I am with you all the way here. The TV series and the previous movies weren't classics (and the series made more than its share of formulaic network TV compromises). But even at their weakest, they were recognizable as Parker's work, or at least as extensions of Parker's work. They fell squarely into the private eye tradition that Parker (and Ace Atkins) have nobly upheld for the past five decades.
This mess? I don't know what the fuck this is. And no matter what their names are, I don't recognize those characters. On Friday, January 31, 2020 at 12:52:28 AM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 9:47 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Excellent question. No clue as to why anybody involved felt the need to >> rent the character names, if things are going to be so different. Given >> the number of recognizable names attached (including a blink and you'll >> miss him Marc Maron), I would assume the film could be greenlit without the >> Spenser connection. >> >> I suspect that they 'adapted' a book that wasn't actually written by >> Parker because it would be easier to get the rights/wouldn't necessarily >> have to get permission from Parker's estate. >> > > Ace Atkins must be rolling over in his grave... and he’s still very much > alive. > > I own and have read every novel Parker ever wrote, and every novel > posthumously including his name though written by other authors. Whatever > the f*ck that trailer was, it had nothing... repeat nothing... to do with > Spenser. I’ve never gotten angry watching a trailer before today. This > isn’t a Spenser reboot; this is a Spenser rape. > > > >> >> I did botch the date of the premiere, it's March 6. >> >> David >> >> On Friday, January 31, 2020, 12:17:38 AM EST, Kevin M. < >> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> >> What. The f*ck. Was that? >> >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 9:13 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> Picking up a thread from June 2018, because the movie in question, >> Spenser Confidential, is slated to debut on Netflix March 20. >> >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/tvornottv/Spenser/tvornottv/PokuZeJn0aA/wjGjeo7GBwAJ >> >> For those who don't remember/don't want to click the link, the latest >> effort to adapt Robert B. Parker's detective Spenser for the screen is a >> movie starring Mark Wahlberg as the detective, and directed by Wahlberg's >> frequent collaborator Peter Berg. >> >> Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgKEoHNi3Uc >> >> It's 'loosely based' (per Wikipedia) on the Ace Atkins' Spenser novel >> Wonderland. As the film describes Spenser and Hawk trying to solve the >> murder of two Boston cops, when the book was about a shady land development >> deal putting the screws to the owner of Spenser's gym, I tend to agree. >> >> David >> >> -- >> 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:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1761592240.526198.1580447596486%40mail.yahoo.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1761592240.526198.1580447596486%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AbHAX8wjFs-86OCJf1je7EH8uN829sW%2BW7Uz7soqsdnw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AbHAX8wjFs-86OCJf1je7EH8uN829sW%2BW7Uz7soqsdnw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- >> 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:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/158558646.545380.1580449626930%40mail.yahoo.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/158558646.545380.1580449626930%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/70dafea0-7abf-47c1-b235-36ee875741a1%40googlegroups.com.
