I continue my geek-rage over the new Bridge to Terabithia movie.

Part of the point of the story is that you can't escape everything in your fantasies--you can't hide in your beautiful imaginary world because your reality is a bit harsh. That's part of the point of the end of the book--that Leslie dies and Jesse can't seem to get back to the way Terabithia was because Leslie was part of the magic of the world they created TOGETHER. He has to grow up and face reality without her. That's what was so tearjerking about the story, and I think, it's the point of the story ending the way it did.

But in every commercial I see, it's "the secret of Terabithia!" "they have to save their fantasy-world!" "they unlocked a REAL Terabithia!" No, dammit, no! You're missing the POINT!

Bah. I smoulder in geek-rage.

IN OTHER NEWS:

I drew a decent realistic portrait of Pete Townshend, and I think it looks good. Maybe I'll send it to him in a letter. Not like he actually reads his fanmail--at the very least, it'd provide some good heat for a poor, cold hobo when it gets tossed in the incinerator. I also drew two of Roger that turned out looking fairly good. But the Pete one turned out the best--I liked his eyes the most.

These are the first pictures I've ever done--in a realistic style--wherein the subjects didn't come out looking melancholy, confused, or completely blank. I've done a portrait of myself, of people from my dreams, but they always come out looking like that. I don't know why Pete and Roger came out looking like they're actually expressing emotion (I particularly like how Pete's lips came out--they look like they belong to a human being and not a mutant squid monster with giant fishlips.)

I dunno whether I will, indeed, wind up sending them off, though.