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From: dianeh@ISM780.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: SF movies [was Re: Emeny Mine]
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Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 09:34:00 EST
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/* Written  4:53 am  Dec 20, 1985 by boyajian@decwrl in ISM780:net.sf-lovers */
>>> 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...

>> 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?)...

>Want more? How about...
>CHARLY,
>PLANET OF THE APES (yes, I thought the first Apes film was good)
>Is this enough, or shall I go on?
>
>--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)
>
><"Filmography is my pastime">
/* End of text from ISM780:net.sf-lovers */

CHARLY *better* than Flowers_for_Algernon??? Yuk!  The film wasn't bad, if
you *don't* compare it to the book -- but once you do...

PLANET OF THE APES was an abomination compared to the book. It's a typical
Hollywood product -- "Hey, this sounds great...apes running the world and
having humans as slaves...yeah, and we can tie in a Third World War at the
same time...Great!" The book was subtle and intriguing and had *nothing* to
do with our blowing ourselves up. Read it sometime.

Diane Holt
Interactive Systems Corp.
ima!ism780