My Question's Been Answered...

[Drtooth]

I remember Orson from U.S. Acres putting away a book saying "Jack the Giant Killer." And like I said, it's completely different than the kiddified Jack story we all know.

Still, I'd probably recommend seeing the Harryhausen version over this one.

 

[CensoredAlso]

I remember Orson from U.S. Acres putting away a book saying "Jack the Giant Killer." And like I said, it's completely different than the kiddified Jack story we all know.

Hehehe, sorry totally unrelated but I was listening to an audio interview the other day of Greg Berger, who played Orson. He pulled a song from the show out of nowhere that I hadn't thought of in years, lol.

Anyway, yeah this isn't quite the harmless Jack and the Beanstalk story, lol.

 

[Drtooth]

I have to re-read the articles more clearly, but it says that they aren't quite related yet are... I dunno. I think the Beanstalk one is the child friendly derivative.

And you just know a bunch of people are going to think the movie is Jack and the Beanstalk and complain about it for the wrong reasons... instead of the right reasons.

 

[Muppet fan 123]

You mean it's not supposed to be some version of Jack and the Beanstalk?

 

[Drtooth]

Look it up on Wikipedia... or better yet, look at the post above you where I posted that link.

It's an entirely different story.

 

[Muppet fan 123]

I didn't see any link, but I searched it up.
Wow. How did they manage to make a movie, entirely different from the actual Jack and the Beanstalk story, but manage to make it look like it's an exact change of the actual story? I mean, they even named the Giant slayer Jack!

By the way, if anyone's interested, you can see the trailer right here.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/jackthegiantslayer/

EDIT: I just watched the trailer, it looks like it is a take-off of the J&TB story after all. You see at the beginning of the trailer a guy planting a seed into the ground, it then becomes a giant beanstalk, and giants are there too, of course.

 

[Sgt Floyd]

I didn't see any link, but I searched it up.
Wow. How did they manage to make a movie, entirely different from the actual Jack and the Beanstalk story, but manage to make it look like it's an exact change of the actual story? I mean, they even named the Giant slayer Jack!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Giant_Killer

:/ It was in DrTooth's post under mine...

 

[Drtooth]

EDIT: I just watched the trailer, it looks like it is a take-off of the J&TB story after all. You see at the beginning of the trailer a guy planting a seed into the ground, it then becomes a giant beanstalk, and giants are there too, of course.

Looks like they combined both stories. There is a 2 headed giant in the movie preview as well, and that's exclusive to the Giant Killer story. Again, the connection between the two is unclear.