An idle thought.

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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.)

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I heard once upon a time that the new Alice movie would be a cinematic representation of American McGee's Alice, a wonderful game in its own right, and too reminiscent of Unreal Tournament for me to ignore for very long. But recently I began hearing rumors that it was a reimagining of the original Disney film, though done in almost a Todd McFarlane's Twisted Land of Oz style, which filled me with glee every time I passed the action figures while hunting new musical fun.

I wonder if there's any truth to either of these rumors?