Re: [Epic] Lost World

From: William A. Calderwood <wac_at_...>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 10:25:14 -0400

The late 70's movie was Andromida Strain (SP). I happen to like most all of=
 his books, yes even "The Terminal Man." None of the movies made are like t=
he book. And everyone I've talked to liked the book for "Lost World" better=
 than the movie. My question is why is this discussion going on here??
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From: Scott Shupe <shupes_at_...>
To: space-marine_at_...
Date: Thu=
rsday, June 05, 1997 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Epic] Lost World

W. Gregory Kl=
ett 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 horrib=
le 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 we=
ll.

> Read 'Lost World' and then compare it to the movie. There are one o=
r
> 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
> the=
n starts taking sharps turns to the left.

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

Scott
shupes_at_...


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