An idle thought.

[cupcake_goth]

It just dawned on me what the next movie Tim Burton directs should be. After Dark Shadows, I mean.

He should do his own version of Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Think about it! A mysterious carnival! An older dad (so Mr. Burton can air his seemingly ever-present issues about fathers)! An idyllic, idealized vision of boyhood in a small normal town! A MYSTERIOUS CARNIVAL! An entire soundtrack full of creepy carnival music for Danny Elfman to run amok with!

C'mon, you know I'm right.

(I was thinking about the fact that Burton is directing Alice In Wonderland, which is one of my favorite books, and is going to be doing a vampire movie, which is one of my favorite fiction genres/tropes/monsters. In my head it went something like "He's obviously picking movies for me, so now that he's tackled two of my favorite things, what should be next? Oh right, one of my other all-time favorite books!")

(Also, I am well-aware that his upcoming Alice In Wonderland movie isn't a faithful adaptation of the book. I'm still looking forward to it.)

Comments

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

I still need to read that bradbury book.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

HOW HAVE YOU NEVER READ THAT BOOK? HOW HOW HOW?

Ahem. Sorry 'bout that. But it's a wonderful book, and you really need to read it.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

I told you this when you told me you collected them and were looking for the pre-75ish copies.