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John Gardner's "Grendel"
Jackie Blue:
But Grendel is actually a fleshed-out and philosophical story, whereas Beowulf is just a rather simplistic passed-down fable.
Srsly if Jim Jarmusch or someone did Grendel it would be epic.
KharBevNor:
There has already been at least one film version of 'Grendel'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendel_Grendel_Grendel
I wouldn't mind someone just not trying to be fucking clever and doing Beowulf straight, for once. The only straight telling I've ever seen was a pretty cheap animated version. Beowulf and Grendel has a story about as altered as the recent animated version (though with more skill), 13th Warrior is so re-done that most people don't realise it even IS Beowulf, and the Beowulf with Christopher Lambert is just fucking strange.
Cartilage Head:
Seriously, Beowulf And Grendel with Gerard Butler was the only really great one to me.
Jackie Blue:
What the Hell, they made an animated aimed-at-children's movie out of Grendel?!
That's like... doing an anime version of The Stranger.
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: Cartilage Head on 17 Dec 2007, 16:12 --- Seriously, Beowulf And Grendel with Gerard Butler was the only really great one to me.
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I'm quite a fan of 13th Warrior, in a cultish sort of way, though the ridiculous historical anachronisms grate on me tremendously. Not a single fucking one of them is dressed, armed or armoured in any way that remotely resembles a dark ages warrior of any description. Not just in the stereotypical 'furry wellies and winged helmets' way either. I mean, one of them is dressed as a fucking conquistador, and another one is wearing a roman gladiators helmet and carrying a bastard sword. It's like they just raided some props department and picked up all the weapons and armour they could find and then handed them out completely at random. Not that this isn't normal, but considering the effort they go to to incorporate the Ibn Fadlan angle, and all the rigmarole with unsubtitled latin and norse dialogue you'd have thought they would have put in some sort of vague effort.
--- Quote ---That's like... doing an anime version of The Stranger.
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I could see that. Actually, that would probably work better than a live action adaptation, if done right. There's two film versions of The Stranger, according to Wikipedia, but both look pretty obscure.
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