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"I'm not back." - Bill Harding, Twister
Pounding at a thick stone wall won't move it, sometimes, you need to step back to see the way around.
"a few million" == over 300 million per film, in the US alone. None of which has had any effect at all on the actual writings of Tolkien, except to sell many, many more copies of the books. How horrible!
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Originally posted by Eric Pascarello:
I did not picture the robot to look like that either. I pictured a skinny short humanoid type of look. Not a big fat head....
Eric
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Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
true, but the cartoonish appearance is not what I'd expect from a civilisation capable of surviving the Syrius Cybernetics Corporation Marketing Department![]()
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Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
For example Faramir's treatment of the Ringbearer was in complete contradiction to the writings of Tolkien.
A good workman is known by his tools.
Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
I don't want another rape of a book for the sake of making a few million Hollywood dollars.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Which will probably beget other books, TV series, comics, video games, and whatnot
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
They crested a hill. Off to the side there was an old tree which everyone saw but took no notice of. But it was this tree, in fact, where Sam's great-uncle's wife's sister's dog groomer at one time had strung lines from so as to grow beans. These beans proved too much trouble to grow, and so five years after that attempt, the family changed to turnips.
They followed the left rut in the road down the hill ....
Piscis Babelis est parvus, flavus, et hiridicus, et est probabiliter insolitissima raritas in toto mundo.
I've heard it takes forever to grow a woman from the ground
Originally posted by Marc Peabody:
How was the book so different in this respect? I have never heard this complaint before. I read the book a month before seeing the movie and his character was pretty accurate to what I recalled from my interpretation of the book. What did I miss?
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Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
In the book Faramir denies the ring even when freely offered and sends Frodo and companions on their way with a supply of food from their hideout in the cave.
In the movie Faramir is taken by the ring and forces Frodo against his wishes to accompany him and his forces to Minas Tirith in order to present the ring to his father for use in the war. Frodo escapes from Faramir during the battle for Osgiliath.
A good workman is known by his tools.
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Ford: Why, what did she say?
Arthur: I don't know, I wasn't listening.
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Originally posted by David O'Meara:
Douglas Adams aparently spent years trying to adapt it himself and failed.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
That would be a neat trick since he died four years ago. Or are you suggesting he is only dead for tax purposes?Originally posted by Mike Lilienthal:
Everyone says it's the rape of the book...in case you didn't already know - the movie was Directed and mostly written BY Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
What are you referring to here?![]()
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
That would be a neat trick since he died four years ago. Or are you suggesting he is only dead for tax purposes?
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by David O'Meara:
DA supposedly made several attempts at writing the movie version, but couldn't come up with anything he liked. Eventually another writer (Karey Kirkpatrick IMDB) joined him to complete the script.
I'm not aware if the screenplay was completed before his death, but I hope it was.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
This attempt of making the movie started when he still was alive, and as far as I know, he at least had a big influence on the script.
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Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
This attempt of making the movie started when he still was alive, and as far as I know, he at least had a big influence on the script.
Associate Instructor - Hofstra University
Amazon Top 750 reviewer - Blog - Unresolved References - Book Review Blog
Originally posted by David O'Meara:
DA supposedly made several attempts at writing the movie version, but couldn't come up with anything he liked. Eventually another writer (Karey Kirkpatrick IMDB) joined him to complete the script. I'm not aware if the screenplay was completed before his death, but I hope it was. I'm trying to get some other details, but my machine is playing up.![]()
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Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
I always assumed that a screenplay for such a movie isn't completed before the whole movie is completed (quite similar to a software requirements document).
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/hitchblog/interview.htm
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
This seems to be dependent upon the director to a large extent. Some directors will map out every single shot and will schedule every day's work before they start shooting. Producers love these directors because they can figure out the film budget well ahead of time.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
The post I was commenting about said that Adams DIRECTED the film. As I suggested, directing a film from the grave is a neat trick.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
He did, while alive. After he died the Hollywood machine did everything to it he had been able to prevent by being alive.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Pounding at a thick stone wall won't move it, sometimes, you need to step back to see the way around.
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