Little House On the Prairie

[jill]

Did any of you catch Disneys presentation of LHOTP last week-end? Part two is on ABC tonight and I can't wait. Do you think they will put it on DVD or do an encore presentation?

[James]

I am sure it will come out on DVD Jill! We missed tonights episode! :cry:

[SusanP]

I'm torn. I'm a big Little House fan (books especially) and I heard it was supposed to be more true to the books than the series, but I am not finding that to be so. I don't know why they would change things; the books are rich with stories that don't need to be altered. I'm also not liking the way they are shooting it, with that zoom in/zoom out/unsteady stuff. (I'm sure there is a proper technical name for that!)

Seems that Michael Landon left a legacy and there are so many more stories that would be great on film...but I can't tell you how many times I have read the books...so I tuned in anyhow! The locations/sets are great.

[Sheryl]

I caught this by chance last night and watched it as I folded and put away many loads of clean laundry. I thought it was pretty good.

Sheryl

[jill]

Yah, Susan, it is starting to get on my nerves the way they zoom in on Laura. She's a cute kid but their over-doing her smile and twinkly eyes. But I am looking forward to next week. For tonight? I get to be a Desparate Housewife...I mean watch DH.

[Thumper]

I totally agree with you Susan. I hate when TV shows use that camera technique of zooming in and out and shaking the camera, cutting from one close up to another.

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[JustZac]

Who's Michael Landon? Is he a fashion designer?

[BriarRose]

Zac

Michael Landon was the original Pa on the TV show Little House on the Prairie in the 70's.

[Rosebud]

I watched it both weeks and enjoyed it. However, I heard not to expect it to be anything like the series and more like the books. Well I never read the books (or don't remember if I did), but couldn't help thinking it sure seemed a lot like the series so far. Even Laura has the same look. Does she describe herself like that in the books? The only big difference is that Carrie isn't there and I thought in the series she was there when they moved from WI, but I could be remembering that wrong.

I think I need to go to the library and check out some books.

[SusanP]

Rosebud,
Definitely check out the books. They are an easy read but you get so drawn into them!
Little things like the wolves chasing Pa and Laura...it was just Pa and they didn't catch him---Pa doesn't seem to have his fiddle out much, which he always did in the book-played the girls to sleep at night---It was Mr Scott that got trapped at the bottom of the well, not Mr Edwards and the horse didn't pull them up---the horse never got injured and had to be shot---and the biggest thing that bugs me is that Ma would have never had her hair down...nor would she be caught without a sunbonnet on, just like the series, Laura hated hers and was always being told to pull it back up so she didn't get "brown as an Indian"---and Ma's fancy dress certainly would have buttoned full up to her neck! Laura spent a great deal of time describing Ma's fancy dress and I was disappointed they didn't replicate it. Perhaps I've read them too many times, but I saw no need to change such events, they were interesting enough as they were written. Mr Edwards was cast very close to the description in the book but when he left to go home after he helped Pa build the house he should have been singing "Old Dan Tucker", the words of which were written out in the book.

Do read the books-they are classics!

[Rosebud]

I never even thought about the hair & bonnet, usually things like that bug me because it is so obvious. I expect a suspension of some reality, but not on things like that.