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WT Sharpe · 01-16-2010, 12:33 PM

There is another adaptation of The Machine Stops here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRIlegVJIoQ

Don't confuse this one with the excellent Out of the Unknown production. This one is stylish and beautiful to look at, but the story cannot be properly told in 9 minutes and 34 seconds, and the result is that much of the story is sacrificed for style. A prison is introduced, as well as some dialogue about the Machine crying. Neither of those elements were in the novelette.

01-16-2010, 12:33 PM	#4
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	There is another adaptation of The Machine Stops here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRIlegVJIoQ *Don't confuse this one with the excellent Out of the Unknown* production.** This one is stylish and beautiful to look at, but the story cannot be properly told in 9 minutes and 34 seconds, and the result is that much of the story is sacrificed for style. A prison is introduced, as well as some dialogue about the Machine crying. Neither of those elements were in the novelette.