Dragaera

"Fantasy" Films

Fri Jun 28 06:04:30 PDT 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Bailey [mailto:andrew at networkharmoni.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 20:09
> To: Dragaera at dragaera.info
> Subject: Re: "Fantasy" Films
> 
> 
> Randi128 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > I have been disaapointed with many of the recent releases, 
> namely Starship Troopers. 
> > A great book could have been made into a great movie. The director and 
> > producers chose instead to adapt the book to fit their budget. 
> 
> Ok I have to disagree with this. I found Starship Troopers to be a good
> film not so much cause of its special effects, but more because of it 
> being an underlying resistant adaption of the book. That is one of the
> things I enjoy about SF is the commentry upon society.
> 
> On the other hand, I have no taste when it comes to movies. I liked
> Hudson Hawk:)
> 
> 
> Andrew.
> 

I liked Starship Troopers.  I thought it did a pretty good job of staying
with the book.  Keep in mind that I read the book as a juvenile, and it was
part of Mr. Heinleins "buggle gum" science fiction writings. Johnny was
perfectly cast.  Denise Richards was supposed to be a petite blonde,
but who cared ?  :)

I enjoy effort.  I criticize when I can do a better job.

Among those on my SF comfort shelf :

Aliens2  ( Worldcon 2004: Vote LB426! )
LadyHawk
Forbidden Planet
Ferris Beuller  ( Hey, if this doesn't qualify as fantasy, what does ? )
Jurassic Park
The Abyss
Stargate
Ghostbusters
Armegeddon
D&D ( watch it with a sense of humor )
Dragonslayer
Predator
Real Genius
Young Frankenstein ( Frau BREUKER! )
The Last Starfighter
Spacecamp
Big Trouble in Little China
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Name of the Rose
Sneakers
Monty Python ( any really, but Holy Grail of course )
Bill and Ted ( both )
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Mummy
Shrek ( The last 2 minutes are worth the whole movie )
Dr. Who and the Pirate Planet 
Army of Darkness ( Trapped in Time, surrounded by evil, low on gas )
X-Men
Batman ( Michael Keaton was the best in that roll )

Most recently:
Harry Potter  ( *shrug* I liked it, sue me )
Spiderman ( I work in the internet industry, *you* figure it out. ~grin~ )

In Search of:
Stowaway to the Moon
Salvage I
Hawk the Slayer


Alan

( and I liked Hudson Hawk too.  One of my favorites, actually. )