Jumbie Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 Nick: I liked the movie Shining, Just dont think it's as good as the book. Seems' I've found the Stephen King fan club o the board. I dont go out of my way to watch king movies. I do make an effort not to watch a movie based on a book, til I've read the book. but it's not a strict rule. "My bones and My Flute was written by Edgar Mittelholzer, A guyanese. I can't even find a copy here. Mittelholzr was a dabbler in the occult who eventually burned himself to death to get to "the other side". TOtall cuckoo and his book is kickass. The great Ponds was done by Elichi Amadi of Nigeria. Chrisalids is by John Wyndham. He's either an American or British scifi author. He should be easy to find The painted bird is a really messed up book about a kid in a WW2 poland. The author, Jerzy Kosinski based it on his life, which to judge from the book was totally fucked up. Kosinski also killed himself... Hmm. I see a theme here. Buried CHild is a Sam Shepard play. All his stuff is good. A man for all season is a Robert Bolt play form 1962, which got made into a kickass movie, incidentally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted January 24, 2002 Author Share Posted January 24, 2002 Nick: Kevin Smith once listed "A man for all seasons" as his alltime facvortie movie. The new york times has an extended article in it's archives at www.nytimes.com where he talk about the movie as he watches it. If this can't get you to the site, nothing will. While, you're there check out Doonesbury. I love that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yahve Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 Way to make a guy feel retarded guys. :angry: damn you all and your over-culturedness. I've only seen 2 book+movie combos in my life. I read TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the novel before movie came out, dammit i wish i hadnt, i would have loved the movie even more. best 4 million money can buy. (cheers for new line cinema) The only other film I have both read the book and seen the flick is Lord of hte Rings : Fellowship of hte Ring. Great on both counts, I like how hte movie plays on the visual strengths, they dont pretend to tell the complete tale, its just not possible. They do a damned good job at telling what they do. Oh wait there is a nother one. Same goes to the Harry Potter movie. Great book, great film. I prefer the book more though, I'm a sucker for my own imagination. Thats 3, count em, 3 flicks. I feel real stupid now. Thanks a lot guys. :hmph: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted January 24, 2002 Author Share Posted January 24, 2002 Harry Potter can go suck donkey dick. He's nothing but a ripoff of Timothy Hunter. In 1991's 'Books of Magic' Tim was the original orphan boy destined to become the greatest magician of his time. Not only is he cooler, but how many magicians can say John Constantine is their 'uncle in magic'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Fine fine ill check out your nytimes.com, ya win. But not Doonesbury. I know its kinda funny, ive really liked a few strips, but always had somethin against it since someone lied to me way back when and it said it was a spinoff of "Bloom County", which as a political cartoon, i loved 10x more. Guess i never got over the disappointment. And Potter is an obvious Books of Magic rip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted January 25, 2002 Author Share Posted January 25, 2002 But saying they were a spinoff of Bloom County when it wasn't is exactly the kinda zaniness I love about the strip. Thin Red Line apart... WHen Have I ever steered you wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Cmon Nick, I can change! Put me in your room next semester with Spiffy, I'll be clean! Lies...all lies! When ya werent stinkin up the place in your dexter's lab coat with your experimental curry, you were stickin your pee finger in other people's food! just reminiscin over here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted January 25, 2002 Author Share Posted January 25, 2002 I never cooked curry. Aadil imagined that whole thing about the finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Thats even scarier..than what the hell did you make that required a lab coat & made my kitchen reek of ass for hours? :dissappointed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted January 26, 2002 Author Share Posted January 26, 2002 Spaghetti. And no, you dont wanna know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 4 and a half years later, and im told Da Vinci Code proves we havent gotten much better at this, after uh, Fight Club and mebbe High Fidelity. should this be in culture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Nick, Outland was the spin off of Bloom County. As for Harry Potter being a rip off, Joseph Cambell has taught me not to give a shit. Harry Potter is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Yeah, ive since figured out the outland thing, even tho i never see the strip anymore. The few 80's collections i have are classics. Youre right about Cambell, but i mean the look, the concept, all of it seems spot-on...to be fair, ive never actually read or seen a Potter flick, so Jumbie'd know better than I. I could be missing out or something here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I am of the belief that most things that rediculously popular are over-hyped, but Harry Potter is an excellent series that is what I would call great literature. It is epic, it has an evergrowing cast of really great likable and dispicable layered characters and deserves all it's accolades. There is a good reason the books are so popular. They are good. The books do any much justice as they can. I'm waiting on the seventh book to see how Harry Potter measures up as a hero according to Lord Raglan's Scale of Mythological Heroism. I could start a new thread, but what the heck. From 1936's The Hero, by Lord Raglan: LORD RAGLAN’S SCALE 1. The hero's mother is a royal virgin 2. His father is a king and 3. often a near relative of the mother, but 4. the circumstances of his conception are unusual, and 5. he is also reputed to be the son of a god 6. at birth an attempt is made, usually by his father or maternal grandfather, to kill him, but 7. He is spirited away, and 8. Reared by foster-parents in a far country 9. We are told nothing of his childhood, but 10. On reaching manhood he returns or goes to his future kingdom. 11. After a victory over the king and or giant, dragon, or wild beast 12. He marries a princess, often the daughter of his predecessor and 13. becomes king 14. For a time he reigns uneventfully and 15. Prescribes laws but 16. later loses favor with the gods and or his people and 17. Is driven from from the throne and the city after which 18. He meets with a mysterious death 19. often at the top of a hill. 20. his children, if any, do not succeed him. 21. his body is not buried, but nevertheless 22. he has one or more holy sepulchres. How Some Heroes Scored * Oedipus scores 21 * Theseus scores 20 * Moses scores 20 * Dionysus scores 19 * Jesus scores 19 * Anakin Skywalker scores 18 * Romulus scores 18 * Perseus scores 18 * Hercules scores 17 * Llew Llaw Gyffes scores 17 * Bellerophon scores 16 * Jason scores 15 * Mwindo scores 14 * Robin Hood scores 13 * Pelops scores 13 * Apollo scores 11 * Sigurd scores 11. * Luke Skywalker scores 6 * With artistic lisense, Nicholas Custer scores 4 Harry Potter mets a minimum of 5 qualifications, but I suspect he will die in Book 7, so we will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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