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re: Movies that Bear No Resemblance to Source Material
Posted on 1/20/13 at 10:10 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Posted on 1/20/13 at 10:10 am to PurpleandGold Motown
quote:
What else you got?
I Am Legend
Other than the name of the lead character...
To bad, because a faithful version of Matheson's book would be fantastic.
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Posted on 1/20/13 at 10:45 am to GeauxTigerTM
quote:
I Am Legend
Other than the name of the lead character...
To bad, because a faithful version of Matheson's book would be fantastic
this
Posted on 1/20/13 at 11:42 am to TigerDeacon
Eragon 
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (bears a lot of resemblance, but they changed several character/stoy arcs that ruined any possibilities for the sequal novels)
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (bears a lot of resemblance, but they changed several character/stoy arcs that ruined any possibilities for the sequal novels)
Posted on 1/20/13 at 11:46 am to prplhze2000
The Count of Monte Cristo
Posted on 1/20/13 at 11:58 am to rondo
quote:
The Count of Monte Cristo
a million times this
Book > Movie
Posted on 1/20/13 at 11:59 am to Roaad
quote:
Movie bears a great deal of resemblance to the source material.
That's like saying LeBron James resembles Jackie Joyner Kersey because, hey, they're both black!
Starship Troopers was a ghastly abomination.
Posted on 1/20/13 at 12:01 pm to BoardReader
quote:
Starship Troopers was a ghastly abomination.
Posted on 1/20/13 at 12:07 pm to BoardReader
quote:Please leave. All credibility lost.
Starship Troopers was a ghastly abomination.
Posted on 1/20/13 at 12:11 pm to TigerMyth36
quote:
Please leave. All credibility lost
The book is one of the better things written in the 20th century; the movie is a slightly-above average sci-fi with boobs.
Posted on 1/20/13 at 12:13 pm to BoardReader
quote:
...the movie is a slightly-above average sci-fi with boobs.
No, it's shitty sci-fi with shitty acting, cheesy dialog and lots of titties. It's so bad it's good.
I RA'd.
Posted on 1/20/13 at 12:16 pm to Cold Pizza
quote:
No, it's shitty sci-fi with shitty acting, cheesy dialog and lots of titties.
The only way that differs from average sci-fi is Titties. So, slightly above average stands-- unless they were bad titties, and I do not believe they were.
Posted on 1/20/13 at 12:19 pm to Ross
quote:
a million times this Book > Movie
Everyone I know that hasnt read the book loved the movie...eveyone I know that read the book hated the movie
Posted on 1/20/13 at 12:22 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I Am Legend. Book is completely different.
Posted on 1/20/13 at 12:25 pm to rondo
quote:
Everyone I know that hasnt read the book loved the movie...eveyone I know that read the book hated the movie
Which version, though? The 1975 Richard Chamberlin version was much more book-like than the 2002 version.
Posted on 1/20/13 at 12:52 pm to BoardReader
The Postman deviates from David Brin's novel in some pretty drastic ways.
There seems to be a common thread here: scifi movies seem to take the most liberties with the source material.
Oh...here's one that's not scifi, Practical Magic.
There seems to be a common thread here: scifi movies seem to take the most liberties with the source material.
Oh...here's one that's not scifi, Practical Magic.
Posted on 1/20/13 at 1:06 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
starship troopers
coming soon: worldwar z
coming soon: worldwar z
Posted on 1/20/13 at 1:09 pm to polarbehr
out of curiosity how did starship troopers deviate from the source material?
Posted on 1/20/13 at 1:10 pm to rondo
quote:
Everyone I know that hasnt read the book loved the movie...eveyone I know that read the book hated the movie
The movie doesn't show a lot of the main characters who were fantastic in the book, and comes nowhere near close to showing the deeper levels of planning that Dantes used in plotting his revenge, and it takes away a lot from the overall experience.
People who never read the book never got the full experience, so I guess they'd enjoy the revenge anyway.
I know they couldn't fit all of that book into the movie, it's just that the two simply don't compare.
This post was edited on 1/20/13 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 1/20/13 at 1:12 pm to Damn Good Dawg
used the names thats about it
plus dizzy was a guy
plus dizzy was a guy
Posted on 1/20/13 at 1:30 pm to polarbehr
holy shite 
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