That's a good looking man. http://ilarge.lisimg.com/im…

He actually looks pretty good for a man who is exactly the same age as me (49). I think he looks better than he did as pain-in-the-butt teenager Bobby Briggs. He does not look like Jim Jarmusch, who, by the way, does not look all that bad for a man of 63. I don't see the insult here.

Not a great job. The original video is frickin' adorable and very happy-making. Why mess with it?

It's not too far fetched (as analogy). I have colleagues who hate their jobs and could easily go somewhere else or retire, but they just won't. They are so enmeshed in their struggle here that they think leaving would let the other guy "win", and they stay. Granted, we aren't killing each other, but you get my point.

Also the very first place my mind went.

Except for the fact that it's a pain to work with toddlers, I don't see why it was necessary to rapidly age Diana (and they are already working with a baby). A toddler with dangerous magical powers is just as interesting as a 9-10 year old, perhaps more so. Toddler hexenbiest tantrums anyone? Also, without an…

I clapped when Meisner's shirt came off, causing my husband to laugh out loud.

Actually, they are very clear about why they need more (at least in the book). The rabbits are delightfully self aware. They realize that with only one doe, they will bet "at each other's throats" as soon as she is ready to mate. To maintain cohesion of the group, they simply must have a reasonable number of does.

Mini-series format allows them to include material that was cut out of the movie.

Regarding whether Watership Down (the book) is "for children", it is a type of literature that is not age specific. It's sophisticated enough to entertain adults—and be subjected to endless deconstruction and dissection—but it is not objectionable in a way that would make it inappropriate for children. It's no more…

Ah, the Black Rabbit, which in the movie they equate with El-ahrairah, the trickster rabbit of legend. It's such a gentle death, and Hazel will go on to a position of honor in the afterlife, in the knowledge that his descendants are safe and happy due to his hard work. That's a pretty good way to go.

Yes to what everyone here said. Hazel is a leader. He is one of the best leaders I have seen in literature. He is not the strongest, or the smartest, but he recognizes those qualities in others and gets them to form an effective coalition.

They had it in AP English in my high school (this was 1983), but most of the students had already read it earlier.

They get does form the hutch (at some cost), but there is concern that they can't conceive because they are tharn. Anyway, they need more than one.

My favorite too! I can't help but want to see the adaptation even though I am worried they can't capture the literary nature of the novel. Adaptations are too often purely plot driven.

Now THERE'S your downer. Good lord that's a rough one, and that's even with the "happy" ending they forced Adams to include. I lent that book to a friend of mine, and (horrible to say) it was the last thing she read before she died, and I feel terrible about that (and that she died, which was really awful).

Oh come on. I saw it as a child in theatre and it's not that scary. My daughter has seen it many times, and I read the book to her cover to cover (same copy that I read myself as a child of about 12). No nightmares. "The Thing" is scary, "Watership Down", not so much.

I think it's quite good, you know, for the kids.

But hat's off to the writers if they are.

Oh, I guess I just outed my avatar.