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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN)
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Subject: re: SF movies
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Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 04:53:56 EST
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> From:	sun!chuq	(Chuq Von Rospach)

>> From: Dave Godwin <godwin@ICSE.UCI.EDU>
>> 	In my humble opinion, never in sf has there been a case of good book 
>> being made into good movie, just good book into celluloid drivel.  This will 
>> almost certainly be another case.  ( No, I don't mean 2001; it came sort of 
>> with the movie, not before. )  I am getting very tired of watching good work 
>> trashed for the screen.
> 
> Well, this seems like a good time to flame back. How about "A Boy and
> His Dog" (hugo, 1976) or "Dr. Strangelove" (hugo, 1965) or "Secret of
> NIMH" (1983?). You should NEVER use the word never, since it just
> prompts people to find exceptions... (Hmm, I smell a straight line in
> there somewhere...). If I thought about it, I could probably come up
> with a few more, but three is enough to throw out a 'never' argument...

Want more? How about FRANKENSTEIN/THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN,
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
(both versions), THE THING (both versions), SOMEWHERE IN TIME,
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE TIME MACHINE, WHEN
WORLDS COLLIDE, THE WIZARD OF OZ (!!!!), THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN,
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, 1984 (both versions), ON THE BEACH,
CHARLY, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, FIRST MEN IN THE MOON,
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, PLANET OF THE APES (yes,
I thought the first Apes film was good), DEATHWATCH, FAIL
SAFE, FAHRENHEIT 451, THE POWER, ALTERED STATES, BLADE RUNNER?
Is this enough, or shall I go on?

And to add that which started this discussion, I saw a preview
of ENEMY MINE the other night, and while it has some problems,
and isn't as good as the Longyear novelette, I still thought
it was quite good.

> 2001, by the way, is truly a special case. Not only is it a film done at the
> same time as the novel, but I also nominate it as the only SF film that was
> BETTER than the book was. Anyone else want to add new nominations?

Two I thought were clearly better than the book were CARRIE
and A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. SOMEWHERE IN TIME was better than
its source (Matheson's BID TIME RETURN), too, in my opinion.
And since Phil Dick isn't my cup of tea, I'd add BLADE RUNNER
to the list.

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)

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