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On this edition of Virtual Citizens, we look at the very rare trend of Hollywood trying to chase an runaway smash with a slew of copycats and wannabe's, a phenomenon that happens once in a blue moon. More specifically, what happens when a British children's series spawns a lucrative and successful movie franchise? Attempts are made to recreate it and, most often, they're less than stellar? So how and why did book franchises such as Eragon, Alex Rider and the like flamed out when that speccy Boy Who Lived managed to thrive?
Virtual Citizens is a pop culture podcast, as the parlance goes, from a pop culture generation, with each episode taking in the trappings of modern media and pop culture in odd angles.
FAILED CHILDREN/YA FRANCHISES DISCUSSION
Alastair - Eragon
Barry - Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Kimmy - The Spiderwick Chronicles
Leandro - Alex Rider: Stormbreaker
HOSTS: Leandro Pondoc
CONTRIBUTORS: Alastair Dennehy, Kimmy Choon, Barry Ironic Snap Neenan |
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