Bad movie interpretations - Page 5

nekokami · 06-23-2008, 10:59 AM

I liked the OAV of Aa Megamisama better than the first several volumes of the manga, on which the story was loosely based. I felt that the author had more solid characterizations (and artwork) by the time the OAVs were made, and the changes were an improvement.

Cthulhu · 06-23-2008, 10:12 PM

Was going to post this yesterday, but I had to work.

Uwe Boll & Paul Anderson should be locked in a cell for crimes against humanity. Yes, they got some folks some work, but sometimes I feel that the premise of "The Watchmen" is valid; bad art causes bad vibes.
By the way, when I type "locked in a cell," I mean that this should be the end of their interaction with humanity. Not that I am bitter.

@ Spooky: Maybe if the Federal Government allowed me to take mind-altering drugs again I might see some meta, post-post modern humour/entertainment in Keanu's flick, but there were very few redeeming values.

Interestingly, Dina Myers was in two flicks discussed here. One is proof that even gold can be turned into manure--the other had giant goo-spewing bugs & cool spaceships. Ah Hollywood.

Taylor514ce · 06-23-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

Children of Men (bet you didn't know this was also a novel)

Did too, did too! Loved the book.

Dune. Don't even ever attempt another movie. Way too much inner dialog and cultural background to ever make it as a movie.

Oh, and The Matrix. Not that it was ever a book, but the characters were stolen from William Gibson, especially the badass girl with the sunglasses.

What Dreams May Come. The movie was great, very nice effects, but wow, they changed the entire story, the philosophy, the main characters... if I had never read the book, I might have liked the movie. As it was, my mental editor kept objecting.

montsnmags · 06-23-2008, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

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What Dreams May Come. The movie was great, very nice effects, but wow, they changed the entire story, the philosophy, the main characters... if I had never read the book, I might have liked the movie. As it was, my mental editor kept objecting.

Visually, the movie was up there with the most beautiful I have seen. I haven't read the book (nor even contemplated that it was based on one), so I am indeed curious to read it now.

Cheers,
Marc

Nate the great · 06-23-2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Oh, and The Matrix. Not that it was ever a book, but the characters were stolen from William Gibson, especially the badass girl with the sunglasses.

You can't possibly think The Matrix is a bad moive; it's a work of art. The sequels, however, suck horse shit through a narrow hose.

Taylor514ce · 06-23-2008, 11:16 PM

I saw The Matrix at the end of a very long, strange day, in Liberty, MO, a small town just North of Kansas City. I was alone, on a business trip. The hotels were full, so I stayed at a "Bed and Breakfast", which was really an old Catholic church about 70% restored. Creepy, but what an awesome room. My room had two stories. A spiral staircase up to the bathroom area, which also had a 4-person hot tub. One wall had the full stain glass, floor to ceiling. Kind of weird, it had a 70's free love vibe, but in a Catholic church!

During lunch, I walked through the local cemetery, where I found a family group of headstones that had MY family's exact names, from parents to me to my siblings, only from 100+ years before. Freaky? I ate a PB&J sandwich while sitting on a headstone with my own name etched upon it.

Then there was my server/waitress at the Applebees for dinner, a Goth chick named Keturah. When I told her I recognized her name from the Bible (Abraham's wife after Sarah died), she got starry-eyed, swearing a palm reader told her that the man who recognized her name would be an angel who could guide her to the next phase of her life. What conflicted thoughts, emotions, and convolutions of conscience that put me through.

I took her to see The Matrix.

I slept in a Catholic Church with a hot tub, walked through a cemetery, ate lunch on my doppleganger's headstone, and went out with a Goth girl who thought I was an angel - that, my friends, is the recipe for creating the proper frame of mind in which to watch The Matrix.

Mindy · 06-24-2008, 04:45 AM

Sounds more like The Sin Eater to me......

igorsk · 06-24-2008, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Oh, and The Matrix. Not that it was ever a book, but the characters were stolen from William Gibson, especially the badass girl with the sunglasses.

Actually the main source of "inspiration" for Matrix was Ghost in the Shell. Trinity is a little girl compared to Major

(Someone recently bought the rights for a live-action of it. I'm not sure what to think of that.)

mbovenka · 06-27-2008, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by mores

Hmm, I must say I really, *really* liked Paul Verhofen's version. I pretty much like all his movies. Totally peaked and surreal, but with a message. Like Robocop. I'm a Verhofen fan, even if I don't know, right now, how to spell his name

It's 'Verhoeven'

mbovenka · 06-27-2008, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

This is sort of off-topic, since it is about a book. Short story, actually. I think maybe Asimov, but it's "The Ugly Man" or something. Not "The Ugly Little Boy," that's another one. But it was this immortal caveman who had wandered the world, and he claimed to have founded the race of "black" Irish. Not as in African-American, but the Irish who are dark eyed, dark haired, and so on, like Shannon Dorherty from 90210, as opposed to red haired Irish.

Now back to your originally broadcast thread....

'The Gnarly Man', by L. Sprague de Camp.

http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook837.htm :-)

06-23-2008, 11:16 PM	#66
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	I saw The Matrix at the end of a very long, strange day, in Liberty, MO, a small town just North of Kansas City. I was alone, on a business trip. The hotels were full, so I stayed at a "Bed and Breakfast", which was really an old Catholic church about 70% restored. Creepy, but what an awesome room. My room had two stories. A spiral staircase up to the bathroom area, which also had a 4-person hot tub. One wall had the full stain glass, floor to ceiling. Kind of weird, it had a 70's free love vibe, but in a Catholic church! During lunch, I walked through the local cemetery, where I found a family group of headstones that had MY family's exact names, from parents to me to my siblings, only from 100+ years before. Freaky? I ate a PB&J sandwich while sitting on a headstone with my own name etched upon it. Then there was my server/waitress at the Applebees for dinner, a Goth chick named Keturah. When I told her I recognized her name from the Bible (Abraham's wife after Sarah died), she got starry-eyed, swearing a palm reader told her that the man who recognized her name would be an angel who could guide her to the next phase of her life. What conflicted thoughts, emotions, and convolutions of conscience that put me through. I took her to see The Matrix. I slept in a Catholic Church with a hot tub, walked through a cemetery, ate lunch on my doppleganger's headstone, and went out with a Goth girl who thought I was an angel - that, my friends, is the recipe for creating the proper frame of mind in which to watch The Matrix. Last edited by Taylor514ce; 06-23-2008 at 11:22 PM.

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06-23-2008, 10:59 AM	#61
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I liked the OAV of Aa Megamisama better than the first several volumes of the manga, on which the story was loosely based. I felt that the author had more solid characterizations (and artwork) by the time the OAVs were made, and the changes were an improvement.

06-23-2008, 10:12 PM	#62
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	Was going to post this yesterday, but I had to work. Uwe Boll & Paul Anderson should be locked in a cell for crimes against humanity. Yes, they got some folks some work, but sometimes I feel that the premise of "The Watchmen" is valid; bad art causes bad vibes. By the way, when I type "locked in a cell," I mean that this should be the end of their interaction with humanity. Not that I am bitter. @ Spooky: Maybe if the Federal Government allowed me to take mind-altering drugs again I might see some meta, post-post modern humour/entertainment in Keanu's flick, but there were very few redeeming values. Interestingly, Dina Myers was in two flicks discussed here. One is proof that even gold can be turned into manure--the other had giant goo-spewing bugs & cool spaceships. Ah Hollywood.

06-24-2008, 04:45 AM	#67
Mindy Away with the Faeries Posts: 483 Karma: 8459 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Sony PRS 650	Sounds more like The Sin Eater to me......

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