Hey, do you remember the never-ending story?

Hello and welcome to Hey, do you remember to Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose-tinted glasses to see how it holds up.

I'm Chris.

I'm Donna.

And I'm Carlos.

And today we're revisiting the never-ending story.

Thank you. And I'm Carlos. And today we're revisiting the never-ending story. Rhymes that keep their secrets will unfold behind the clouds, and there upon a rainbow is the answer to a never-ending story.

At least that's what the lyrics to the film's theme song would have us believe.

But not only is there no answer to the never-ending story, as depicted in the movie,

viewers probably weren't even aware there was a question.

The title was never really explained in this 1984 adaptation of Michael N's epic fantasy novel, and it's one of many reasons that the normally reserved author publicly denounced it.

End initially worked closely with director Wolfgang Peterson on the script,

but would later accuse Peterson of rewriting all of it behind his back. The director maintained that

the film was still very faithful to the book, but End felt the deviations from his source material

completely sidestepped the entire point of the story. After attempts to halt the production were unsuccessful,

and actually held a much publicized press conference to distance himself from the film and to make

people aware of the liberties that were being taken, he also demanded that they changed the title,

or at the very least, remove his name from the credits. When the filmmakers did not oblige,

he leveled a lawsuit against

them for breach of contract. All of this may sound like an extreme overreaction on ends part,

especially when being unsatisfied with what Hollywood does to your book, seems like the

unfortunate destiny of every writer who's lucky enough to have their work optioned. But the

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