Of the book based Sci-Fi movies of which I’m aware, the one that was most true to the book was the original 2001. Both Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and the latest version of Dune at least try but both are handicapped by intricate and massive substrates that are almost impossible to set up and capture in the context of 2 hour +/- videos.
Although Blade Runner was barely related to it’s source material, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”, by Phillip K Dick, it succeeds on it’s own as a brilliant piece of work.
Though the Star Trek movies will never be mistaken for serious or brilliant work, I still remember my disappointment when the 1st episode without the Shatner/Nimoy cast or the Picard group, offered a close to continuous series of chase scenes in lieu of a plot.
The 1st several Star Wars movies sucked as Sci-Fi but succeeded as entertainment. A decrepit and distorted Hollywood morphed the extension of that series into something bizarre.
I’m almost terrified that Hollywood will take my all time #1 favorite movie, Master and Commander and remake it as a multicultural, multi racial, LGBTQ+ crew fighting for racial equity.
Yes I can understand why the transwoman version of “Mistress and Commander” might be a bridge too far for you (or anyone with a grasp on reality).
The Master and Commander movie did a fair job of getting the feel of the books (Master and Commander being the first of O’Brien’s Aubrey and Maturin books) although the movie steals dialogue and scenes from several of the books and isn’t a retelling of the first book. And given that I’ve seen things with folks of African heritage playing Queen Anne (of Stuart/Scots heritage) I would not be eager for modern Hollywood to revisit it. Likely they will not, stories like Aubrey/Maturin and Hornblower are far too male oriented for modern hollywood even if the are in the Regency… Read more »
Recently a suite of book publishers under the Passage Press imprint have been saying out loud that they are purposefully publishing books specifically for male tastes. How about a studio or a production company under a studio producing movies specifically for male tastes. They’d make a fortune.
“with folks of African heritage playing Queen Anne (of Stuart/Scots heritage) ”
I’m not quite sure what to think of that, it manages to combine elements of stupidity, ineptitude and perhaps humor. Did Peter O’Tool ever play Shaka Zulu? How about Whoopie Goldberg as Marilyn Monroe? I’ve got it, Bruce Willis as Martin Luther King!
Can’t remember which movie it was but I remember a supposed scene in a crowded English medieval tavern where about 40% of the people were caucasian and the rest every race and ethnicity on earth.
I make a point of voting with my entertainment dollar. If the book or the movie or the song goes out of the way to insult me I give it a pass.