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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:27 PM Original message |
What good stories do you know that have been made into miserable movies? |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Brave New World" and "Crime and Punishment".. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I remember the Brave New World adaptation from high school |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I was thinking BNV when I read the op... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Farenheit 451 |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Are you talking about Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451? |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Me too |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. That's good trivia! |
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Seashell Eyes (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. That's a movie? Good thing I haven't seen it. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Does a novel count? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Most of them |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. i'm with you on the golden compass |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. But have you sat in the theater twice in the last month |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. hehehe |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Children of the Corn |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Question me not, Malaki! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm sure I'll get slammed for this one. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Memoirs of a Geisha n/t |
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Sacajawea (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. "All The Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy....GREAT book......god-awful movie! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. Lion, Witch, Wardrobe - biggest disappointment EVER. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Oh, I forgot that one... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. And I was soooo looking forward to it, after the awesome LotR series. Sigh. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. word. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. You're right. It STUNK UP THE SCREEN. |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. wasn't TERRIBLE |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You're right - "craptacular" might be a better word. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. Starship Troopers |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Total Recall a close second |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
22. Another Asimov - "I, Robot" |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. "I, Robot" was a good movie. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
23. "Bonfire of the Vanities" |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
24. Hitchhiker's Guide |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. and the TV series was highly dubious |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. mother of god, this |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. The Postman.... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. For a while, I was reluctant to recommend Brin books due to that movie. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. "Ghost Story" |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Alice Krige was fun though... |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. I found the movie rather funny |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. Enemy Mine |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. Dune |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I'm with you on that one |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. That's David Lynch's Dune, right? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:09 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. I haven't seen the SciFi channel one |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. Thermopylae, into "300" |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. "The Memory of Eva Ryker" |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. "The Boyfriend School" by Sarah Bird. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. That's kind of how I felt about The Princess Bride |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Interesting... |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 06:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. I bet you would |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. Clan of the Cave Bear |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 06:35 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. I remember Time's review of Clan of the Cave Bear |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 07:26 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yes the reason the movie was so incredible horrid was... |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Its not so much that they were miserable movies, but... |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
48. Queen of the Damned |
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