Having taken a gander at the trailers, I have to say, this movie looks pretty funny, and I can't wait for the novelization to come out. I'll read it right away, they always come out right before the movies do.
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Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
I'll wait for the audio book or radio drama to come out.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
But....there already is a novel on it. They don't need to do another one.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
*shakes the sarcasm detector*
Is this thing busted?
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Oh dear................
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Stan could just be playing a very deep game Dag.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Its called answer sarcasm with seriousness and its the only way to... ummm... never mind.
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?
Wow…. I bet that’ll be a neat movie. Wonder if there will be any good restaurants in it?
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
Jay, something tells me we'll just have to settle for a pot of petunias.
In all seriousness, I heard some well-dressed folks at a LOTR showing mention how they heard that the movie had been made into a book. Good thing I didn't have anything in my mouth at the time...
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Stan could just be playing a very deep game Dag.
That's what I meant. I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic - or would "ironic" be more appropriate here?
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
And FYI, for those that didn't get the reference -- HHGG was originally a radio drama that only later got turned into a book.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I suppose the movie is a "de-novelization"? Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
I've never read the book. Or any of its sequels. I don't even know what the story is about.
Posted by Ginol_Enam (Member # 7070) on :
Has there ever been a separate novelization of a movie that was based off a book? 'Cause that would be hilarious...
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
Not that I know of, but the book 2010 is actually a sequel to the movie2001, not the book 2001 that the movie was based on. And, of course, they then made a movie from the book that was a sequel to a movie based on a book by the same author.
Whew! *wipes perspiration off of forehead*
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
Well, there is this German book, Lisa and Lottie, by Erich Kastner, that was translated into English. It got turned into the Disney movie The Parent Trap and then that movie was novelized. I read both books as a kid. The two books are extremely different, of course. Kind of interesting.
Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
I own the novelization of "The Prince and the Pauper", which was based on the Disney movie, which was in turn based on the Mark Twain original.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:Not that I know of, but the book 2010 is actually a sequel to the movie 2001, not the book 2001 that the movie was based on. And, of course, they then made a movie from the book that was a sequel to a movie based on a book by the same author.
Actually, according to my very old paperback copy of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the book was based on the movie.
The full blurb on the front of my book:
quote:2001: A Space Odyssey A novel by Arthur C. Clarke Based on the screenplay of the MGM film by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
I am almost positiv that your book is mistaken.
Here's from the back cover of another one:
quote:2001: A Space Odyssey inspired what is perhaps the greatest science fiction film ever made- brilliantly imagined by the late Stanley Kubrick....
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
Huh. The book and the movie both came out in 1968. I don't know what to think now.
In any case, in the book they go to one of Saturn's moons, but in the movie they go to one of Jupiter's. In the book 2010, they had gone to one of Jupiter's.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
The novel 2001: A Space Odyssey was based on the screenplay and came out the same year as the movie came out, 1968. The copyright in my book is 1968, by Arthur C. Clarke and Polaris Productions, Inc. There are no copyright dates listed for prior years.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
I faced this same dilemma.........of course both the movie and the book confused me till I couldn't see straight(figure of speech).........I enjoyed both though.........
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Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I'm serious.......I was so confused that for the next week during school I was trying to think the whole thing out instead of paying attention in school.........I still did alright that week.......but it drove me absolutely insane.........and still does.........
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
I really like the book, and have read it several times.
I do not enjoy the movie, however. I gues sI expect drastically different things from a book than from a movie.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Yes, that movie is a trip. One of a kind.
Porter, as Ela's wiki link points out:
quote: the film and Arthur C. Clarke novel of the same name share an interesting developmental history, with the book being modified by Clarke based on some of the film's daily rushes, with feedback in both directions.
I tried to find a quote like this with a quick Google search but couldn't. It's like I remembered, the book and movie were developed concurrently, with feedback in both directions, which is unique AFAIK.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Ok, as far as Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy is concerned (for me anyway), The book is great and the radio show was excellent, and the original movie was pretty good too. I guess I'm kinda freaked about what they will do with the remake.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
The original movie -- are you talking about the BBC one? That was pretty much the radio drama plus some really bad special effects. It was actually better if you didn't watch the screen.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
quote:I tried to find a quote like this with a quick Google search but couldn't. It's like I remembered, the book and movie were developed concurrently, with feedback in both directions, which is unique AFAIK.
Something similar happened with The Abyss between James Cameron and Orson Scott Card. It was probably not to the same degree, but part of what OSC came up with got put into the movie.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Yes, it is the BBC one. Awwww c'mon, it coould've worse. At least it wasn't directed by Joel Schumacher.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Wow, I didn't know that, Porter. I didn't even know OSC wrote the novelization for the The Abyss, I'll have to check it out.
And the BBC movie of HHGTTG was no prize-winner, but it was fun. I liked it. You're right though, the production values and F/X were cheap.
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They don't need to do another one.
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