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over Animorphs brings back not only memories of the books themselves but of furious classroom trading to make sure everyone who was interested go a chance to read the latest novel. I’ve been trying to buy the full set of novels and spinoffs for awhile but the money just hasn't been there and being able to watch the series Nickelodeon produced was the next best thing. I sat one weekend for my usual binge watch and was thrown back in time. I remember the profound mixed feeling of excitement and disappointment: excitement at the prospect of a long-loved favorite of mine was being realized as a television show—one of the first in what is now a well-established trend of turning YA novels into movies and TV shows—and disappointment at the casting, the writing, the obviously limited budget, and the overall execution of the series. I knew it wasn’t going to last for that reason alone, and it didn’t. Also we were just entering the world of creating actually compelling series for teens involving real moral dilemmas, real blood, and real character development. Animorphs was groundbreaking as a Scholastic series and is known by its fans for one of the few if not the only children’s series dealing with the realities of being at war. It’s apparent that the TV show attempted to capture the essence of the series, but the limitations of a Nickelodeon budget at that time worked against what could have been a mind-altering sci-fi premier for kids was instead a parade of whitewashing, racial stereotypes, badly constructed costumes and bad animation. Cassie is much lighter than the medium dark brown depicted in the books, all the characters are a older (not unusual nowadays with actors in their mid-twenties playing fifteen year olds; fortunately it’s not that bad), and Marco uses an amount of what the producers must have thought was appropriate street slang I don’t remember from the character in the books. His sense of humor also isn’t quite the same and Marco's humor is one of the *highlights* of the novel series. However even with all those drawbacks the series still had the power to pull me in. By the third episode the actors find their stride and while there are some changes in how Yeerk bi- 12
ology is explained, for the most part the TV series is faithful to the novels. I hope that the renewed interest in 1990s nostalgia will prompt a television or movie series remake that will deliver on the efforts of the Nickelodeon series and do justice to beloved work of K.A. Applegate. (Two) Animorphs Fansites 1. http://cinnamonbunzuh.blogspot.com Cinnamon Bunzuh offers comprehensive and absolutely hilarious reviews of every Animorphs book, incluing the Megamorphs series, the Chronicles series, and the Alternamorphs series with original graphics. The blog (run by Ifi and Adam) is a great way to catch up on any of the books you’ve missed! Don’ t be afraid to drop by and leave a comment or two :). 2. http://fyanimorphs.tumblr.com Fuck Yeah Animorphs is a tumblr that hosts fanart, pictures of Animorphs fans’ collections, and pulls some of the most pithy or poignant quotes from the book. 3. Honestly, there are many many more than this but you can find them yourself! Enjoy! 13
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