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Post by 博:Dr.BLΔD€:锯 on Jan 30, 2019 15:04:24 GMT
Ever seen a movie that you thought is so far removed from it's original outing [as a book or movie] that it seemed ludicrous, amusing, a desecration..or even even Better than the original.
Sometimes it's seeing the movie first and then reading the book...or eagerly watching the movie because of the love of the book.
Anything that comes to mind you'd like to share with the therapy group here?
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Post by Power Ranger on Jan 30, 2019 16:35:42 GMT
Killer: a Journal for Murder (1995) 😂
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 30, 2019 16:42:43 GMT
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 30, 2019 17:40:09 GMT
Ever seen a movie that you thought is so far removed from it's original outing [as a book or movie] that it seemed ludicrous, amusing, a desecrationI've read the "Logan's Run" book and it is so much better than the film. One author/critic (IIRC it was Jeff Rovin) wrote that the film adaptation "should have been called 'Logan's Ruin', because that's exactly what it does to the excellent novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson." ..or even even Better than the original. I've read "Make Room, Make Room", the source material for Soylent Green and every memorable scene in the movie is not in the book. Furthermore the big twist, that Soylent Green is people is not in the book. |
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Post by Archelaus on Jan 30, 2019 17:58:55 GMT
As a James Bond fan, I can tell you that the film version of Moonraker most strongly deviated from the original novel. They only kept the rocket ship Moonraker, the villain Hugo Drax, and a failed attempt to kill Bond and the Bond girl by having the Moonraker's engine incinerate them from the novel. To an extent, the film versions of Diamonds Are Forever and Live and Let Die kept a few situations and characters from the novel counterpart, although they had entirely different plots. In my opinion, the few times a Bond film in which they deviated from the original novel and it turned out to be better than the novel was The Spy Who Loved Me and the 2006 version of Casino Royale.
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Post by Xcalatë on Jan 30, 2019 18:00:13 GMT
World War Z.
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Post by claudius on Jan 30, 2019 18:03:11 GMT
Ever seen a movie that you thought is so far removed from it's original outing [as a book or movie] that it seemed ludicrous, amusing, a desecrationI've read the "Logan's Run" book and it is so much better than the film. One author/critic (IIRC it was Jeff Rovin) wrote that the film adaptation "should have been called 'Logan's Ruin', because that's exactly what it does to the excellent novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson." ..or even even Better than the original. I've read "Make Room, Make Room", the source material for Soylent Green and every memorable scene in the movie is not in the book. Furthermore the big twist, that Soylent Green is people is not in the book. Interestingly, I read a Filmfax interview with one of the Logan's Run writers commenting how the creators of Soylent Green took the method of execution from their book. |
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 30, 2019 18:04:04 GMT
Deviated from the novel in a few ways -
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 30, 2019 18:20:51 GMT
On the Beach made some significant changes but it pretty much "worked" either way BUT I preferred the book.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 30, 2019 18:26:13 GMT
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT is infinitely better than WHO CENSORED ROGER RABBIT?, the source novel.
Ditto with JAWS.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 18:29:26 GMT
The Dark Tower
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Post by James on Jan 30, 2019 19:26:13 GMT
Black Christmas (2006)
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Post by wmcclain on Jan 30, 2019 20:42:15 GMT
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 30, 2019 21:14:11 GMT
World War Z which at least turned out ok, and The Dark Tower which totally did not. Also The Mist, which totally fucked up the ending. Stephen Kings books in particular get the shaft this way a lot. 
And then sometimes you get Blade Runner.  |
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 30, 2019 21:15:32 GMT
Yeah. And the worst part is they screwed that one up on purpose! That could've, should've, been just ONE good movie.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 30, 2019 23:32:00 GMT
I've read the "Logan's Run" book and it is so much better than the film. One author/critic (IIRC it was Jeff Rovin) wrote that the film adaptation "should have been called 'Logan's Ruin', because that's exactly what it does to the excellent novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson." I've read "Make Room, Make Room", the source material for Soylent Green and every memorable scene in the movie is not in the book. Furthermore the big twist, that Soylent Green is people is not in the book. Interestingly, I read a Filmfax interview with one of the Logan's Run writers commenting how the creators of Soylent Green took the method of execution from their book. Yes, that's true. In the "Logan's Run" book there is no Carousel, and no deception about "being renewed". In the book there are "Sleep Shops" and when your time is up, you report to a Sleep Shop and they put you to sleep. If you reject Sleep and run, then a DS Man, or Sandman comes after you - the "DS" stands for "Deep Sleep". By removing the Sleep Shops from the movie, it now makes no sense that the special police are called Sandmen. Another big change from the book is the Sandman's gun. In the movie, each firing of the gun produces the same result. In the book, the guns have six charges, all with different functions, e.g., Ripper, Tangler, Nitro and Homer. The Homer homes in on body heat and then fries your central nervous system with extremely painful and lethal results. There are more major changes relating to Sanctuary and the character of Francis, but I'll stop now so as to not spoil those differences for those now motivated to read the book. The sequel novel "Logan's World" is also excellent. |
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Post by sostie on Jan 31, 2019 12:29:24 GMT
Running Man - stripped away every interesting element of the book
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jan 31, 2019 12:38:04 GMT
O Brother, Where Art Thou
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 12:58:35 GMT
Starship Troopers.
An interesting book turned into a weird and not very good film about fascism.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 31, 2019 13:00:35 GMT
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