I'm not surprised. How could they have done anything like the book, with a Hollywood movie? It's an oral history, and the Americans don't single-handedly save the world! Of course it was going to be rewritten. A lot. We're going to get Independence Day with zombies.
I can hurt a demon!! That's right. I'm back. And I'm a BLOODY ANIMAL!
Spike ,'Showtime'
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Consuela - Aug 12, 2011 10:55:20 am PDT #16004 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Polter-Cow - Aug 12, 2011 10:58:59 am PDT #16005 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh God, you're right. I mean, I love Independence Day, but that's not what I want from a World War Z movie.
Strega - Aug 12, 2011 11:46:43 am PDT #16006 of 30000
One-sentence blurb for a movie still in production is not exactly like the book; geeks are outraged because it's been 2 hours since they were outraged about something I guess.
Did people really think that the movie would be Brad Pitt traveling around 10 years later, talking to survivors? So basically he'd just be introducing a series of flashbacks featuring other people? Oh, and we'd already have an idea of how things worked out! Plus things about certain characters that could be revealed gradually in text will be obvious from the start because it's a visual medium!
...I hate my people.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 12, 2011 2:26:33 pm PDT #16007 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
So my question is why not just option Return of the Living Dead 7 if all you want is a standard action hero zombie movie writ large? I doubt that would have every geekish critic and blogger screaming "Save your money!" from the rooftops the way they seem to be doing now.
zuisa - Aug 12, 2011 2:28:16 pm PDT #16008 of 30000
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Has anyone seen The Help yet? My brother and I want to go! Emma Stone has had quite a year, hasn't she?
We also kind of want to go to Glee 3D, but we think we'll have to throw back some shots before we sit through that one.
Amy - Aug 12, 2011 6:53:37 pm PDT #16009 of 30000
Because books.
I haven't, although my mom is urging me to read the book. What I don't get is that I'm seeing so much criticism for the movie version of The Help, but I don't remember hearing the same arguments when the book was hitting big, and it was a huge bestseller. And I think the movie is supposed to be fairly faithful to the book.
megan walker - Aug 12, 2011 7:06:49 pm PDT #16010 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I can see where a movie version would be a little more, for lack of a better word, patronizing.
Strega - Aug 12, 2011 7:23:53 pm PDT #16011 of 30000
I definitely heard criticism of the book from friends who read it.
Amy - Aug 12, 2011 7:30:22 pm PDT #16012 of 30000
Because books.
Maybe it was just me then.
le nubian - Aug 12, 2011 7:30:37 pm PDT #16013 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy,
I have not read the book, nor seen the movie, but my mother has read the book. She said that what she liked about the book is the way the author developed the relationships and character growth.
Some of the complaints I have seen about the movie is how various historical events are minimized and there are times where interactions are pretty stereotypical. At this point and the way my mood is, I want no part of the film.
Maybe I will soften on this point when it comes to tv.