Re: Terminators of Endearment ripoff

On Feb 4, 9:30 pm, Rebecca Rice <philosphe...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
William December Starr wrote:
In article <5ca9e0fd-4bc3-4e3f-804e-907410b91...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
johnmarks...@xxxxxxxxx said:

hmm a related question: what are the few cases where a film was
*better* than the book it was based on? The first one that comes
to mind is _The African Queen_. Cant think of any SF example right
off.

"Blade Runner," most absolutely.

This would be a matter of debate, to me.  The movie was so
different from the book, and shifted the emphasis so much,
that I'm not sure that they were telling the same story.  So
saying that one was better than the other is like saying
that chocolate cake is better than pecan pie.  They aren't
really directly comparable.

That's a good point. And I also consider _Do Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep_ to be one of PKD's best novels, despite its flaws.
"Blade Runner" has its flaws too.

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