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Re: Journey and Journey 2

From: Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:00:10 +0000
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Which is why I think WE should do our own "fan media" version to prove
that if we (the experts) can do it then so can the Hollywood producers.
If there are no objections, I would be more than happy to solicit
auditions for an audio production that I could edit on my computer?
------ Original Message ------
From: "wbutcher" <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>
Sent: 21/02/2012 00:55:26
Subject: Re: Journey and Journey 2
>Dear Art,
>
>Yet another Hollywood film, then, where the book is travestied. Is it
>just me, or are they getting worse? Can’t the descendants sue given
>that their moral rights have been trampled on?
>
>The idea that the Voyages are real was first introduced in Hatteras
>and Journey, via the citing of the title of the book within the novel.
>In both cases the idea is absent from the original manuscript; for
>Journey, it appears in the margin, and so may have been influenced, if
>not more, by Hetzel’s reading of the manuscript. As you say so
>pertinently, yet another irony...
>
>Best wishes
>
>Bill
>
>From:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of aevans2 tds.net
>Sent: 20 February 2012 23:11
>To: Jules Verne Forum
>Subject: Journey and Journey 2
>
>Dear Vernian friends,
>
>This weekend I went to see the film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island with Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson and
>the young actor named Josh Hutcherson who appeared in Journey to the
>Center of the Earth in 3D with Brendan Fraser. It was mildly
>entertaining but, of course, has nothing to do with Verne (although
>the volcano spitting out gold reminded me of The Golden Volcano).
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>One important feature shared by both films, however, is the notion
>that the events in Verne's novels *really happened* and were not just
>fiction. This is the supposed secret shared by most "Vernians" around
>the world. So the films' protagonists (ironically) follow in the
>footsteps of Lidenbrock, Axel, Cyrus Smith, Nemo et al. and, during
>the course of their many adventures, confirm the real existence of
>these original Vernian characters.
>
>In one way, this notion is a useful gimmick to avoid direct
>comparisons between the films and Verne's novels (which would be very
>unflattering to the films). But I also found it fascinating as a
>verisimilitude-building device. And I remember Verne doing exactly
>the same thing in _Le Sphinx des glaces_ (The Ice Sphinx). In this
>novel Edgar Allan Poe's Arthur Gordon Pym is treated as a *real*
>person whose adventures at the South Pole *really happened* according
>to Captain Len Guy. Yet another irony.
>
>Best,
>Art
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