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“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”: Books > Movie
Quite a few commentators have dismissed the big-screen adaptation of the first volume in Ransom Riggs' bestselling Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children young-adult series as "Tim Burton's X-Men". In comics we've learned to accept the coexistence of dozens of super-teams among the numerous universes over the past century, many of which aren't superfluous and forgettable. Meanwhile in movies, someone gathers a few paranormals and no one can think of any other basis for comparison beyond the X-Men. Y'all do know "school for kids with powers" isn't a rare pop culture concept anymore, right? Besides, I called dibs on the joke four years ago and beat the rush. See below. […]