History Film / SeedsOfYesterday

In 2015, {{Creator/Lifetime}} did a MadeForTVMovie adaptation of [[Literature/IfThereBeThorns the book]].

::However, the narrative's framing of this is actually a SubvertedTrope. Bart ignores Cindy's words. That reasoning doesn't seem to land with him; he doesn't seem to think it makes a difference. Before Bart can move forward in his relationship with Cindy, he first has to make his peace with incest and accept the relationship between their parents (who ''are'' blood siblings). Only then can he get together with Cindy, knowing that it ''is'' incest and being ok with that.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Melodie is a brunette in the movie, while Jory is blond. It was the other way around in the book.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: The most interesting follow-on effect of the RelationshipUpgrade between Bart and Cindy is how it re-frames the father-son relationship between Chris and Bart. Bart is acutely aware of the LikeFatherLikeSon potential, and dead-set on {{Def|iedTrope}}ying it.

* EpiphanyTherapy: Like in the book, [[spoiler:Bart realizes only after Chris dies that he loved and valued him]]. He forgives him, and realizes that his family really does love them and that he has to stop pushing them away before it's too late. In the movie, the RelationshipUpgrade between Bart and Cindy also re-frames the relationship between Bart and Chris. [[spoiler:When Chris dies, Bart forgives his father. His forgives his parents' incest, and then in turn forgives ''himself'' for ''his'' incest. This propels him to follow in his father's footsteps and marry his own sister. He adopts a strain of Christianity that's more about ''love'' than ''sin''.]]

* FemaleGaze: The camera lingers over Bart as [[ModestyTowel wears a towel]], takes off that towel, and gets dressed.

* NotBloodSiblings: Adoptive siblings Bart and Cindy ''do'' fall in love and eventually marry. Cindy justifies the relationship by invoking the trope.

** The first scene we see of Jory and Toni together is Jory doing one.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: In the book--while Cindy ''does'' comment on how hot Bart and Jory are--much more narrative focus is payed to how ''Cindy'' has gotten hot in the two years since Bart last saw her. In the movie, this is {{Gender Flip}}ped, and the focus is on Cindy looking at Bart.

''Seeds of Yesterday'', more than any other of the books, doesn't really have a central plot with a climax. Instead has a bunch of subplots that meander around. The movie does an AdaptationDistillation by removing Joel and lessening the focus on Jory, and an AdaptationExpansion by making the Bart/Cindy relationship more central and {{Relationship Upgrad|e}}ing it from BelligerentSexualTension to TheyDo. The movie thus has a much more traditional plot structure than the book, leading many fans praise it as a PragmaticAdaptation.

-->'''Bart:''' That trust-fund maggot didn't deserve you.
-->'''Cindy:''' Oh, well, now you just sound jealous.
-->'''Bart:''' Don't get it twisted like the rest of our family.

* NotBloodSiblings: Adoptive siblings Bart and Cindy ''do'' fall in love and eventually marry, but the narrative's framing of this is actually a SubvertedTrope. Cindy justifies the relationship by invoking the trope--but Bart ignores her words. That reasoning doesn't seem to land with him; he doesn't seem to think it makes a difference. Before Bart can move forward in his relationship with Cindy, he first has to make his peace with incest and accept the relationship between their parents (who ''are'' blood siblings). Only then can he get together with Cindy, ''knowing'' that it's incest and being ok with that.

-->'''Chris:''' I know you. And whether you want to believe it or not, we're a lot more alike than you think.
-->'''Bart:''' No I'm not like you. Do you hear me? I am ''nothing'' like you.

* ShesGotLegs: The dress Cindy wears to Bart's party has a slit all the way up the side.

-->'''Cindy:''' Now you just sound jealous.

''Seeds of Yesterday'', more than any other of the books, doesn't really have a central plot with a climax. Instead has a bunch of subplots that meander around. The movie does an AdaptationDistillation by removing Joel and lessening the focus on Jory, and an AdaptationExpansion by making the Bart/Cindy relationship more central and {{Relationship Upgrad|e}}ing it from BelligerentSexualTension to TheyDo. The movie has a much more traditional plot structure than the book, leading many fans praise it as a PragmaticAdaptation.

* EpiphanyTherapy: Like in the book, [[spoiler:Bart realizes only after Chris dies that he loved and valued him]]. He forgives him, and realizing that his family really does love them and that he has to stop pushing them away before it's too late. In the movie, the RelationshipUpgrade between Bart and Cindy also re-frames the relationship between Bart and Chris. [[spoiler:When Chris dies, Bart forgives his father. His forgives his parents' incest, and then in turn forgives ''himself'' for ''his'' incest. This propels him to follow in his father's footsteps and marry his own sister. He adopts a strain of Christianity that's more about ''love'' than ''sin''.]]

* NotBloodSiblings: Adoptive siblings Bart and Cindy ''do'' fall in love and eventually marry, but the narrative's framing of this is actually a SubvertedTrope. Cindy justifies the relationship by invoking the trope--but Bart is having none of it. Before Bart can move forward in his relationship with Cindy, he first has to make his peace with incest and accept the relationship between their parents (who ''are'' blood siblings). Only then can he get together with Cindy, ''knowing'' that it's incest and being ok with that.

* Sammi Hanratty as Cindy

* InstantBirthJustAddWater: Melodie's birth of the twins.

* NotBloodSiblings: Adoptive siblings Bart and Cindy ''do'' fall in love and eventually marry, but the narrative's framing of this is actually a SubvertedTrope. Cindy justifies the relationship by invoking the trope, but Bart is having none of it. It's not until Bart realizes that incest is fundamentally ok, and accepts the relationship between their parents, who are blood siblings, that he is prepared to move forward in his relationship with Cindy.

* EpiphanyTherapy: Like in the book, [[spoiler:Bart realizes only after Chris dies that he loved and valued him]]. The movie takes this one step further. [[spoiler:Bart's epiphany has a two main points: a) incest is ok, and b) stop pushing people away. Bart forgives his father for his incest, and then in turn forgives ''himself'' for ''his'' incest. This propels him to follow in his father's footsteps and marry his own sister. He adopts a strain of Christianity that's more about ''love'' than ''sin''.]]

* ThePeepingTom: There's a window that overlooks the pool, providing Bart with the perfect venue to watch Cindy while she swims and suns herself. She tauntingly waves to him when she catches him doing it.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Bart's family becomes increasingly unwilling/unable to handle his

* NotBloodSiblings: Bart and Cindy fall in love and eventually marry. Cindy justifies the relationship by lampshading this:

* RelationshipUpgrade: In the book, Bart and Cindy have a brutally antagonistic relationship that ''could'' be read as BelligerentSexualTension, but that's far from the only reading. In the movie, they're struggling with both an attraction and simultaneous mutual hatred. The film concludes with him declaring, "We were meant for each other," and them marrying.

* TheNineties: Bart is proud to have a DVD player and dial-up internet in his house.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Bart is more civil than his book counterpart. This is most evident in his relationship with Chris, which is terse and cold, but workable.

* GenerationXerox: Bart and Cindy's incestuous relationship echoes that of their parents--there's even a moment following a confrontation with Cindy when Bart angrily tells Chris, "I am ''nothing'' like you!", indicating that he's determined to resist his attraction to his sister. She's his adopted sister rather than biological--but he also finally calls her his sister and not doing so all his life.
* LovingBully: Bart to Cindy in the movie, as it appears that a huge part of why he's always so antagonistic towards her is because he's struggling with his improper attraction to her. Right down to him throwing her out of his room after they finally have sex, no doubt because he's ashamed of what they've done.

* NotBloodSiblings: Bart and Cindy fall in love and eventually marry. Cindy justifies the relationship by saying that, unlike Chris and Cathy, at least she and Bart aren't blood-related.
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Bart basically stalks Cindy when she sneaks out to a local bar, frightens her when he confronts her in the woods, and forcefully picks her up to take her home, then throws her on the ground and begins kissing her, all while she's screaming "No" and struggling. But she responds to his kiss and the next scene after the commercial break is of her sitting on his bed in her underwear, eager for Round Two.
* RelationshipUpgrade: In the book, Bart and Cindy have a brutally antagonistic relationship that ''could'' be read as BelligerentSexualTension, but that's far from the only reading. In the movie, they're struggling with both an attraction and simultaneous mutual hatred, right down to him throwing her out after they finally sleep together. The film concludes with him declaring "We were meant for each other," and them marrying.

* SheIsAllGrownUp: In the book, while Cindy ''does'' comment on how hot Bart and Jory are, much more narrative focus is payed to how ''Cindy'' has gotten hot in the two years since Bart last saw her. In the movie, this is {{Gender Flip}}ped, and the focus is on Cindy looking at Bart.

* ShesGotLegs: The dress Cindy wears to Bart's party has a slit all the way up the side.

* AdaptedOut: Joel, of all people, who was a major antagonist in the novel, essentially what Malcolm strives to be, and who had considerable poisonous influence over Bart, is completely absent from the movie.

* RetargetedLust: Bart beds Melodie shortly after Cindy catches him spying on her while she's at the pool. Later, he visits a brothel and selects a prostitute who resembles Cindy. Even creepier, he takes her from behind, possibly to enable him to continue imagining that it's Cindy he's having sex with.

Starring Rachael Carpani as Cathy, Jason Lewis as Chris, [[Music/BigTimeRush James Maslow]] as Bart, Sammi Hanratty as Cindy, and Anthony Konechny as Jory.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: Melodie is a brunette in the TV movie, while Jory is blond (it was the other way around in the book).

* CrazyJealousGuy: Bart towards Cindy in the movie--his reaction upon catching her and her boyfriend together is far more that of a lover than brother. Later, he follows her when she sneaks out to a local bar and can be seen glaring at the guy she's cavorting with.
* GenerationXerox: In the movie, Bart and Cindy's incestuous relationship echoes that of their parents--there's even a moment following a confrontation with Cindy when Bart angrily tells Chris, "I am ''nothing'' like you!", indicating that he's determined to resist his attraction to his sister. She's his adopted sister rather than biological--but he also finally calls her his sister and not doing so all his life.

* NotBloodSiblings: Bart and Cindy fall in love and eventually marry, which didn't happen in the book. Cindy justifies the relationship by saying that, unlike Chris and Cathy, at least she and Bart aren't blood-related.

* RelationshipUpgrade: Bart and Cindy go from a brutally antagonistic relationship in the book to struggling with both an attraction and simultaneous mutual hatred in the movie. Right down to him throwing her out after they finally sleep together. The film concludes with him declaring "We were meant for each other" and them marrying.
* RetargetedLust: In the movie, Bart beds Melodie shortly after Cindy catches him spying on her while she's at the pool. Later, he visits a brothel and selects a prostitute who resembles Cindy. Even creepier, he takes her from behind, possibly to enable him to continue imagining that it's Cindy he's having sex with.

* RetargetedLust: In the movie, Bart beds Melody shortly after Cindy catches him spying on her while she's at the pool. Later, he visits a brothel and selects a prostitute who resembles Cindy. Even creepier, he takes her from behind, possibly to enable him to continue imagining that it's Cindy he's having sex with.