Well, what about discussing books that are now DVDs?
04-26-01, 02:15 AM
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'Red Dragon', nice one. Let's not get into a debate with the Thomas Harris purists here. But I think 'Manhunter', the DVD, and 'Red Dragon', the book, complement each other. I'm in the camp that rates 'Manhunter' way above 'Silence of the Lambs'. I've found over the years that going back and re-reading 'Red Dragon' that it gives a the much needed background on the Tooth Fairy necessary to give further 'enjoyment' to the movie. Manhunter - definite top 10 material. Now if we could get Robert Altman's version of 'The Long Goodbye' out on DVD ????
04-26-01, 02:03 PM
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Is it just me, or does it seem like Michael Crichton specifically writes books to become movies now? I didn't start reading him until he wrote Jurassic Park, but have read everything of his but the last 2 now. It seems like the older stories are written as books, but everything from JP onward has a definite movie/scene layout about it. Disclosure and Lost World definitely were written to be adapted, IMHO.
Is it just me? I feel kind of ripped off by his books now, and probably won't read anymore unless the topic really grabs me.
Is it just me? I feel kind of ripped off by his books now, and probably won't read anymore unless the topic really grabs me.
04-26-01, 02:38 PM
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Originally posted by renaldow
Is it just me, or does it seem like Michael Crichton specifically writes books to become movies now? I didn't start reading him until he wrote Jurassic Park, but have read everything of his but the last 2 now. It seems like the older stories are written as books, but everything from JP onward has a definite movie/scene layout about it. Disclosure and Lost World definitely were written to be adapted, IMHO.
Is it just me? I feel kind of ripped off by his books now, and probably won't read anymore unless the topic really grabs me.
Is it just me, or does it seem like Michael Crichton specifically writes books to become movies now? I didn't start reading him until he wrote Jurassic Park, but have read everything of his but the last 2 now. It seems like the older stories are written as books, but everything from JP onward has a definite movie/scene layout about it. Disclosure and Lost World definitely were written to be adapted, IMHO.
Is it just me? I feel kind of ripped off by his books now, and probably won't read anymore unless the topic really grabs me.
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04-26-01, 04:05 PM
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Originally posted by renaldow
Is it just me, or does it seem like Michael Crichton specifically writes books to become movies now? I didn't start reading him until he wrote Jurassic Park, but have read everything of his but the last 2 now. It seems like the older stories are written as books, but everything from JP onward has a definite movie/scene layout about it. Disclosure and Lost World definitely were written to be adapted, IMHO.
Is it just me, or does it seem like Michael Crichton specifically writes books to become movies now? I didn't start reading him until he wrote Jurassic Park, but have read everything of his but the last 2 now. It seems like the older stories are written as books, but everything from JP onward has a definite movie/scene layout about it. Disclosure and Lost World definitely were written to be adapted, IMHO.
robyn
04-26-01, 05:36 PM
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I would have said this, but what about Congo? I just read that, and was really, really suprised at how different the book really was. So much so that I want to read more of his stuff just to see how different the books really are. It was like the movie was a dumbed-down, totally character changed version of the book. I think they liked the general idea, but didn't really like the way crichton wrote it.
robyn
I would have said this, but what about Congo? I just read that, and was really, really suprised at how different the book really was. So much so that I want to read more of his stuff just to see how different the books really are. It was like the movie was a dumbed-down, totally character changed version of the book. I think they liked the general idea, but didn't really like the way crichton wrote it.
robyn
Disclosure and Lost World were, like tictacboy said, early script treatments.
