driver on 19/9/2012 at 14:26
There certainly has been a slew of comic book adaptations in recent years, and god knows I'm sick to death of them, but Dredd actually managed to get it right which is more than can be said for the other endless reboots.
It's a cliché to say that Hollywood has been running out of ideas and one that's hard to disprove given what they've been dishing out recently, but just because something isn't an original screenplay doesn't automatically condemn it to the bin. I last read an edition of 2000AD back in the early 90s, so it's down to other people to judge (el oh el) whether it's a good adaptation (And from what I hear it is), but I enjoyed it on its own merits.
Anyway, it's just another phase, like the horror films of the 80s that you mentioned or the detective films of the 40s. Another genre will move in before long and then we'll have something new to complain about.
SubJeff on 19/9/2012 at 21:47
Come now, I'm sure there hasn't ever been such a rash of remakes or reboots in such a short period.
ZylonBane on 25/9/2012 at 22:25
Quote Posted by Vivian
Blade Runner was based largely on a comic book.
What.
june gloom on 25/9/2012 at 22:40
Quote Posted by Vivian
Blade Runner was based largely on a comic book.
What.
Pyrian on 25/9/2012 at 22:51
Saw this recently. It was pretty good. Could've used some more depth. Still think the title character is depicted as too much of a good guy. Seriously, he's more forgiving than actual modern police: in the opening sequence, the car he's chasing is shooting at him, and he refrains from shooting back until they've hit a passing pedestrian.
It's amazing how many elements it has in common with The Raid: Redemption while not really having much in common with it, plot-wise. Compare to Total Remake, where the setting is very different but the scene-by-scene plot is virtually identical.
Vivian on 27/9/2012 at 00:19
Quote Posted by dethtoll
What.
Ridley never read the Dick book. The screenplay was based on it, but a lot of what you see on film was heavily based on (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tomorrow) The Long Tomorrow, which is a moebius-drawn Heavy Metal thing.
SubJeff on 27/9/2012 at 01:10
That wiki entry says the visual style was based on it. That's all. To say the film was based on it based on that is... unwise.
june gloom on 27/9/2012 at 09:55
Yeah, seriously. The screenplay was based on the book, and without a screenplay you don't have a movie. Try again Viv?
Vivian on 27/9/2012 at 11:20
I dunno, read it and see what you think: (
http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/moebius-long-tomorrow.html)
The world and deckard seem a lot more like that dude than the typical K dick self-insert in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. And it's not as if they got much more from the book than 'some dude kills androids, may actually be an android' anyway. I mean - the plot in the book is driven as much by mercerism and deckards growing paranoia about his sheep than it is anything else, whereas the film is a pretty much straight-up android-killing future film-noir.
It's like saying that, although the screenplay from Jaws was originally based on the benchley book, the film itself is also heavily based on Moby Dick.
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
... unwise.
shit man don't krav maga me
