Um Mike, nightfall was made before his death. wait, that was a beta test right.
larry On 1/17/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've said it before and I'll say it again: > "The earth is slowly losing energy. Each rotation bleeds off a little energy > and over time it's gotten worse. This would normally result in a day less > than 24 hours (or so). Scientists have conspired with Hollywood to fix this > problem before it gets out of hand. Their solution? Wait for Asimov to die > and then make really bad movies based on his works. Him spinning in his > grave will provide enough energy to keep the world moving for a long time. > And when they're done with his works they have lots of others to take his > place. Moore comes to mind." > > > > 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 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192810 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
