My youthful reading habits... and tv.

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Thorugh a string of happenstance webbrowsing, I ended up on the wikipedia page for the Animorphs tv series. Never watched it myself-- never even saw an ad. But I read about half of the book series as a kid.

Get this: apparently Jake was played by Shawn Ashmore. As in... that guy. From X Men.

Oh lordy, I am *so* happy I never saw Animorphs on tv. So very, very happy.


::reading further::

Rachel was played by that little slip of a girl who dated Sean and Sean's brother on The 4400? Not who I pictured at. all.

Comments

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

But, but Shawn Ashmore was the best part.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

He's just not what I imagined Jake to look like at all. Maybe I was just too used to the kid on the book covers, which Shawn Ashmore looks nothing like. It's just... his face is all wrong! And his voice!... it's a good thing I never saw it.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

WELL, in the books I think Jake was brunette and Tobias was blonde. But Jake's defining feature was this aura of leadership and Shawn Ashmore does a pretty good job with that.

I don't think television or film adaptations should be confined to a book's physical description, unless it's essential to the plot (so a black Ford Prefect is okay, a white Othello is not be okay).

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I agree with that in the general sense, but it's also conditional upon the character and the actor, and what each reader takes out of the work. Even if Shawn Ashmore had had brown hair, I still wouldn't like him as Jake, from what I've seen of him so far. It's just... wrong.

Ford Prefect was the best part of that movie. He was a jem of perfection amongst a lot of unfunny rocks.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

I didn't particularly like him, he didn't match my idea of Ford Prefect (thinks he smooth, but is not nearly as smooth as he thinks -- except when he is). But yeah, it seems we both generally agree.