Real Story with Prohibited Words
I read the books too and this woman is a dink
THE FOLLOWING LETTER CRITIQUES THE 70'S LITTLE HOUSE. I WILL ADDRESS IT FOLLOWING:
(Being a tremendous fan of the books (and being one who hated the 70s TV show with the heat of a thousand suns), I have to say this series is... not bad.
The script is relatively true to the Little House On the Prarie book. Except for the inexplicable New Age nonsense inflicted on poor old Jack (spirit dog frightening the savages, my Aunt Fanny), all the changes make sense in the context of a TV miniseries. There's no need to bother casting a Carrie, a toddler whose literary counterpart isn't old enough to talk. There's also no real need to go into all the pioneering how-to, however fascinating such details are in the book.
The cast is tremendously likable, especially Erin Cottrell, whose portrayal of Caroline Ingalls is both saintly and human, just as the character was written in the stories. Gregory Sporleder does a terrific turn as Mr. Edwards, the wildcat bachelor from Tennessee.
Where the miniseries fails is at the adaptation level, not in the performances. The author of the teleplay, Katie Ford, has injected too much of a modern sensibility. The Charles of the book would not in a thousand years have expressed his appreciation for Caroline's sacrifices by weeping as if he were on Oprah. Caroline's whining about dressing up, Mary's "sassing" an adult (an adult who was expressing fear and hatred towards the Native Americans, an attitude common to white settlers of the time), and Laura's constant disobedience of her father's orders to stay on the homestead - these all ring falsely to anyone who ever enjoyed the iconic series of books.
However, with that aside, it must be said that LHOTP:2005 is a completely inoffensive, sweet little series. It's beautifully shot, evenly paced, nicely casted, and tailor-made for the "Wonderful World of Disney/Saturday evening movie" brand. )
KEEP IN MIND THAT THE WOMAN WHO WROTE THIS "HATED THE 70'S TV SHOW" AND THEN TAKES 5 PARAGRAPHS TO POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS VERSION AND THE BOOKS... IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE 70'S SERIES YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE STORIES ARE ROUGHLY THE SAME (IN THE PILOT AND INITIAL EPISODES)... IN FACT, THE 70'S VERSION INCLUDED CAROLINE (CARRIE)AS THE BOOK DID... I FIND IT FASCINATING HOW THIS WOMAN CAN ARGUE THAT THIS VERSION IS TRUER WHEN THEY HAVE ELIMINATED A WHOLE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY....LOL... (imagine the Clinton Family without MONICA LEWINSKY) IT IS CLEAR THAT THE YOUNG LADY THAT WROTE THIS HAD AN AGENDA TO ATTACK THE 70'S VERSION OF LITTLE HOUSE AFTER SHE SAW THE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THIS VERSION which falsely stated: "the real little house story".... HOW PATHETIC.
WHAT IS EVEN SADDER IS THE ACTING, THE DIRECTING AND THE MUSICAL SCORE (DAVID ROSE IS BETTER DEAD THAN WHAT IS DISPLAYED HERE... THEY SHOULD HAVE OPTED FOR NO BACKGROUND MUSIC WHATSOEVER)... AND NOTE HOW THE ACTING CAREERS OF THOSE INVOLVED HAVE FLOURISHED SINCE THIS MOVIE....lol (SARCASM) WALT Disney?... SHOULD HAVE BEEN WALT PETERSON... HE IS THE MANAGER OF THE MEAT MARKET AT MY LOCAL GROCERY STORE... WHAT I AM GETTING AT, IS THAT THE STORY OF LAURA INGALL'S WILDER... IT WAS BUTCHERED! OVERALL, A VERY TYPICAL TV MOVIE WITH AN IDIOT FOLLOWING WHO DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT THAT MICHAEL LANDON ACTUALLY HAD TO WRITE MORE STORIES TO EXPAND AND CREATE A TELEVISION SERIES THAT RAN OVER A DECADE. THE LITTLE HOUSE BOOKS WERE FINITE LEADING TO THESE "FANS" LOOKING FOR ANY REASON TO PISS AND MOAN ABOUT IT. BASICALLY A NEW,YOUNG AND STUPIDER AUDIENCE WANTS TO MAKE A NEW,YOUNG AND STUPIDER VERSION THEIR OWN! HIGHLIGHT OF THE MINI-SERIES?: In the fifth and final installment the credits start running... you will stand up and CHEER!!! (Don't get me wrong,... the quality of this remake hasn't caused Michael Landon to roll over in his grave).
HE IS FREAKIN' SPINNING!