"Walt Disney Present: The Divine Comedy" You'd also get Virgil as a spunky heathen sidekick, and comical noises when Dante steps on the faces of the damned (accidentally, of course).
See, now I'm scared. This is way too do-able. On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Dana Paxson <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh. No. > > This makes me want to find a way to extend copyright out to eternity, just > to prevent this kind of thing. I'm sure Disney's attorneys could find a way > to do that, but only if they get the rights to do La Divina Commedia as a > cartoon with a princess - Beatrice, of course - and lots of cute animals... > > And I suppose that's better than having Paradiso done up in heavy metal... > > Argh. At least World of Warcraft has no pretensions. > > > > Alicia Henn wrote: > >> Apparently Electronic Arts (of World of Warcraft fame) is now selling >> classic literature in the form of a video game. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/arts/television/30inferno.html >> >> “It’s a highbrow/lowbrow project by design,” Mr. Knight said. “If you know >> the poem, the game has a lot to offer. If you just want to mash buttons and >> kill demons, that’s all it has to be for you.” >> >> Why didn't I think of that? >> >> Alicia >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
