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Post by mylungswereaching on May 14, 2009 15:50:57 GMT -5
I was watching Outlaw, based on the book Outlaw of Gor, a couple of days ago and remembered that I have some Gor books in my collection, somewhere. I also have the book Phase 4 but I can't remember if it was written before or after the movie. I haven't reread either book in years.
Has anyone actually read any of the books and were the books as bad as the movies or were the movies just terrible remakes of pretty good books?
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Post by Torgo on May 14, 2009 18:43:47 GMT -5
I recall looking up info on the Gor series when I watched Outlaw for the first time. Reviews of the series made the books sound even more awful than the movie.
I'm not sure about anything else. I think Diabolik was based upon a comic book that's supposedly pretty popular.
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Post by angilasman on May 14, 2009 21:04:14 GMT -5
^Yeah, Daibolik is a popular French comic book character.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on May 14, 2009 22:07:40 GMT -5
Phase 4 was written after the movie. The guy who did the novelization is actually a favorite writer of mine: Barry Malzberg. He did the novelization under a pseudonym for cash.
And I think some dude wrote Hamlet before they turned it into a movie. (Okay, it was a play, but still...)
_Overdrawn at the Memory Bank_ was based a short story by John Varley, who's a big name in mid century science fiction. I think the story's by the same name, but I can't remember. (The credits to the movie give it, but I can't check now.)
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Post by pups4ever on May 17, 2009 3:31:04 GMT -5
Village of the Giants and Riding with Death were (loosely) based on stories by H.G. Wells.
Marooned was a novel before it was a movie. There are two versions of the novel, one based off of the Gemini program and one based on the Apollo program after the movie was released. I have not read either version, nor do I own them.
I thought Diabolik was an Italian comic book character, not French.
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Post by Torgo on May 17, 2009 9:58:30 GMT -5
I thought Diabolik was an Italian comic book character, not French. He is indeed Italian. Just looked it up. |
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Post by angilasman on May 17, 2009 12:53:03 GMT -5
^Oh, sorry.
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Post by Don Quixote on May 17, 2009 20:32:55 GMT -5
I can't believe that none of you have read Truman Capote's Attack of the Giant Leeches. Philistines.
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Post by Torgo on May 17, 2009 22:19:41 GMT -5
France...Italy...both have hairy people and great food. There's no difference. |
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Post by Crowfan on May 18, 2009 8:03:47 GMT -5
France...Italy...both have hairy people and great food. There's no difference. Both surrender a lot.... ;D |
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on May 23, 2009 12:13:05 GMT -5
I've always wanted to get a hold of "A Taste For Honey", which became the heart rending blockbuster The Deadly Bees.
How do you tell a killer bee from a normal bee anyway? They always seem kinda irritated.
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