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Re: Dan Simmons Hyperion movie?

by Sea Wasp <seawaspObvious@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 6, 2008 at 04:31 PM

Pete B wrote:
> In article <75idnRBeXqBJmGjanZ2dnUVZ_h3inZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, 
> dakidd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
> 
>>In article <ft2i7d1133u@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> ravenlynne <ravenlynne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Better start reading the books:
>>>
>>>http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=51630
>>>
>>>Warner Develops Hyperion Film
>>>
>>>Producer Graham King has set up Dan Simmons' award-winning science 
>>>fiction book series Hyperion Cantos at Warner Brothers, with Trevor 
>>>Sands on board to adapt the first two books as one feature, according
to 
>>>The Hollywood Re****ter. King is producing via his GK Films banner.
>>>
>>>The first book, Hyperion, won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1990, 
>>>while the second, The Fall of Hyperion, was nominated for a Nebula
Award 
>>>for best novel.
>>>
>>>Hyperion deals with a space war, with most of the action taking place
on 
>>>a planet named Hyperion, known not only for its electricity-spewing 
>>>trees but also for the Time Tombs, large artifacts that can move
through 
>>>time. The tombs are guarded by a monster called the Shrike, which 
>>>impales people on metal trees.
>>>
>>>King acquired the rights to the series several years ago, but its 
>>>structure--inspired by Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury 
>>>Tales--and its multiple timelines made the task of adapting it into a 
>>>feature unwieldy and challenging.
>>
>>Oh lord... 
>>
>>Remind me to miss that one...
>>
>>It was an exercise in masochism to get through it in book form. As a 
>>movie, I expect it to be AT LEAST as painful, if not worse.

	Oh, no. I'd expect the movie to have a chance to be better. It might 
eliminate a lot of the talking and give us more action scenes.

	It could also use that approach to be terrible, of course, depending 
on what it edits out.

	I'd bet on it being terrible, since that's the general rule.

	But there's NO WAY it's retaining the structure and detail of the book.

> 
> 
> The book was brilliant.

	Mileage does vary. I found the book okay, but not enough to carry me 
through the sequel.




-- 
                      Sea Wasp
                        /^\
                        ;;;	
      Live Journal: http://seawasp.livejournal.com
 




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Dan Simmons Hyperion movie?
ravenlynne <ravenlynne  2008-04-03 14:21:51 
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jojo <jojlolo@[EMAIL P  2008-04-03 06:36:40 
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peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-03 16:16:18 
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jojo <jojlolo@[EMAIL P  2008-04-03 11:00:38 
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peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-03 20:43:19 
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"Joel Olson" &l  2008-04-03 20:54:28 
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"Ken from Chicago&qu  2008-04-04 03:44:40 
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"Ken from Chicago&qu  2008-04-04 03:44:13 
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jojo <jojlolo@[EMAIL P  2008-04-03 14:03:39 
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jojo <jojlolo@[EMAIL P  2008-04-04 02:11:46 
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Esa Perkio <eperkio@[E  2008-04-04 11:18:11 
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"Ken from Chicago&qu  2008-04-04 19:50:00 
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dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-04 21:25:32 
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David Harmon <source@[  2008-04-04 09:59:44 
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Goro <evilninjax@[EMAI  2008-04-04 17:46:06 
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ErictheTolle@[EMAIL PROTE  2008-04-09 17:39:47 
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Don Bruder <dakidd@[EM  2008-04-03 09:29:08 
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Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-06 16:12:35 
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Sea Wasp <seawaspObvio  2008-04-06 16:31:42 
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Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-07 05:53:19 
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Don Bruder <dakidd@[EM  2008-04-06 21:58:27 
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Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-07 15:43:58 
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wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-07 12:52:08 
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pv+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-04-07 16:27:17 
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dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-07 21:52:38 
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pv+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-04-08 11:19:25 
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Ian Galbraith <me@[EMA  2008-04-08 13:34:08 
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Ian Galbraith <me@[EMA  2008-04-08 13:34:13 
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wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-09 04:13:14 
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DouhetSukd <DouhetSukd  2008-04-03 10:56:47 
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Ian Galbraith <me@[EMA  2008-04-04 08:25:38 
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cgoodin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-04 16:46:01 
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Howard Brazee <howard@  2008-04-03 17:47:49 
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Don Bruder <dakidd@[EM  2008-04-03 17:01:43 
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Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-06 16:23:06 
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Howard Brazee <howard@  2008-04-06 08:36:34 
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Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-07 03:46:06 
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cgoodin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-07 17:07:59 
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Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-07 20:21:36 
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peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-07 20:52:15 
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Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-08 01:12:25 
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peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-08 00:49:23 
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Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-08 04:42:45 
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throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-04 19:58:42 
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"Mike Schilling"  2008-04-04 21:29:58 
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pv+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-04-04 17:00:30 
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throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-05 01:39:31 
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Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-05 04:56:14 
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ravenlynne <ravenlynne  2008-04-05 08:11:58 
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Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-06 17:14:37 
Re: Dan Simmons Hyperion movie?
ErictheTolle@[EMAIL PROTE  2008-04-09 17:38:10 

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