The Old "Dune" was awful too !<Snip>
PS: the new Dune seems awful
I read foundation a while ago... I'll wait. I do like Villeneuve. I' did love Arrival.. even after many viewings.
The Old "Dune" was awful too !<Snip>
PS: the new Dune seems awful
Don't know, I didn't dislike the first half of the old one, but it rushed like crazy after that; basically, it put ~20% of the first novel in that half, then had to do something about the remaining 80%, an obvious massacre.The Old "Dune" was awful too !
I read foundation a while ago... I'll wait. I do like Villeneuve. I' did love Arrival.. even after many viewings.
On that note, did Wells' Invisible Man ever get a worthy (not Hollywoodian) adaption?
Another classic comming to a small screen near you soon: Ringworld TV Series Release Date, Cast, News & Rumours (techadvisor.com)
This! My wife and I have quotes from Stranger inscribed inside our wedding rings. I can't envision this work being successfully adapted.Nope. I'm hoping against hope that they'll never get to destroying my favorite novel, Stranger In A Strange Land.
On that note, did Wells' Invisible Man ever get a worthy (not Hollywoodian) adaption? Same with Burroughs' A Princess of Mars. In the end, I doubt we'll ever get anything faithful to old material in a modern movie.
PS: the new Dune seems awful
I just read that, and half way through the second one. Both are signed copies.Another classic comming to a small screen near you soon: Ringworld TV Series Release Date, Cast, News & Rumours (techadvisor.com)
Your list is incomplete. Imo, there is the rare instance of the movie being better than the book. I'm referring to the first Bladerunner movie. Originally Do androids dream of electric sheep I think being the print title.Here's a list of classic scifi that was not screwed up in transition from book to movies and TV:
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2010 was pretty good and “The Martian” is totally awesome.Here's a list of classic scifi that was not screwed up in transition from book to movies and TV:
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“The Day The Earth Stood Still” is classic.
But really, that was adapted from the Christian Bible, not a sci-fi story. The remake was remarkably dreadful.
I'm a huge Clarke fan, but let's face it, 2010 was a mediocre book, not a classic. And of course, 2001 (which was brilliant) was a movie before it was a book.
It follows the Jesus story more closely.The Day The Earth Stood Still is based on the story ““Farewell to the Master”.
I'm going to spring for apple TV for hank's WWII destroyer movie, but Foundation (and a few others) help tip the scale.
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Jesus didn’t have a spaceship and a robot.It follows the Jesus story more closely.