been very up to date on my blogging. This is just a subtle way to let anyone who's particularly interested know that I haven't slipped off the planet or contracted the swine flu or...

Oh... and I started Twittering this week. Don't ask me why - I just thought "Why not?" If you want to follow me, I'm here.

Right, back to my snowflake.

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