Talk:Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

Before Green Gables
Is this movie (at least partially) based on the "Before Green Gables" novel ? (83.23.183.93 (talk) 21:59, 4 April 2009 (UTC))

No, not at all. 2601:14B:4401:D5C0:EC1D:1A90:F791:10AA (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:19, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

controversy
Considering the movie is not directly based on the books, it is likely to cause some controversy as the last installment of the series has. I cant seem to find any sources for this yet but im sure there will be some cranky people. Especially also that Megan follows will noit be in this movie as well Ottawa4ever (talk) 18:38, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

This isn't about being cranky. This is about writing story lines that contradict the books (as Anne III and Anne IV do) or else are not true to the characters written by L.M. Montgomery. If this was about being cranky, then Kevin Sullivan would not have faced a lawsuit from Montgomery's family, which is kinda why he was forced away from making any more Anne movies, because 1) he made himself unwelcome in the Montgomery family 2) the public decided that his writing of Anne III was so subpar that he should have stuck with Montgomery's original stories instead of meddling and 3) and because he was a lousy storyteller, he wrote himself into a corner that he could not dig himself out of. Anne's story continues with her marriage and her children going off to war. For Sullivan to write Nazi's into Anne III and completely skip over WWI was a complete deviation from time. He would have a middle aged Anne still be alive in the 1950's as a war widow!!

Consequently, when the producers of this show obtained the rights, they inherited Sullivan's mess. They couldn't go forward so they had to invent a new beginning for Anne. Megan Follows was wise not to alienate her fans any further and besides that, like L.M. Montgomery she had grown up. Montgomery did not want to write about Anne, but she was continuously asked for more by publishers. Sadly the same thing is happening today where in search for a quick buck, producers are willing to exploit Anne while ignoring the other gems in L.M. Montgomery's archive. 2601:14B:4401:D5C0:EC1D:1A90:F791:10AA (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:33, 7 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Commenter 2601:14B:4401:D5C0:EC1D:1A90:F791:10AA seems a little confused:
 * "For Sullivan to write Nazi's into Anne III and completely skip over WWI" But Anne III ("Continuing story") takes place largely during WWI, with Anne getting quite involved in the war.  And I don't think there were any Nazis in it.
 * "Consequently, when the producers of this show obtained the rights, they inherited Sullivan's mess." But "this show" is Anne IV, ("New Beginning"), and was written and produced by Sullivan, so mess or no mess, I don't know who this commenter thinks is inheriting it. Gwideman (talk) 07:28, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Conflict of interest and Sullivan Entertainment promotional material
I've tagged this article as WP:COI and started trimming some of the more overtly promotional material recently added. See this discussion at WP:COIN for more details. Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 16:46, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Archived WP:COIN discussion now at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 26. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 23:55, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Reception
Any word on how it faired in the Tv ratings, doesnt seem like many watched it....70.50.221.212 (talk) 21:28, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Miniseries or TV movie?
We have this described as a miniseries, but as far as I recall - and the running time would seem to bear this out - this aired as a single TV movie. This should be corrected but maybe I'm wrong and this aired as two 90-minute chapters? Anyone have the DVD to check? 68.146.233.86 (talk) 03:31, 4 June 2017 (UTC)