I seem to recall that Wonderland focused on Sixkill rather than Hawk. I also seem to recall a horror element towards the end of the novel that seemed an unnecessary departure from the formula. (I listen to the books on audio rather than read them, so I can't go back and check, but I believe the same thing happened in the followup novel, "Cheap Shot.") Still, I do think that Atkins captures Parker's style very well. How well that will transfer to an adaptation, of course, is the big question.
Making Spenser an ex-con is an odd change; it almost seems as if they're changing something just because they can. The first thing I thought of with the ex-con angle was "The Rockford Files" - though the difference there is that Rockford is a wrongly convicted (and pardoned) ex-con who has a P.I. license. Not sure how Spenser would be able to interact with the police if he's unlicensed. It's an unnecessary complication. Agreed on Virgil Cole, though that first novel is the only one I know. (I seem to recall that Diane Lane was supposed to play that part originally - that would have given the movie a lot more gravity.) I've read a few of the Sunny Randalls but none of the Jesse Stones. On Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 5:02:17 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > Spenser is not an ex-con. > > Ultimately, whomever they cast as Hawk is what will make or break the > reboot, although I don’t think he played a big role in Wonderland. I’ll > have to reread the novel. > > It is a bit odd they chose one of the Ace Atkins novels to reboot the > franchise, when there are probably 40 or so Parker novels that were never > adapted for the screen. While I like the Atkins stories, the farther one > deviates from the original source material, the worse it is likely to be. > > I do lament the Virgil Cole movie was so poorly received (my reason for it > is the horrible casting of the female costar) because I really like those > novels. > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 1:54 PM Diner <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> >> https://deadline.com/2018/06/spenser-robert-b-parker-mark-wahlberg-wonderland-netflix-movie-peter-berg-ace-atkins-1202417373/ >> >> I'm not sure if I like the plot change mentioned early on... but as a >> devoted fan of the the Spenser novels, I say getting Spenser back onscreen >> in any shape is good news. >> And I think Wahlberg is a good fit for the character. (He'll definitely >> be a better fit than Joe Mantegna was.) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
