Re: [Epic] Lost World

From: Scott Shupe <shupes_at_...>
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 21:31:33 -0400

W. Gregory Klett wrote:
>
> >>Welcome to the world of Michael Crichton.
> >>
> >>Temp
> >>
> >Geez Temp, you don't like Heinlein, you don't like Crichton - who do you like?
> >
> >(For the record, except for "The Terminal Man" I would say that Crighton is
> >a pretty good author...)
> >
> >Agro
>
> Crichton is a good author, it is just that so many of his books have
> made such horrible movies/series.

        I remember a Crichton movie from the late 70's that
was amazingly boring... oooh... can't remember the name. But
it was pretty bad. Books, especially sci-fi ones, hardly
ever translate into movies very well.

> Read 'Lost World' and then compare it to the movie. There are one or
> two points in common, but that seems to be about it. An early sequence
> is actually from the first book, so it starts off with a change and
> then starts taking sharps turns to the left.

        Everyone that I've talked to said the book sucked.
Apparently Spielberg felt the same... (not that what he used
was all that great).

Scott
shupes_at_...
Received on Fri Jun 06 1997 - 01:31:33 UTC