Mike, Oren and Chris talk about what makes fairy tales unique and how they have changed over time. They look at recent reincarnations in comics, books, and movies, evaluating whether recent changes have improved or harmed these timeless stories.
Show Notes
- Doctor Who
- The character “Jack” from European folktales
- Grimm’s Fairytales
- Disney’s Pocahontas
- The Hobbit
- Han’s Christian Anderson’s The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories
- Slenderman
- Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle vs. BBC’s Sherlock
- Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman
- Fables the Graphic Novels
- The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson vs Disney’s Frozen
- A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs vs Disney’s John Carter
- ABC’s Once Upon A Time
- Rumpelstiltskin
- Shrek and Shrek 2
- Maui Pacific Island God
- Loki Norse God
- Valkyries of Norse Mythology
- Age of Odin by James Lovegrove
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