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ltgmarsAs you may recall, I've been rereading the Animorphs series this summer. I'm currently on book 30, so I've got about 25 books left, ahaha. Just a couple of books a day (a simple feat, really; the books each take about three hours to read, and that's because I'm slow and distracted), and I should be finished by the time I head back to school.
Anyway, I looked up the old TV series, just for kicks. It was one of those low-budget Nickelodeon shows that butchered the original series. It reminds me a little of Power Rangers in the way of awful effects and bad acting and alien suits and stuff (*cough*), but it's kind of fun to watch. And of course, they totally play up my favorite couple, Rachel/Tobias. Teehee. ♥
But seriously, these books are ridiculously fun to read. K.A. Applegate (and her ghostwriters) do a great job of emulating teen drama and tension and silliness and humor, and she throws in a lot of fun action and adventure and whatnot. Reminds me of my childhood, almost, sans the alien invasion and morphing powers and tragic human/hawk romance. (Spoiler alert? It happens in, like, the first book.) But really, as "low-brow" as the series may be, I'm grateful that I can still enjoy something that so intimately ties me to my childhood.
Anyway, I looked up the old TV series, just for kicks. It was one of those low-budget Nickelodeon shows that butchered the original series. It reminds me a little of Power Rangers in the way of awful effects and bad acting and alien suits and stuff (*cough*), but it's kind of fun to watch. And of course, they totally play up my favorite couple, Rachel/Tobias. Teehee. ♥
But seriously, these books are ridiculously fun to read. K.A. Applegate (and her ghostwriters) do a great job of emulating teen drama and tension and silliness and humor, and she throws in a lot of fun action and adventure and whatnot. Reminds me of my childhood, almost, sans the alien invasion and morphing powers and tragic human/hawk romance. (Spoiler alert? It happens in, like, the first book.) But really, as "low-brow" as the series may be, I'm grateful that I can still enjoy something that so intimately ties me to my childhood.
