Klonor
20-12-2005, 07:23
Here we go again......
Okay, remember my rant way-back-when that condemned all of Hollywood to Hell because of the bad book-to-movie I, Robot conversion? No? Okay, I'm not that suprised since it was a while ago. Basically, the movie had nothing to do with the book. Literally. The main character in the movie wasn't even in the book. The secondary character (just a tiny bit behind the main charatcer) was so far off from the book charatcer that, in the previews, I didn't even know they were the same person. In fact, the move and book didn't even have the same plot. At all. The book didn't even have a singular plot; it was a collection of short stories, none of which resembled the movie in any way.
Anyway, eventually I stopped bitching about it (Well, not really, but it was a bit less) because I learned some nifty info. The script, when written, had absolutely nothing to do with the book. It was originally titled Hardwired and had no connection to Asimov in any way. But the director, either an Asimov fan or just someone knowledgable of Asimovs large fanbase, had the title of the movie and the names of three of its charatcers changed to match the book so that it would appeal to the Asimov fan. This calmed me down a bit and I was able to tolerate the films existence. But now.......ugh.
I was in Barnes & Noble on Sunday and was browsing through the Asimov section for new material (He might have died more than a decade ago but new stuff keeps appearing) when I noticed a copy of I, Robot. I swear my heart actually stopped for three seconds. The cover, where older editions had the robot QT-1 in worship of the Master (One of the short stories had a robot overcome with religious fanaticism), was a close-up shot of Will Smith from the movie. Will Smith as the charatcer that isn't even in the book. There is also the tagline "One man saw it coming" which was the tagline for the movie. What the hell was there to see coming in the book?
I could stand the movie when I thought it was an adaption of the book, it was even easier when I found out that it wasn't, but this just feels like an arrow through the head. Whenever there's one of these God-awful book-to-movie conversions I (And many others) console myself with the thought that "At least it isn't the book. No matter how bad that movie is, at least the book isn't any worse. At least the original material is still free from that filth." But this crossed a line. This time, the bad movie has actually effected the book.
I swear, I feel like shooting somebody.
Okay, remember my rant way-back-when that condemned all of Hollywood to Hell because of the bad book-to-movie I, Robot conversion? No? Okay, I'm not that suprised since it was a while ago. Basically, the movie had nothing to do with the book. Literally. The main character in the movie wasn't even in the book. The secondary character (just a tiny bit behind the main charatcer) was so far off from the book charatcer that, in the previews, I didn't even know they were the same person. In fact, the move and book didn't even have the same plot. At all. The book didn't even have a singular plot; it was a collection of short stories, none of which resembled the movie in any way.
Anyway, eventually I stopped bitching about it (Well, not really, but it was a bit less) because I learned some nifty info. The script, when written, had absolutely nothing to do with the book. It was originally titled Hardwired and had no connection to Asimov in any way. But the director, either an Asimov fan or just someone knowledgable of Asimovs large fanbase, had the title of the movie and the names of three of its charatcers changed to match the book so that it would appeal to the Asimov fan. This calmed me down a bit and I was able to tolerate the films existence. But now.......ugh.
I was in Barnes & Noble on Sunday and was browsing through the Asimov section for new material (He might have died more than a decade ago but new stuff keeps appearing) when I noticed a copy of I, Robot. I swear my heart actually stopped for three seconds. The cover, where older editions had the robot QT-1 in worship of the Master (One of the short stories had a robot overcome with religious fanaticism), was a close-up shot of Will Smith from the movie. Will Smith as the charatcer that isn't even in the book. There is also the tagline "One man saw it coming" which was the tagline for the movie. What the hell was there to see coming in the book?
I could stand the movie when I thought it was an adaption of the book, it was even easier when I found out that it wasn't, but this just feels like an arrow through the head. Whenever there's one of these God-awful book-to-movie conversions I (And many others) console myself with the thought that "At least it isn't the book. No matter how bad that movie is, at least the book isn't any worse. At least the original material is still free from that filth." But this crossed a line. This time, the bad movie has actually effected the book.
I swear, I feel like shooting somebody.