Post by sparklymouse on Apr 13, 2023 13:58:43 GMT -5
I found this one and decided to read it back-to-back with the original to compare.
The changes that I noticed:
Original: Watson took the station wagon to the hospital so that Karen could lay down in the back.
GN: Regular 4-door sedan that Karen was upright and buckled into.
Original: Dr. Dellenkamp rushed to meet them at the ER and stayed and advised was strange. I mentioned this in the original thread that I thought that was super weird. Kristy went with Karen to get X-rays. Then there was a whole bit about resetting Karen's arm before the cast was put on. It was an interesting few chapters (though not sure how true to life).
GN: Dr. Dellenkamp was completely erased. They went to the ER, got a nurse named Nancy (odd choice, but kid Nancy wasn't in this at all), and then Bone Dr. Humprey slapped the cast on. So, I felt like that part was really edited down.
Original: Karen told Andrew that some medicine on the wall was Merthiolate. (I was impressed.)
GN: Karen told him that it was Bacitracin. (I was like, oh, she's seen Big Hero 6.)
Original: Karen and the Big House neighborhood were watching Morbidda in her yard. Karen said maybe she was making a spell to cancel Christmas.
GN: They changed Christmas to birthdays. I guess witches can't cancel Jesus's birth, but they can cancel yours.
Original: The book ended with the car ride home back to the Little House.
GN: A few pages were added where Karen went to school and showed everyone her cast. She and Ricky wanted to see each other's famous people signatures, and then they smiled and were happy. I have no idea who anyone in the class was except for Ricky and Hannie because everyone looked completely un-like original book descriptions.
Other thoughts/changes:
My favorite part was seeing all of the pets! Shannon was the cutest. Boo Boo looked like an orange demon. Rocky, Midgie, Midnight, Noodle, and Myrtle were all cute. Pricilla was ugly.
Hannie had a Black mom and a white dad. Sari was a baby with a pacifier. Hannie did not have her trademark pigtails.
Human Shannon was darker complected with brown hair and eyes. Amanda and Max were also brunettes.
Mr. Tastee! I (and everyone in the original thread) pictured him as an older adult male. This guy was a kid with freckles. He looked like a kid working at a fast-food restaurant.
Mrs. Porter. I think she looked elegant in the original series. Here she looked like a raggedy old witch, lol.
Charlie, Sam, and David Michael looked like the same kid just drawn slightly different sizes. Watson kind of looked like Netflix Watson. Seth had a super aggressive full beard.
Overall, I much prefer the original series where I can picture everything the way that I want to. I liked reading the two together and would do it the same way if I run into any others.
The changes that I noticed:
Original: Watson took the station wagon to the hospital so that Karen could lay down in the back.
GN: Regular 4-door sedan that Karen was upright and buckled into.
Original: Dr. Dellenkamp rushed to meet them at the ER and stayed and advised was strange. I mentioned this in the original thread that I thought that was super weird. Kristy went with Karen to get X-rays. Then there was a whole bit about resetting Karen's arm before the cast was put on. It was an interesting few chapters (though not sure how true to life).
GN: Dr. Dellenkamp was completely erased. They went to the ER, got a nurse named Nancy (odd choice, but kid Nancy wasn't in this at all), and then Bone Dr. Humprey slapped the cast on. So, I felt like that part was really edited down.
Original: Karen told Andrew that some medicine on the wall was Merthiolate. (I was impressed.)
GN: Karen told him that it was Bacitracin. (I was like, oh, she's seen Big Hero 6.)
Original: Karen and the Big House neighborhood were watching Morbidda in her yard. Karen said maybe she was making a spell to cancel Christmas.
GN: They changed Christmas to birthdays. I guess witches can't cancel Jesus's birth, but they can cancel yours.
Original: The book ended with the car ride home back to the Little House.
GN: A few pages were added where Karen went to school and showed everyone her cast. She and Ricky wanted to see each other's famous people signatures, and then they smiled and were happy. I have no idea who anyone in the class was except for Ricky and Hannie because everyone looked completely un-like original book descriptions.
Other thoughts/changes:
My favorite part was seeing all of the pets! Shannon was the cutest. Boo Boo looked like an orange demon. Rocky, Midgie, Midnight, Noodle, and Myrtle were all cute. Pricilla was ugly.
Hannie had a Black mom and a white dad. Sari was a baby with a pacifier. Hannie did not have her trademark pigtails.
Human Shannon was darker complected with brown hair and eyes. Amanda and Max were also brunettes.
Mr. Tastee! I (and everyone in the original thread) pictured him as an older adult male. This guy was a kid with freckles. He looked like a kid working at a fast-food restaurant.
Mrs. Porter. I think she looked elegant in the original series. Here she looked like a raggedy old witch, lol.
Charlie, Sam, and David Michael looked like the same kid just drawn slightly different sizes. Watson kind of looked like Netflix Watson. Seth had a super aggressive full beard.
Overall, I much prefer the original series where I can picture everything the way that I want to. I liked reading the two together and would do it the same way if I run into any others.