Rick Root wrote: > IMO, there is nothing lamer than a "book vs. movie" fight. First I would point out that it is rare, but sometimes a movie is better then a book at least in my opinion.
Secondly, I would agree that movies and books are completely different mediums and will tell a story in a different manor. Your Lord of the Rings example is a good case for this, I believe the Harry Potter movies make a good example as well. But with I. Robot and I am Legend, when all that may be the same between the book and movie is the title, I think we have gone beyond telling a story in different mediums. I have seen both movies, I have only read I Robot, but Larry's synopsis of I am Legend was concise and I trust it. I can easily say I enjoyed both movies, they where entertaining and good movies. But as far as I can tell, associating them with the books was pure marketing. By saying they are based or adopted from these well known written works, the film makers are trying to tap a ready market. I feel this cheapens both works a bit and just sounds lazy to me. If you want to make a fun robot or virus takes over the world movie go for it. It's not the first time, doesn't have to be the last time. But if you are going to base it off a well known written source, you need to give it more then lip service by having the same title and maybe a character or two of the same name. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249525 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
