I was looking up stuff about fairytales today, because I just watched Pan's Labyrinth (and can I just say, oooooooooooh), but was completely sidetracked by this: Optimizing Bi-modal Signal / Noise Reduction: A Fairy Tale, by Maj. Dan Ward, USAF. (Opens as a pdf.) Best title ever. This is what Sam Carter would be reading to her kids.
(Also, apparently in the original version of Rapunzel, she gave away the fact that the prince was visiting her by asking the witch why her (Rapunzel's) clothes were getting tighter - i.e. she was pregnant. That Rapunzel... not a very bright girl - but then I suppose she was locked in a tower all her life. The prince, on the other hand, has no excuse for his droit du seigneur behaviour.)
To completely disprove all my rantings the other day, I had a lovely meal out with my parents and A on Friday. My mum was fired up about recent doings at her work (and I'd tell you about it, but I don't know how interested you'd all be about political shenanigans in the world of UK mental health user-led research), my dad was happy and interested and helpful because he's getting a new car, and A was on form and relaxed, and gets my sense of humour with just a glance, when the parentals are just too daft. So I should stop and think before I rant.
I'm still about 50% unprepared for Christmas in a week. This may mean shopping this weekend. Oh noes!!!
Last season 1
![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redial_the_gaterecap discussion tonight.*uses new icon for no reason other than it's new*
That is all.
Page Summary
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
Designed by chasethestars
chasethestars
Comments
It was a great story, too.
Pan's Labyrinth is...wow. Just...wow. It's so beautiful, and haunting, and tightly woven. (And Spanish, which doesn't hurt it at all in my opinion).
Rapunzel--well, look at what kind of a mother she had, demanding veggies from witches' gardens and letting her hair grow to be that long in the first place. Obviously not a sensible woman. Of course, the men in the story don't come off much better. The father is a weak-willed sneak, and the prince is obviously not smart enough to *suggest* that Rapunzel cut off her own hair and climb down--he kinda likes her in that tower, you see.
Oh, you could make a brilliant story about how Rapunzel's so completely addle-patted and silly, and the prince is kinda just stringing her along, and it's only later that he realizes he's actually fallen for her, but then he gets his eyes scratched out and she learns some harsh lessons about life, and they can get back together as decent human beings!
You know, apparently the director himself wrote the English subtitles, because he'd had trouble before with translators. Interesting. I like the care that shows.
Yeah, I suspect the prince liked having the little lady in the tower. Either that or he was equally as dumb. No one comes off well, in that story. Heh, but I like your retelling idea. :)
Me, too. And translating is HARD WORK. So more power to him.
Fairy Tales as re-told by fandom. *snerk*
Ooooh... I'm tempted to issue a challenge or a meme or something.... Like the reel_sg1 ficathon...
*tries to smack sense into self*
*grins*