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Re: Event Horizon [message #207225 is a reply to message #206630]

Sun, 09 July 2006 10:02

NukeIt15
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Shut up, the movie is a damn funny action sfi-fi flick and only geeks give a shit if it's true to the book.

You seem to be under the mistaken impression that I was talking to you. Ok, fine, you flamed me... now I am talking to you. Happy?

Heinlein was a damn good author, one of the best in his field. I wish I could have met the man; sadly he died while I was still in diapers. I've yet to read a single one of his books that doesn't contain some kind of social commentary woven into the story in such a way that it enriches and deepens the plot. Your precious movie took a very, very good book, twisted it, and spat it back out as an eye-candy extravaganza with shallow characters, a cliche script, and absolutely none of the depth that made Starship Troopers such a good read. So you think I'm a geek for pointing that out? Damn straight I am. I happen to like good books, and I happen to not like when Hollywood fucks them up.

A little dissimilarity is not a bad thing when translating something from print to screen; it is a different medium that requires that some different techniques be employed to fit the whole story in two hours' time. There is, however, a point beyond which it becomes offensive to me, both as a hopeless bookworm and as someone who intends to someday get his own work published. So yes, I do give a shit, and if that makes me a geek... fine, I'm a geek, and proud of it. Sorry to rant, but you've struck one of a very, very few things that I feel strongly about- mainly because I would never want to see any of my work screwed up in such a massive way, but also because Heinlein just happens to be one of my favorite authors (I get the same way about Frank Herbert's work). You have neither the influence nor the ability to make me shut up, so you can take your oh-so-enlightening commentary and shove it. And do please have a nice day. Wink

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		Event Horizon By: Berkut on Wed, 05 July 2006 09:38
		Re: Event Horizon By: NukeIt15 on Wed, 05 July 2006 11:38
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Wed, 05 July 2006 12:14
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Wed, 05 July 2006 14:27
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Wed, 05 July 2006 17:34
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Wed, 05 July 2006 19:16
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Wed, 05 July 2006 19:21
		Re: Event Horizon By: NukeIt15 on Wed, 05 July 2006 19:41
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Thu, 06 July 2006 08:31
		Re: Event Horizon By: Jecht on Mon, 10 July 2006 10:13
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Mon, 10 July 2006 11:23
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Wed, 05 July 2006 21:01
		Re: Event Horizon By: Hydra on Wed, 05 July 2006 23:05
		Re: Event Horizon By: JohnDoe on Thu, 06 July 2006 01:31
		Re: Event Horizon By: cheesesoda on Thu, 06 July 2006 08:45
		Re: Event Horizon By: DarkDemin on Wed, 05 July 2006 22:08
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Wed, 05 July 2006 23:07
		Re: Event Horizon By: mrpirate on Thu, 06 July 2006 08:18
		Re: Event Horizon By: NukeIt15 on Thu, 06 July 2006 10:09
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Thu, 06 July 2006 20:26
		Re: Event Horizon By: JohnDoe on Thu, 06 July 2006 12:38
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Thu, 06 July 2006 13:23
		Re: Event Horizon By: NukeIt15 on Thu, 06 July 2006 21:22
		Re: Event Horizon By: JohnDoe on Fri, 07 July 2006 04:47
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Fri, 07 July 2006 12:20
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Sat, 08 July 2006 11:18
		Re: Event Horizon By: JohnDoe on Sat, 08 July 2006 14:41
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Sat, 08 July 2006 15:45
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Sun, 09 July 2006 14:08
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Sun, 09 July 2006 20:23
		Re: Event Horizon By: JohnDoe on Mon, 10 July 2006 01:34
		Re: Event Horizon By: cheesesoda on Mon, 10 July 2006 10:07
		Re: Event Horizon By: NukeIt15 on Sun, 09 July 2006 10:02
		Re: Event Horizon By: JohnDoe on Sun, 09 July 2006 14:41
		Re: Event Horizon By: Sniper_De7 on Sun, 09 July 2006 19:56
		Re: Event Horizon By: mrpirate on Sun, 09 July 2006 23:15
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Mon, 10 July 2006 00:54
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Mon, 10 July 2006 07:25
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Mon, 10 July 2006 10:07
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Tue, 11 July 2006 06:36
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Tue, 11 July 2006 09:43
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Tue, 11 July 2006 15:43
		Re: Event Horizon By: PlastoJoe on Tue, 11 July 2006 22:38
		Re: Event Horizon By: icedog90 on Tue, 11 July 2006 23:42
		Re: Event Horizon By: IronWarrior on Wed, 12 July 2006 04:38
		Re: Event Horizon By: DarkDemin on Wed, 12 July 2006 00:53
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Wed, 12 July 2006 20:24
		Re: Event Horizon By: icedog90 on Wed, 12 July 2006 21:02
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Wed, 12 July 2006 22:49
		Re: Event Horizon By: icedog90 on Thu, 13 July 2006 00:24
		Re: Event Horizon By: z310 on Thu, 13 July 2006 19:04
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Thu, 13 July 2006 20:12
		Re: Event Horizon By: icedog90 on Thu, 13 July 2006 20:24
		Re: Event Horizon By: Berkut on Thu, 13 July 2006 20:50

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