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CoolHand
on Friday April 17 2015, @09:55AM
from the we-got-high-apple-pie-in-the-sky-hopes dept.
from the we-got-high-apple-pie-in-the-sky-hopes dept.
A trailer spanning about 90 seconds has emerged for the upcoming new Star Wars movie. Featuring footage of Han Solo and Chewbacca, together with shots of a grand scope reminiscent of Star Wars: A New Hope, the trailer appears to depict a film quite closely aligned with the first Star Wars trilogy of yore. The anticipation was huge and reactions generally positive, with several high profile fans posting exuberant reactions minutes after seeing the trailer.
Could this be the redemption of the Star Wars franchise?
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If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four tellers?
(Score: 2) by theluggage on Friday April 17 2015, @01:42PM
Another one is 2001. Awful film,
Really, not a good example! 2001 wasn't a film adaptation of a book - the book and film were written concurrently [wikipedia.org] (you really ought to turn in your geek card for that one!). Leaving aside the subjective matter of whether or not it is "awful", on thing you can not accuse it of is trying to squeeze too much in - it must be one of the slowest-paced "mainstream" films ever made.
2010, maybe... but I don't think a post-Voyager tourist's guide to Jovian system with friendly Russians would have worked in a mass-market film.
The problem the hollywood types have is trying to squeeze a book that could be several 10's of hours long into 1.5 or 2 hours.
That's why the winning formula for SF films seems to be "take one mind-blowing idea and the name of the protagonist from a (probably unfilmable) Philip K Dick story, shred the rest, then write a Tom Cruise/Governator/Harrison Ford vehicle around it." I actually think that Total Recall and Minority Report told stronger stories than the PKD shorts, while Blade Runner was just a different experience that was pointless to compare with the book.