Dennis Higbee wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 Randi128 at aol.com wrote: > > > It's my opinion that sf books don't make good movies because of the > differences in the media and the lack of interest in the work necessary > to overcome those differences. The LotR films are the result of years > of work on the part of a committed director, Peter Jackson, combined with > a huge gamble by New Line (that has already paid off) and an unusual lever > of tolerance, in allowing Jackson to proceed mostly unhindered. I don't > forsee it happening again anytime soon. > > -Dennis The interest may be blossoming. A few other movies have come out that have shown respect for their fantastic source material & not hacked the story into a normal hollywood form. Minority Report leaves all of its sf short story tricks in, spider man is a loving rendition of the comic & Harry Potter is so close to the book it is scary. Only minority report is a good movie mind you , but all of them respect thier sources. Francesco >