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Comment on Who is the Greatest American Writer? (POLL) by Ronnie

Ronnie — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:26 +0000

I’ve forever loved American literature and the canon of the absolutely outstanding classic books in it. I admire and enjoy a majority of the authors on the list. A few I haven’t yet read, and sadly, a few glaring omissions seem unforgivable, not least the one and only late great Ray Bradbury (RIP). As anybody should expect, choosing ONE as the “Greatest” (a.k.a. favourite?) is a daunting prospect. I’m mainly torn between Faulkner, Poe, Updike, and Hawthorne. Forced to choose one, I’d vote for Faulkner.

Comment on 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops by Dr Shane Maxwell-Atkin

Dr Shane Maxwell-Atkin — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:52:19 +0000

And Chabon helped with the ‘John Carter’ screenplay. I rather enjoyed it for the Doug McClure era adventure cheesiness combined with state of the art effects. Sack the marketing team indeed!

Comment on 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops by Kristin A.

Kristin A. — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:41:14 +0000

Battlefield Earth definitely earned that #1 spot.

Comment on 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops by Michael Autin

Michael Autin — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:23:34 +0000

I actually saw Sphere in the theaters and by 2/3 of the way through knew the best answer was if they WISHED away their powers, BUT no… that would have been too easy and it was downhill from there… a real travesty. Suprised waterworld and heavens gate are not on the list… (I think it’s heavens gate,,, there was a GOOD critic one and a bad critic one, but they sounded similar….

Comment on 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops by David Greybeard

David Greybeard — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:36:44 +0000

JOHN CARTER? Personally I think it’s one of the very very best SF adaptions. Maybe even the best.
JOHN CARTER succeeds in every aspect, other than the negative media coverage.

Comment on 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops by Adam

Adam — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:01:36 +0000

I have no idea why the Queen of the Dammed is not in the list, let alone number one.
Also, Around the World in 80 Days was funny enough that it worked for me, you have to go in expecting a silly Coogan & Chan comedy, with a silly Arnie cameo.

Comment on 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops by ALIENCOP

ALIENCOP — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:08:45 +0000

In case you ever do one of these for “Worst movies ever made” without the financial or critical criteria, I would like to nominate every Baz Luhrman picture ever made. They are, without exception, grotesque, garish, frantic, neurotic, a complete waste of the time of some very excellent actors and actreses and of no interest to anyone except the decadent, jaded and probably depraved critics, make-up artists and costume designers they are obviously written and produced for.

Comment on 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops by Steve Carlso

Steve Carlso — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:26:44 +0000

How about “Dune” and “Howard the Duck?” Both films left such a bad taste that they destroyed the reputations of the literary works they were based on.

Comment on 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops by Elizabeth Bennett-Bailey

Elizabeth Bennett-Bailey — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:45:59 +0000

The film versions of two of my favorite books, Empire Falls and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, were abominations.

Comment on 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops by K. Rowe

K. Rowe — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:19:12 +0000

Oh, what stingers! I only hope that if any of my books make it to screen that they are well produced and directed to avoid ever being on this list. But that’s Hollywood.