What's wrong with "inspired by," I wonder?
[eta: For I, Robot, I mean.]
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Jessica - Jul 16, 2004 11:34:47 am PDT #696 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Nutty - Jul 16, 2004 11:35:06 am PDT #697 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
"suggested by," rather than "adapted from,"
I think this is even a flimsier connection than "inspired by", which is the absolute kiss of death for an adaptation.
Sean K - Jul 16, 2004 11:35:33 am PDT #698 of 10001
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I've never even heard of the other guy.
Ah yes. Peter Greenaway. The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and Her Lover, and Murder By Numbers are the two I've seen, and he definitely has an overt style that intrudes onto the film in both of those cases.
You'll either love him, or he'll make you want to stab his brain out with a knitting needle.
tommyrot - Jul 16, 2004 11:37:53 am PDT #699 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A "suggestion" is even more weak than an "inspiration."
It's as if the screenwriter and Asimov just bumped into each other on their way to the bathroom and had a ten-second conversation.
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2004 11:38:05 am PDT #700 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Murder By Numbers are the two I've seen, and he definitely has an overt style that intrudes onto the film in both of those cases.
Oh, wait, I've seen that one. It had, like, no reason to exist.
Wait, that was Barbet Schroeder. You're thinking of maybe Drowning by Numbers.
Jessica - Jul 16, 2004 11:38:20 am PDT #701 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
You'll either love him, or he'll make you want to stab his brain out with a knitting needle.
Knitting needle's too good for him.
bon bon - Jul 16, 2004 11:38:28 am PDT #702 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Can't be more reviled than Joel Schumacher.
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2004 11:38:33 am PDT #703 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think this is even a flimsier connection than "inspired by", which is the absolute kiss of death for an adaptation.
It's not an adaptation, though. It's a completely original story, backfitted into being a quasi-tenth robot story.
Love Greenaway.
DXMachina - Jul 16, 2004 11:40:06 am PDT #704 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I think this is even a flimsier connection than "inspired by", which is the absolute kiss of death for an adaptation.
Well, "inspired by" usually refers to a true story. I, Robot isn't even true to the story, much less a true story.
Jessica - Jul 16, 2004 11:42:25 am PDT #705 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
It's a completely original story, backfitted into being a quasi-tenth robot story.
I thought the original screenplay was just basically Asimov-verse fanfic.