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To: EveningStar
What classic science fiction and fantasy books would you like to see made into movies or miniseries'?

NONE OF THEM.

Making movies from books is admitting that you are creatively and intellectually bankrupt.
72 posted on 05/16/2005 12:10:29 PM PDT by Xenalyte (End women's suffrage! Hasn't the country suffered enough?)
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To: Xenalyte
Making movies from books is admitting that you are creatively and intellectually bankrupt.

That's a little harsh, isn't it? I'll agree that Hollywood has gone way overboard with the concept, but in some cases, taking a work from one form to another is a guesture of respect and love for the original. Most operas, for example, are based on other books and/or plays... does that diminish the opera?

75 posted on 05/16/2005 12:15:03 PM PDT by kevkrom ("Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." -- Alexander Hamilton)
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To: Xenalyte

I can well understand and appreciate your point. :)


84 posted on 05/16/2005 2:08:28 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Xenalyte
Making movies from books is admitting that you are creatively and intellectually bankrupt.

So the Passion of Christ is proof of that?

138 posted on 05/17/2005 6:40:53 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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