Will the Real Alice Please Stand Up

Charlotte Henry as Alice (1933)

Here's a very thoughtful article in the Guardian Co UK movie blog on how different versions of Alice in Wonderland have portrayed Alice, and how true they were to the book. The author is, of course, concerned about Tim Burton's choice of 19 year old Mia Wasikowska for Alice in Wonderland 2010. This got me to thinking about how many versions there must be. If you're wondering now, see the IMDB search results here. The author is also astute enough to mention one of my favorite versions, Jan Svankmajer's rather dark stop-motion version of Alice.

Recently I noticed that there was an Alice in Wonderland outfit for sale for people who play Second Life. Here at this NSFW site are some more Second Life designs. They're definitely on the dark side of Alice, and include vampire bites and blood red tears.

Last we have some very nice Alice in Wonderland tea sets. It looks like they have adult tea sets and children's tea sets.

Bon Voyage.

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Alice is Curiouser and Curiouser on Thursday

Today we have here a post on JuicyBomb advertising the sale of Alice in Wonderland themed clothes and lingerie FOR VIRTUAL PEOPLE by Katat0nik. Yes. You read that right. Those of you who play Second Life can dress up Alice style. Limited to August only. BUT! To visit the store you will need a Second Life.

As if 2010 was already the Year of Alice, news arrives that publisher Harper/Collins will be publishing an edition of Alice in Wonderland with illustrations by Camille Rose Garcia. Via. These are really excellent. The artwork reminds me of Frank Pape.

In Tim Burton news, please find here a thoughtful article with tons of screen grabs from Burton's Edward Scissorhands.

And yet MORE Alice in Wonderland and fairy tale themed jewelry. This time from The Mymble's Daughter. In case you're wondering who the Mymble's Daughter is, see this Wikipedia entry.

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Virtual Fairground Announces Alice in Wonderland MMO

Virtual Fairground, a company which produces MMO games, has announced that they are currently producing an Alice in Wonderland themed game. MMO in this case stands for "Massively Multiplayer Online" games (which makes me think of World of Warcraft first).

The game will run entirely in Flash and as such will work in any browser and is slated for release in 2010. Maybe Flash will work on an iPhone by then - we can only hope. The Virtual Fairground press release states that they're looking to create an alternative virtual world aimed at girls. Apparently MMO games for girls are normally sugary sweet and they want to build something more mysterious and dark.

Interested parties can visit the Alice in Wonderland MMO to get on their mailing list. This, along with Disney's Alice in Wonderand game, and the Return of American McGee's Alice, looks to be quite the megafrenzy. I made that word up just now to describe it. Pretty cool, huh?

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