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post Jul 4 2008, 11:09 AM
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Audrey Niffenegger's magnificent book The Time Traveler's Wife is a favourite of mine and of many people on these boards. Pretty much everyone in fact. Everyone except Cand, and we know she's wrong so we can just ignore her here I think.

Point is, they're turning it into a movie and that sucks. I'm not saying it can't be turned into a good film; The Lord of the Rings, Fight Club and every odd numbered Harry Potter film prove that films can be just as enjoyable as the work they're adapted from. I'm just saying there should be an extremely strict process for deciding who is allowed to work on these projects.

For example, Hayden Christiansen is no longer allowed to play angsty sci-fi antiheroes. Star Wars and Jumper proved that he is not a good choice for Case in Neuromancer. Equally, Eric Bana is not allowed to be in The Time Traveler's Wife. His name makes me think of Hulk (fail) and Troy (epic fail), films I'd rather forget.

See, I started out trying to make this a noble post about artistic purity against overwhelming commercialism but quickly realised I just wanted to rant about them not asking me before adapting a book I like and then I threw a Neuromancer reference in to get Mata on my side.


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post Jul 5 2008, 03:59 PM
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Wasn't that the one with a male, American director and Chinese lead actresses playing Japanese Geisha?


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- Novander   Good books are being ruined.   Jul 4 2008, 11:09 AM
- - Mata   Hayden Christiansen has been removed from the IMDB...   Jul 4 2008, 12:52 PM
|- - candice   QUOTE (Mata @ Jul 4 2008, 01:52 PM) I...   Jul 5 2008, 06:43 AM
- - gothictheysay   To add in on ranting... I hate it when you mention...   Jul 4 2008, 09:30 PM
- - Mata   I'm listening to the audio book versions of Th...   Jul 4 2008, 11:23 PM
|- - Industrial Kybosh   QUOTE (Mata @ Jul 5 2008, 12:23 AM) This ...   Jul 5 2008, 06:54 AM
|- - Pixiegoth   QUOTE (Mata @ Jul 5 2008, 12:23 AM) I...   Jul 5 2008, 04:10 PM
- - Novander   This is more of a conversation type thread. The to...   Jul 5 2008, 12:57 AM
- - Mata   I not, as yet, read Fight Club, but we all know th...   Jul 5 2008, 09:30 AM
- - Industrial Kybosh   Tilda Swinton was bloody great in that film. That...   Jul 5 2008, 10:17 AM
- - syuu   I personally prefer the Fight Club movie to Palahn...   Jul 5 2008, 10:19 AM
- - Mata   Wasn't that the one with a male, American dire...   Jul 5 2008, 03:59 PM

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