giants and magic gems and dudes wearing all black

Kerry Benton · 28 Nov 2008, 20:53 · from 2008-November.txt.gz

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From: k.benton at gmail.com (Kerry Benton)
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:53:21 -0600
Subject: (urth) giants and magic gems and dudes wearing all black
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To this day "wierding modules" is a code word I use amongst friends  
when absurd and pointless changes are made in film adaptations.

While on the topic (vaguely), oh how I wish there wasn't a remake of  
Day the Earth Stood Still happening.

Sigh.

-k

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 28, 2008, at 12:06 PM, "Son of Witz" <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org>
>> The Lynch work was a mess, though not that glorious.  I liked the
>> achieved atmosphere of baroque decadence, but felt that the core of
>> the original work was lost completely, not just that they simplified
>> into childish literalism the messiahnic role of the lead, but that  
>> the
>> missed that the core of the thematic threads was the mental and
>> physical improvement of man, by changing the Atreides avantage to a
>> scifi-ish kind of weaponry instead of a superior system of mental and
>> physicial conditioning.
>
> that's exactly how I feel about it.
> especially changing the mental/physical conditioning to a sound  
> weapon.
> lamo.
>>

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