Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: wolfev on September 01, 2008, 11:12:19 PM
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Who thinks that not enough people know about the Animorphs? I think that Scholastic should rerelease the entire series from the beginning to a new generation. It just seems right and that it would work.
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Agreed, all they would really have to do is a change few references to TV shows and such of this generation, make it more popular.
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That'd be awesome if they did, but I doubt Scholastic would still be interested in investing in Animorphs unless it was producing something new (like a movie) or a reasonable amount of profit off the regular books.
If they did re-release the series, I would love it if they redid the covers and the artwork. Nothing against David Mattingly's covers, because they're awesome, but if they're going to re-release the series, then I say why the heck not? lol :P
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As long as they don't decide to reillustrate the covers ala Goosebumps.
The new ones (esp. for Be Careful What You Wish For... and Stay Out of the Basement) are so bad
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What are you talking about? Mattingly's art was horrid.
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I actually like his covers. They may be a bit outdated now, but at the time that digital morphing software was still something new, expensive, and experimental. I don't think there even is any other book series that had to come up with morphing transitions with live animals like Animorphs on a monthly basis, so cut him some slack.
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The original covers ranged from VERY good to Meh, but if they were to re-release them, then yeah, I'd like to see new covers.
And yeah, the new Goosebumps covers are horrible. Stay of the Basement's original cover was creepy for kids, while the new cover is nothing short of a joke. I haven't seen the new cover for Be Careful What You Wish For yet though.
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They probably wouldn't rerelease unless something new was going on. If they did, they should probably change some things early in the books that were retconned later.
Like taking out the part where Jake uses thought speak in the first book, and where ax says he can't use thought speak in his Human form. Also change the word undervisser that was used in book six to subvisser.
You know, stuff like that. It would make things a little less confusing, and wouldn't alter the main pot or the overall message KA was trying to get across.
Until then, lucky people like that have Ebooks and active sites like RAF.
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I would love to see a rerealease. And except for a few obvious errors (noted by Daphnes) I think it would be wise to do so while it was still relevant enough not to need and entire rewrite.
New covers would be an almost must.
A rerelease would likely be the only thing that could lead to a new series/movie. Not the other way around.
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A re-release would be nice, but I don't really see any way it would happen. Not even a movie release would get them to start re-printing the books IMO.
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A re-release would be nice, but I don't really see any way it would happen. Not even a movie release would get them to start re-printing the books IMO.
Uhm...yes it would.
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R.L. Stein has started a new limited-run Goosebumps series, and that got Schoolastic to re-release half of the original series, with the other half to follow if the sales are good enough.
So yes, it wouldn't take a whole lot to get the Animophs books re-released, as long as there's something new coming out for it.
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yea, this is why K.A. needs to write another book. Or heck another extension with new characters or something. Didn't that work for The Warriors? Same Universe different plot. Please K.A., write another story so that the whole series can come back! Should we petition? Or get the forum to write letters?
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It's not up to her. It's up to Schoolastic. They own the rights. She can't do anything unless they're the ones that approach her for it. And since about half the series was ghost written anyway, I don't think she really have a drive to do more.
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yeah i wish they would do this, i also wish that KA would redo all the books herself while they are at it
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They probably wouldn't rerelease unless something new was going on. If they did, they should probably change some things early in the books that were retconned later.
Like taking out the part where Jake uses thought speak in the first book, and where ax says he can't use thought speak in his Human form. Also change the word undervisser that was used in book six to subvisser.
You know, stuff like that. It would make things a little less confusing, and wouldn't alter the main pot or the overall message KA was trying to get across.
Until then, lucky people like that have Ebooks and active sites like RAF.
The thing about rewriting or fixing something from your past is that once you start changing even a little piece, you end up seeing the flaws in a whole lot of other things you did, making you want to change everything altogether. K.A likely had a slightly, yet a significantly different enough point of view about the series and about the message she was trying to get across when she was writing the series back then, than now, and that I doubt she would want to take up such a daunting task of revisiting her old writing because of that.
I'm not a professional writer by any means, but that's just the way I see it.
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I was just wondering that with the War in Iraq going on with all the guerilla fighters that the animorphs might not piss off people.
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They probably wouldn't rerelease unless something new was going on. If they did, they should probably change some things early in the books that were retconned later.
Like taking out the part where Jake uses thought speak in the first book, and where ax says he can't use thought speak in his Human form. Also change the word undervisser that was used in book six to subvisser.
You know, stuff like that. It would make things a little less confusing, and wouldn't alter the main pot or the overall message KA was trying to get across.
Until then, lucky people like that have Ebooks and active sites like RAF.
The thing about rewriting or fixing something from your past is that once you start changing even a little piece, you end up seeing the flaws in a whole lot of other things you did, making you want to change everything altogether. K.A likely had a slightly, yet a significantly different enough point of view about the series and about the message she was trying to get across when she was writing the series back then, than now, and that I doubt she would want to take up such a daunting task of revisiting her old writing because of that.
I'm not a professional writer by any means, but that's just the way I see it.
You have a point. Once she starts, she might find it hard to stop. Once she finished updating the stuff she retconned, she might see other things that need retconning.
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I would like for her to release maybe a new series, with with animorphs in it, but not with the same characters. I think that's how Warriors was done. I think the main problem is that with the Andalites in the end giving everyone technology and the secrete being out it would be hard to do. I have an idea though, but I'm scared that if I say it K.A. won't use it. Though if she does read this I give full consent for her to do so. Since the morphing tech is declassified only to a few people on earth it would be interesting to see what would happen if another group of kids were given the power because maybe the yeerks weren't all defeated. Who would believe that after the first defeat of the yeerks that they would come back and invade again in a similar manner? Furthermore, you don't have to worry about the animorphs from the previous books coming back because they are lost in space.
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I would like for her to release maybe a new series, with with animorphs in it, but not with the same characters. I think that's how Warriors was done. I think the main problem is that with the Andalites in the end giving everyone technology and the secrete being out it would be hard to do. I have an idea though, but I'm scared that if I say it K.A. won't use it. Though if she does read this I give full consent for her to do so. Since the morphing tech is declassified only to a few people on earth it would be interesting to see what would happen if another group of kids were given the power because maybe the yeerks weren't all defeated. Who would believe that after the first defeat of the yeerks that they would come back and invade again in a similar manner? Furthermore, you don't have to worry about the animorphs from the previous books coming back because they are lost in space.
This reminds me about what they did with Ghostbusters. There was the old ghostbusters with the four guys, but then there was a new ghostbusters with some teens, and one guy from the old ghostbusters. I believe it was Egon. Since Cassie stayed behind, there could be a new installment with a new group of teens, plus Cassie. Cassie would be like 30+ years old, and serve as kind of an advisory role in the group. Like more of a secondary character than a main character.
Or just leave her out altogether. Personally I would have rather seen the old Animorphs go with the Free Hork-Bajir to save their homeworld than make a new installment with new Animorphs.
Something cool might be to have some Human criminals secretly break Visser Three out of prison. They want to use him to rule the world, but he winds up taking over the organization. Visser Three in a Human bdy, building up a criminal orginazation to attempt a new takeover of the world. Except his presense is almost unknown. His underlings will call him by his host's name, and such. He would be like Lex Luthor or the Kingpin from Spiderman.
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Yea, the way I see it the only way to rerelease would be to have a new continuation. The idea with a new series would work because it could fill in the time gap. I just hope K.A. really does write something for a new generation when it comes to animorphs. Atleast let us see the books back in stores.
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I was just wondering that with the War in Iraq going on with all the guerilla fighters that the animorphs might not piss off people.
Another big hurdle to bringing this back as a movie, TV series, cartoon, book re-release, or whatever.
I agree completely. The books were so set in that specific mid-late '90s Bill Clinton Presidency era, that in this post-Sep 11th world the paranoia and fear and guerrilla action both loses some of its shock impact, and also seems a little inappropriate due to what we're all dealing with in reality right now.
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Yea, but Battle Star Galactica is one of the best shows around and it uses that same concept.
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I've gotta admit I've never seen BSG. It's apparently really good, but I've never been into much of that traditional "spaceships and exploration and humanoid aliens" sci-fi. Animorphs is basically the only thing with aliens I can stand, aside from the old Alien/Aliens/Predator movies.
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I've gotta admit I've never seen BSG. It's apparently really good, but I've never been into much of that traditional "spaceships and exploration and humanoid aliens" sci-fi. Animorphs is basically the only thing with aliens I can stand, aside from the old Alien/Aliens/Predator movies.
Common misconception. There are no aliens in Battlestar Galactica, at least not from what I've seen so far. The series revolves around the near extinction of the human race against an AI robotic race that they created. I've finished the first 2 seasons and now I'm waiting to start on the 3rd one once I'm done my exams for this week. It's a very well written show, and is really the only sci-fi outer space series that I've ever actually found interesting enough to be hooked on to.
Anyways, before I go completely out of topic, yes, wolfev is right in saying that the show does use the same themes as Animorphs for guerrilla warfare. I don't want to give anything away since there are a couple of good twists in the series, but you should check out that show. BSG implements that theme well, as well as many others.
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I've always thought this series could be released in the form of a novel. The print in the books was rather large, so I can totally see it fitting into a book the size of something like harry potter. Totally doable.
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I've always thought this series could be released in the form of a novel. The print in the books was rather large, so I can totally see it fitting into a book the size of something like harry potter. Totally doable.
that, i can actually see working
EDIT: altho, not putting them all in one book... mebby something along the lines of like, release a novel to all the books until one of the MM books, or one of the chronicles, then releasing another novel, etc, etc, etc...
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I like the idea of releasing the books together into a smaller number of novels. Maybe every 10 or so, for about five main hard back novels would work. It seems like a good idea to me, but it would probably never happen.
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Well it is an interesting notion. Didn't something similar happen with Goosebumps. Also, they books might have to be slightly different in our time since kids books have gotten longer since Harry Potter. Its still a series, but I don't think they run as long. Take a look at warriors for a good example of this. I'll tell you one thing though, if I ever see a novel version of animorphs (novel as in novel and not as in new) I would crap myself and buy it instantly.
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Oh definitely. I'd be all over that like bird poop on my car every time I wash it.
I probably could have thought of a better analogy than that.
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I would love to have a boxed set or special editions of the complete series.
I think the idea of combining the books into larger volumes is good, but personally I don't really like those because they are too heavy to hold while reading. Haha, I'm lazy.
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I would love to see a rerelease! But I just am not keeping my hopes up. Most people outside this community barely remember Animorphs, while most people have at least read Goosebumps. It's a sad truth in my opinion and stings a little bit.
ow. ;p
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I would love to have a boxed set or special editions of the complete series.
I think the idea of combining the books into larger volumes is good, but personally I don't really like those because they are too heavy to hold while reading. Haha, I'm lazy.
Now imagine 10 books thrown into 1 when all of them are about the size of an adult (as in for readers who are adults you perverts ::) ) novel today, tiny print and all. That's heavy...
But I wouldn't mind if they rereleased Animorphs in one form or another. I'd find it much easier than scowering used book stores and antique shops for them like I do now. And plus, how do they know that they (or more likely we) won't influence a younger generation too, huh?
Heck, I've sort of managed to turn a seven-year-old into a fan by reading funny lines from the books.
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This reminds me about what they did with Ghostbusters. There was the old ghostbusters with the four guys, but then there was a new ghostbusters with some teens, and one guy from the old ghostbusters. I believe it was Egon.
Wow I love Ghostbusters with a passion and hated that new series.
But seriously, being a purist, I would just want them to reissue all the books, no changes. I think most kids would get them, and if not, they could still connect with the characters.
BTW nice avatar Cerulean.
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You bring up a good point about being a purist. I mean, I'd be ok with a few minor changes, but there's just something wrong with major changes. Like messing with established timeline and cannon! *Goes off to mutter about Enterprise being stupid*
Sorry.
But I would like to see them come back. And I agree. Most kids would at least be able to understand most of it. They may wonder why the Animorphs don't have cell phones or iPods, but that's minor details.
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The reason they don't have cell phones or iPods is because of that stupid episode of the tv series where there were yeerks in cell phones.
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...There were Yeerks...In cell phones...Gawd, I'm trying to decide if that's worse than Ax and the blockbuster card...
Though I thought it was because cell phones and iPods were only just beginning to come into play towards the end of the series. As in, everyone and their dog having them, not just doctors, business men, and maybe your parents. Heck, I didn't get a cell phone until I was sixteen.
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I actually liked the idea of Yeerks in phones. Or some other device you put in your ear. However, it takes too long for the Yeerk to get in and take control than what was shown in that episode. It's not instant by any means. I guess that's what makes it unrealistic.
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I was thinking about this last night, and I reckon the best way to do it (in my opinion) would be to to seperate the books into sets of 6 (chronologically, for instance 1-6 in one book, 7-12 in another etc), so you would have 9 novels all up. That means that there's one story for each narrator, each novel, right? All of these would be hard cover (with dust jackets), black background with a full close up of one of the Animorphs face, with half of it in their battle form (a la Megamorphs cover, so human face on left, bear/tiger/gorilla/wolf on right), and their neck fading to black. For Tobias, have him with the hawk on left and human on the right.
At the top, have the familiar Animorphs title, but with a white border, white font and black fill (around the font) and K A Applegate at the bottom in the ame (but smaller) font and colour, with no border. The back would be same as usual, except black background and white text (keeping it simple as possible). The image on the front I was thinking could also be black and white, apart from the eyes that would be full on saturated colour. Also, for
Anyway, I can hear you thinking: But there's 6 Animorphs and 9 books. Well, for the other three, I was thinking have one of Visser 3 or perhaps Elfangor. Definately have the last one as being just black, with the Animorphs logo/title in the centre, to sort of signify that it's the end and what not...And for the one before the end, perhaps have Chapman, or Marco's mum? I totally haven't read that far in the series, so I can't remember what happens to her. Anyway, find a way to fill those two covers with significant characters from the series (perhaps David morphing a rat? Or perhaps Erik King (sorry if I've misspelt, I actually haven't read the books he's in yet) with half his face as an android?)
Also, inside, have the same "flip-to-morph" do flacky, but also have at the start of each chapter the character's arm/hand reaching in from top-right, starting at human and gradually (as each chapter passes) morphing to an animal significant in that story. So, not on every page, but on every start of chapter (assuming all starts of chapters would be on the same side, ie on the right side of the book when open, otherwise it would look weird)
Okay, so now that the main series is done, onto Chronicle. I'm envisaging completely white for all of them, with an image of the main character on the front. For instance, with the HBC, have perhaps one standing HB and one crouching next to him. They would be in colour, and the title at the top would be black font and black border (with the title of the individual chronicle below in black). On the back, same as main series, but inverted colours. Same with other chronicles...So Ellimist would be all white, apart from the Ellimist in colour on the front.
For Mega-morphs, I was thinking that they could all go in one volume as well (or perhaps just go in with the main series novels), but if they were to be all in one novel, the cover could be just a huge image of every animal they've ever morphed...Like have dinosaurs in the back, insects up front, lions, tigers and bears (oh my). This could either be in colour, or in black and white with red highlights in some places. The title up the top would be red on a black background, white red border and same colour scheme on back (perhaps with some kind of white highlights or something)
Anyway, that's how I see it. I know, I spent waaaaay too long writing, but it's holidays here, so sue me :D
Plus, I couldn't sleep last night and had it on my mind
Also, I don't think it's ever going to happen....But it would be cool if it did...Perhaps, when I become rich, I buy the rights to Animorphs and begin making the books again...?
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I think the only hope we have at getting new covers lies in Gone. If they make enough money, then maybe they will use it on animorphs. The idea for a movie is already out there, and she might try to bring more attention to the sieres again by redoing the covers.
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You have some great ideas, davo-man!
But I don't think dividing the books into volumes of six each makes a lot of sense, considering that you would have two of one of the narrator's books in that one volume. For example, in the first volume you would have two Jake books. Unless that was what you were going for regarding the cover art? Because then it would make sense to show Jake on the first volume.
If you had five books in each volume up until volume 36-40, and from that point had six books per volume, it would make sense because at that point Tobias and Ax get their own books in the sequence rather than alternating.
It'd be awesome to have the final arc books all in one volume, and the David trilogy as one volume as well, but that'd mess up the allotment of books for the rest of the volumes. Hmm.
Like:
1-5
6-10
11-15
16-19
20-22
23-27
28-32
33-36
36-40
41-44
45-54
It doesn't really work D: