Movie-better-than-book: Die Hard. The novel it was based on, Roderick Thorp's Nothing Lasts Forever was horseshit wrapped in a fecal tortilla and sprinkled with grated poop.
This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
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Miracleman - Nov 06, 2009 1:04:02 pm PST #4853 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2009 1:26:18 pm PST #4854 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I had no idea it was based on a book! Huh.
And it was originally supposed to be a sequel to Commando. What! Man, movies are weird sometimes.
Miracleman - Nov 06, 2009 2:25:07 pm PST #4855 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
It was? Really?
How fucked up is that?
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2009 2:37:04 pm PST #4856 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Right? How did it go from being a Schwarzenegger sequel to being one of the greatest action movies of all time and turning Bruce Willis into an action hero? I'm surprised this bit of trivia isn't better known. Unless Wikipedia is lying.
megan walker - Nov 06, 2009 2:51:12 pm PST #4857 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Wikipedia lies... It lies... It lies when it cries...
Amy - Nov 06, 2009 2:51:44 pm PST #4858 of 30000
Because books.
It lies when it cries...
Bwah!
§ ita § - Nov 06, 2009 2:57:10 pm PST #4859 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
John Rogers is recommending Audition for weekend Netflix streaming pleasure. From now on, whenever anyone reccomends it, I'm going to suggest Oldboy as a tasty pairing. It never gets buzz, and it should.
Java cat - Nov 06, 2009 3:21:25 pm PST #4860 of 30000
Not javachik
Not a movie, but I think Dexter as a TV series surpasses the books.
Dexter in the Dark is excellent, and the tv series got its clever tone from Jeff Lindsay droll word play.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter is pretty good, though it is at this point that one starts being annoyed by the differences in plot between show and book. Cody and Astor start to emerge as young sociopaths to whom Dexter will become as Harry to them. Doakes survives and has his tongue and various appendages cut off, and continues through the rest of the books to distrust Dexter.
Dearly Devoted Dexter is such a crock it doesn't even deserve to be used as a doorstop. The Dark Passenger emerges as a type of demon possessing Dexter, and there's an eventual battle with another, different evil demon.
Dexter by Design reads like a okay enough episode of the tv show, but continuing on the same original plot line. Dexter starts to teach Astor and Cody how to kill animals, which is totally creepy. Doakes now has some sort of vocalizer, so he can say, "I'm watching you" in a computerize voice.
Jeff Lindsay is married to Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter. They have known each other since they were kids, sailing together.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 06, 2009 4:44:12 pm PST #4861 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Err - Darkly Dreaming Dexter was the first book. I think you have the titles x-ed.
Haven't read Devoted yet, and didn't know there was fourth.
ETA: I meant "In the Dark". I did read "Devoted", which is the second book.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 07, 2009 11:08:47 pm PST #4862 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
The musical of Wicked is (IMO) far more entertaining than the book
Oh, I disagree entirely. The musical is a bit of fun, with great songs (although pretty poor production, at least by the time it got here to London). The book is deep and I love it.