Brin's book though was brilliant. I really liked the way he was able to slip all sorts of ideas and philosophies into the book without your realizing it until too late (for instance the difference between "warriors" and "soldiers").
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No movie is ever as good as the book. > > Except Ian Fleming. He was a horrible writer, the movies are way better. > > For me, the movie is seldom the same as the book, I enjoy them differently. > > I too liked the Postman. And Costner in it. Wasn't enthralled with > Waterworld. > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> If you've read David Brin's The Postman, you'll never say you liked >> the movie again. Hollywood outdid itself on the butcher job they did >> on the book. >> >> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:23 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Haha, I have to be the only person in the world that liked those movies. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: G Money [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] >> > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 12:51 PM >> > To: cf-community >> > Subject: Re: Avatar and OSC:Speaker for the Dead (SPOILERS) >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Cameron Childress >> > <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Yes, made by white people, who should be forbidden to make such movies. >> >> >> >> >> > Well....if someone would have stopped Costner after Field of Dreams and >> > DWW....we might have been spared The Postman and Waterworld. >> > >> > -- >> > We're baptized in these waters >> > And in each others blood >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309692 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
