Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Fantasy fledgling

Fantasy is not my forte. I did not grow up on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Twilight Zone or others that have been previously mentioned. In fact, this will be my first experience actually examining fantasy. That being said, I have come across different elements of fantasy. Like previously mentioned by someone else in my class, Stephen King has left an impression on me. IT haunted me as a child and I decided that I would not put myself through things like that. While I may not watch many fantasy movies, I do like to read a lot and have come across several books I thought I would never like, but now love. I have read the Hobbit and the LOTR books, everything J.K. Rowling has put out, all the Twilight books and most recently a book recommended by Randy Grider, The Amityville Horror. My latest interest has been in literary journalism. (Yes, that makes me the journalism major.) I thought of this book when discussing the elements of fantasy, so maybe I have a little knowledge of this subject. While I have a lot to learn, I am definitely looking forward to this class and all it reveals. Who knows, maybe I'll end up front row waiting for some fantasy movie to start. I'm sure my boyfriend would appreciate that. (HA)
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  1. Andy DuncanJanuary 20, 2010 at 11:42 AM

    Deirdra, when you say, "It haunted me as a child," do you mean you read the novel, or saw the TV movie, or just saw the ads for the TV movie, or ... ?

    I'm pleased to know that The Amityville Horror is still drawing readers, as it scared me half to death when I read it upon its publication, when I was 13. It's fiction, of course.

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  2. deirdra3January 20, 2010 at 1:33 PM

    IT the movie. For some crazy reason, my mom thought that would be good to watch when I was about 7. To this day, I still don't like clowns, even though the movie doesn't scare me at all.

    Yes, I really enjoyed The Amityville Horror. I wanted to read more up on that and I looked for the book the Night the Defeos Died, but I can't find it anywhere near here. It's written by someone else. I can't think of the name offhand, though.

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  3. Charlie NewmanJanuary 20, 2010 at 9:25 PM

    Glad to see I wasn't the only one freaked out by IT. I've watched it a couple times since, and it's really not scary. It is a good movie though.

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  4. Andy DuncanJanuary 20, 2010 at 9:26 PM

    Your mom was indeed crazy! Though fear of clowns was common enough anyway, among children and adults, even before Tim Curry donned the Pennywise makeup.

    Ric Osuna wrote The Night the DeFeos Died (2002), based on the killer Ronald DeFeo Jr.'s latest version of that terrible night, which implicates his sister. DeFeo's story has changed many times through the years. You could get the book at Gorgas via interlibrary loan, if it's not already on the shelves there or at the public library.

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  5. deirdra3January 20, 2010 at 10:24 PM

    Charlie: Yes, IT was traumatizing, but watching it now I just laugh at the poor graphics and things. It still is kind of creepy in its own way (even with bad visual effects.)

    Andy: (Is that okay? Everyone calls you that at R&R so I think that's stuck in my head) I think I will try an interlibrary loan. It is not at Gorgas or the public library. My mom works with Mobile Public Library and it wasn't there either. I am interested in reading it though.

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  6. Andy DuncanJanuary 27, 2010 at 3:37 PM

    If you're more comfortable with "Andy," Deirdra, then by all means call me that. I'm fine with it.

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