Sunday
Apr182010
riverworld
Sun, April 18, 2010 at 7:22 AM
in 2003 somebody got the idea to make a movie based on philip jose farmer's Riverworld series.
they did not do a good job.
i saw the movie a few months ago. i'm a big fan of the series which i read years ago. i see on the imdb forums they are calling it the "original" movie. um, ok.
so a different group of geniuses decide to make the movie (or mini series, not sure i saw it as a two parter the other night) again this year.
ok, free ticket for the clue train that the writers can use anytime.
you don't take a 5+ book series, which has a ton of material you can use, rip out a lot of good content and then replace it with your non-pulitzer price tripe.
you don't throw out random plot bits from the book with no explanation. yeah the fans of the series will get it, but they're gonna have to explain it to the people watching with them.
you don't reverse characters ideals, remove other characters (that you hinted might show up) and add your own characters, include stupid flashbacks to support the new characters.
you don't try to stuff 5+ books into 3 hours of movie.
and you absolutely DO NOT have a stupid dumb feep ending where Methos saves Riverworld.
they did not do a good job.
i saw the movie a few months ago. i'm a big fan of the series which i read years ago. i see on the imdb forums they are calling it the "original" movie. um, ok.
so a different group of geniuses decide to make the movie (or mini series, not sure i saw it as a two parter the other night) again this year.
ok, free ticket for the clue train that the writers can use anytime.
you don't take a 5+ book series, which has a ton of material you can use, rip out a lot of good content and then replace it with your non-pulitzer price tripe.
you don't throw out random plot bits from the book with no explanation. yeah the fans of the series will get it, but they're gonna have to explain it to the people watching with them.
you don't reverse characters ideals, remove other characters (that you hinted might show up) and add your own characters, include stupid flashbacks to support the new characters.
you don't try to stuff 5+ books into 3 hours of movie.
and you absolutely DO NOT have a stupid dumb feep ending where Methos saves Riverworld.
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