If I remember right, not one of Asimov's books ever received a decent treatment. One of his best stories, Nightfall for instance, was made into a horrid abomination of a film. Heinlein has a slightly better track record, then again of all the films made from his work, only two were decent - he was directly involved in Destination Moon, and the 1994 Puppet Masters was made by a couple of devoted fans.
Generally Hollywood has done a butchers job on most Science Fiction works, case in point, read David Brin's The Postman, then see the movie. larry On 1/17/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are 100% correct on both counts. I've heard that he was not happy with > blade runner but it was a great movie *based* on his book, but not following > it. But that's the trend in SF movies. Look at freejack (a better movie than > many gave it credit for). Look at i-robot. Look at Constantine (good enough > a movie but NOT Hellblazer). All movies based on an idea from a book with > some window dressing like the book, but not the book. It always makes me > worried when I see a SF based movie. I wonder how they're going to stick it > to the author. From what I know of I-Robot, they really gave a dick to > Asimov. And the things they do to Moore's works are just as bad. > > Dick's approach to writing is what makes me like him so and it's this reason > that I saw what I saw in the movie. It's what Dick would have done. It's not > always the way we see it. > > > I've never seen a movie based on a Dick story that actually followed the > > story. > > > > They all seem to take bits and pieces, but never the "heart" of the story > > and produce overblown epics. > > > > It often works: I loved "Blade Runner" (but it's definately NOT "Do > > Androids > > Dream of Electric Sheep"). "Total Recall" was extremely fun (but NOT "We > > Can Remember it for You Wholesale"). > > > > But they all have shared themes. Dick loved to question our minds: am I > > "real"? Are my memories real? Am I what I've done or what I'm capable of > > doing? Is there a difference? > > > > The theme of reality vrs perception is strong in pretty much everything by > > him. > > > > I almost think for him the actual stories, the plots, are secondary - it's > > the characters reaction to technological challenges to their perceptions > > that matter most. > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192802 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
