Comments on: From Zombies to Sea Monsters

By: b kinch

b kinch — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:08:42 +0000

Willoughby would never say save yourself, lol. He would just gaze at the lake from afar one day, and WISH he had been that man.

By: Liz C

Liz C — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:03:33 +0000

I’m also little perplexed about how they are going to incorporate sea monsters into S&S. But from the clip, it looks like the “sea” monsters may be living in any body of water. I can’t recall if Norland Park had lake, but certainly they might encounter something in the Thames when they are in London.

@Kathleen-I’m curious how NA would play out. Since it already mocks horror conventions, perhaps it would be better mashed-up with another genre. “The Tranforming Robots of Northanger Abbey,” perhaps, or “Northanger Abbey: The Wrath of Khan.”

By: Laurel Ann

Laurel Ann — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:52:09 +0000

No Kathleen. You are not missing anything.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:32:03 +0000

Persuasion and Poltergeist?

Northanger Abbey and Nosferatu?

NA actually seems like it would be the best vehicle for this genre, since it is already spoofs on the horror conventions of its own era; adding those of our own would be a reasonable further step. But then, Pride and Prejudice as a brand is much better known, so much easier to exploit.

For I must agree with Sylvia M. above. At the risk of sounding like Mary Bennet, I do not really understand this. It does not seem funny. P&P&Z, aside from the joke of combining two wildy disparate notions, seems to me to cast no new light on either P&P or zombies. The trailer of S&S & SM is hilarious, true, but it’s five-minute trailer funny, not an-entire-book funny. Am I missing some extremely obvious point?

By: Sevvy

Sevvy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:06:03 +0000

Emma the Vampire Slayer is next, yes? =P

(Although I do think that S&S would have been better suited with a witch theme than sea monsters. Haha.)

By: Trai

Trai — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:39:56 +0000

KL: Along with Mansfield Park and Shapeshifters should be Emma and Ectoplasm

By: Chantel

Chantel — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:25:54 +0000

Wow, that’s awesome!

By: KL

KL — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:38:13 +0000

Mansfield Park & Shapeshifters has to be next in line…

By: Diana I-C

Diana I-C — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:37:01 +0000

Heeheeheehee! That was delightful. I do suspect the publishers of choosing S&S solely for the purpose of alliteration, which is unfortunate as I agree sea monsters would make much more sense in Persuasion. Just imagine the scenes at Lyme! But then, what would they call it? The Persuasion of Cthulu?
Also, delightful as that trailer was, and satisfying as it is to see a certain gentleman get his just desserts, that is not the John Willoughby I know–he’s much too selfless and gallant.
Oh well, suppose we can’t have everything.

By: Laura G.

Laura G. — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:01:44 +0000

I loved P&P&Z so I am excited to see what this new title will be about. I am a bit sad that Seth Grahme is not writing it since he did such a great job with P&P&Z. I also thought sea monsters will be a bit harder to incorportate and Persuasion would have been a better fit.