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Slight Cradle Changes

4/1/2021

62 Comments

 
Recently, we've been hearing from a few parties interested in potentially adapting Cradle into a series of movies. We're excited for the opportunity, but in order to make the series more market-friendly, we've been asked to make a few minor tweaks.

Nothing that should affect the series too much, I'm sure.

--First off, they were concerned that Lindon was too intimidating and large, so they decided to cast a scrawny kid with glasses. His black hair and pale skin will remain the same.

--The system of sacred arts in the books tends to be pretty complex, so instead of learning from a bunch of different sects and schools, we decided to set it in one big school so that the viewer can learn along with the reader.

--The violence was a little much, and I had to agree, so techniques will now be used through pointy sticks instead of actual weapons.

--The CGI budget couldn't handle a giant turtle, but we didn't want to re-cast Orthos as something else, so instead of a large black turtle, Lindon will now be mentored in his Path by a small white owl.

--Now that Lindon's a lot shorter, there's a bit of concern that he won't stand out as well on screen, so they've given him a distinctive mark on the face so you can recognize him immediately. Some kind of scar on the forehead, I think, or maybe a facial tattoo. I'll have to check on that one.

--Eithan being only a little older than Lindon didn't test well with audiences, so we've now made him incredibly old and wise, with a long white beard and some half-moon spectacles.

--Lindon and Yerin were too serious by themselves, so we're giving them a third friend, a red-headed sidekick who exists mostly as comic relief.

--Yerin is now Hermione.

​-Will
62 Comments
Drew
4/1/2021 10:02:08 am

Who doesn’t love Harry Potter?

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Darkginger
4/1/2021 11:36:51 am

Almost everyone likes Harry Potter but its nowhere near as good as Cradle

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Liam
4/1/2021 11:58:08 am

This guy. Don't get the hype. Thought it was average at best.

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Jon
4/1/2021 12:09:35 pm

I think the series needs a lot of consideration for *when* it was published. There was zero mainstream hype around books in 1997.

The series basically brought in a whole new generation of fantasy readers.

Wei Shi Potter
4/2/2021 07:58:35 am

The best part of Harry Potter was everyone else was reading it so you could enjoy it together.

Noah
4/12/2021 07:40:29 am

Harry Potter created mainstream hype about reading...? Okay guy. okay.

Doctordirt
4/1/2021 01:07:37 pm

Me

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Daniel
4/3/2021 03:54:16 pm

The first three books are good children fantasy (cople of plot holes, which can be excused for children stories). Then she decided to switch to juvenile fantasy. With the same plot holes...
But here I have bigger expectations...

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Bryan H.
4/1/2021 10:05:01 am

Apologies. Avada Kedavra.

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Wei Shi Dross Arelius
11/7/2022 09:01:28 pm

Eithan stood no chance

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Astroturf01
4/1/2021 10:14:19 am

Spoilers: Wei Mon Keth kills Eithan

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Fletch
4/3/2021 09:59:30 am

Only Mu En Kia could kill him.

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Vinay
4/1/2021 10:16:47 am

Cradle will make a shitty movie series. But an anime though, that will rock, and it will be well received by both western and eastern audiences.

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Parzival
4/1/2021 01:12:53 pm

I agree. You'd need a hell of a budget and a good director to make Cradle even slightly work, and it still probably won't do as well at the box office since it's not a superhero movie. It's better to make it as an anime where your imagination and the animation costs are the only limit.
Though I suppose it would do Cradle better to get adapted to a graphic novel first.

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Jake the Snake
11/9/2021 04:35:33 am

I understand your reservations about making a movie, but the same thing was said when LOTR was proposed as a movie trilogy (actually it was proposed as two movies and later changed to a trilogy). Nobody wanted to make it because of the cost, scale, and questionable marketability because it had never been done before. I think cradle could work, it was just have to be the right director like you said, and the budget would have to be there.

That being said, I think the animation style in the new Riot Series, “Arcane” would work perfectly for an animated Cradle Series.

Matthew
4/1/2021 10:17:18 am

Don't forget, the world is too large and complex. Let's replace it with Europe.

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The Kitten Who Lived
4/1/2021 02:46:30 pm

Europe is too large and complex. Let’s replace it with magic Britain.

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Wei Shi Dross Areluis
11/7/2022 09:04:34 pm

Magic Britain is to large and complex. Lets replace it with Iteration 110

Jess
4/1/2021 10:17:42 am

Eithan said calmly, "Lindon, DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE UNCROWNED KING TOURNAMENT!?!?!"

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Caryn
4/1/2021 12:01:12 pm

This comment makes this post 😂😂😂😂

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Shads
4/1/2021 11:30:55 pm

No, Brofessor.

Kolai
4/1/2021 10:22:05 am

Took me time to realize the date today when reading this post lmao

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SaHa
4/1/2021 10:24:44 am

LOL that would be the fastest and easiest way to make me not ever watch it....but don't forget he doesn't pick his path a hat does, while he whispers to himself not the stellar spear path.

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A giant bear defending a city from an army of Sacred Mice
4/1/2021 10:27:40 am

Finally something good happens with this series. It was about time.

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Jim
4/1/2021 10:27:42 am

Next thing you know Ortho will be replaced with an enormous man with a pet dragon.

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Clover
4/1/2021 11:39:21 am

I dont get this reverence

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Kavothe
4/1/2021 09:26:43 pm

Hagrid

Shane
4/1/2021 10:29:03 am

Never believe anything posted on April 1st.

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Nick Maharaj
4/1/2021 10:32:34 am

Wow sounds like studio interference.. I think it’s time to #ReleaseTheWightCut

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Travis
4/1/2021 07:49:39 pm

+1

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Barrel
4/1/2021 10:44:45 am

Wait... If Yerin Granger is dating Pride Weasley then who is Lindon Potter dating other than Mercy Weasley?

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Nick link
4/1/2021 02:24:50 pm

Remember Grace Chang

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Ryan
4/1/2021 02:59:44 pm

Too soon

Jeff Mccrea
4/1/2021 10:50:05 am

Cradle is 100% original content. Not even slight changes like these described can make it anything like Harry Potter. Many books I've read recently are identical though, like the Art of the Adept series.

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Jon
4/1/2021 10:53:27 am

I read the chess 4/1 joke and didn't catch on until they got to the shin kicking. Punished for not checking the calendar!

Jokes aside, my first impression of Cradle was that it was tailor made to be a(n) RPG. I wanted it to be too simple for my refined palate. But no, it's not. My palate loves it 😆

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Fluffly unicorns dancing on rainbows
4/1/2021 11:00:42 am

Will Wight reveals... Wrath was gay the whole time

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Samuel275
4/2/2021 05:34:11 am

Lolololol x 1000000000000

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Tim
4/1/2021 11:01:30 am

While a series of movies sounds like a interesting concept, maybe not the perfect medium for Cradle. Honestly, i think it would be a perfect fit for a animated show on a streaming network. Would allow for far more versatility in adapting most of the content without cutting too many corners. Again, just my personal opinion. But Cradle seems like a perfectly fit for a multi-season fantasy adventure that is currently the craze in the television space.

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Alex C
4/1/2021 11:26:24 am

no voy a mentir casi me mee con los primeros 2 y ya cuando leí lo de Eithan dijo no vergas esto no puede ser real.

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Isobel
4/1/2021 11:28:30 am

Orthos is my patronus

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Matthew
4/1/2021 11:31:41 am

Okay, you friggen got me. I was getting more and more heart broken until I hit the owl and remember the date.

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Yosef
4/1/2021 11:38:32 am

Well at least this year less people will think its real, I say less as we all know some will still believe this nonsense is real.

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Alexey K
4/1/2021 12:34:32 pm

Oh my god, I almost belived it!

Thank you for Hermione.

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The Dragon Beyond the Gate
4/1/2021 01:25:22 pm

I can here for Apr 1st and wasn't disappointed.

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Elliot
4/1/2021 01:41:43 pm

Didn't catch me slippin, even for a second. I know you too well. In all seriousness, I'd love to see an anime about Cradle. I think it could work.

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Curt
4/1/2021 05:29:51 pm

April fools

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Julie
4/1/2021 05:35:28 pm

So basically Dross is now Ron Weasley... Got it.

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Shock
4/1/2021 06:35:17 pm

Good joke you can’t replace the main character (orthos) with an owl. A dragon does not f—- with feathers

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Ashley
4/1/2021 08:58:07 pm

That was an excellent April fools joke. Thank you

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Chris
4/2/2021 12:49:52 am

I always had trouble imagining Orthos. I know that Will lives in central Florida, and there are several different kinds of turtles in that domain. There are the aquatic, flattish, soft-shell turtles. There are the abundant and aquatic yellow-bellied slider turtles. There are the entirely land loving box tortoises. And then there are the snapping turtles, both the normal snapping turtle, and the alligator snapping turtle (which has semi-spikes on its shell). Which kind is Orthos?

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The Kitten Who Lived
4/3/2021 05:26:47 pm

Probably a cross between an alligator snapping turtle and a tortoise. He has a spiky shell like a snapper at least, and they’re some of the meanest looking turtles alive, but he’s terrestrial and his shell is tall and rounded like a tortoise. Honestly you could also just google ‘dragon turtle’ and adapt Orthos’ traits.

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Mouser
4/2/2021 06:36:59 am

A swirling green light appeared in the center of the room, widening into an large stone doorway, as though from a castle hall.
"There is no gift I can offer you more valuable than time,' Northstrider said, and Yerin wondered if this was a recorded message or if he was communicating to them directly.
Either way it was incredibly good timing.
"The Room of Requirement before you has within it a device called a Time Turner that will untether you from the normal flow of time."

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Path of the Endless Sea
4/2/2021 11:27:38 am

I almost got mad! you almost had me. Then i remembered the date and took a step back and stopped channeling my madra cause I was seething. Good one!

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Joe
4/2/2021 06:02:53 pm

This better be an April fools joke or we are having words...

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Bewildered
4/2/2021 10:54:22 pm

Well it was posted on 01/04/2021, but unless you check the date ...

Personally I thought the notion of a Cradle movie series (or even animated series) sounded awesome, but then I started reading the changes and realised oh crap this is Potter.

Eh HP was imaginative but Cradle is better.

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Matthew
4/5/2021 07:53:06 am

> First off, they were concerned that Lindon was too intimidating and large

That immediately got my hackles rising. I’m reading well after April 1st so I didn’t see the joke until the next word lol

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Jason
4/7/2021 07:37:09 pm

Quick! Use Crucio to prevent them from touching it!

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Dan
4/7/2021 09:00:06 am

Lindon is an unusual name, can we call him Luke?

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wei shi ______________aurelius akura
11/29/2021 04:04:47 pm

what????? the book was just fine! now, it looks like they came out with a new harry potter series!!!!!
I was hoping it would be much more than that!

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wei shi_____________aurelius akura
11/29/2021 04:05:43 pm

oh wait........

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wei shi_____________aurelius akura
11/29/2021 04:07:30 pm

oohhhh that was a good one will...
you got me so maddddd!!!!!

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Wei Shi Dross Arelius
11/7/2022 08:59:42 pm

Reigan Shen is played by Ralph Feins when he is older

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