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Originally posted by JohntheBike View Postas are the Time Machine and the Invisible Man, no doubt, although I haven't actually read any of them.
My English Lit teacher preferred a Tale of Two Cities and Robinson Crusoe! I did read large parts of the Count of Monte Cristo in French though!
I had to read the book of 2001 a Space Odyssey to work out what was happening in the film!Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostSo your opinion is worthless then. FTAOD I've read the entire Wells canon over the years...
So? I read those, plus a lot more Dickens, plus Shakespeare, Chaucer, and several 20th Century ones: the one benefit of attending three separate secondary schools I suppose. Still doesn't support your argument.
So now you know how and why to convert a perfectly reflecting surface into a light-absorbing black one... (hint: I've read a large amount of the Clarke's work as well)So your opinion is worthless then
Still doesn't support your argument.
So now you know how and why to convert a perfectly reflecting surface into a light-absorbing black one
In contrast, I have read many technical instruction manuals on various mechanical devices including how to cut a thread on a lathe, which is a very demanding task and only possible with the appropriate fittings. Reading an ex RAF officer's training manual on how to fly a plane was also very informative.
If you hand me a car or motor bike completely dismantled which has no electronic devices, I dare say I could substantially reconstruct it eventually with minimal references to any manual.
So, it's horses for courses. A fish is a good swimmer, whilst other beings might not be, but a bird is a good flier, while most fish aren't.Comment
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The good Lord preserve me from Philistines....
Had you read the "The Sentinel"*, not only would you have understood the film immediately, you would have recognised the reason given in the book about the film for chnging Clarke's refelctive monolith to a black one. Something to do with not wanting to film the crew and spoiling the illusion.
*Which, just to be clear, is the Arthur C Clarke short story that forms the whole basis of the film, that a signal is sent as soon as the human race (or any other race) reaches the point where they can travel off their own planet. All that metaphysical stuff at the end is merely showing off.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by JohntheBike View PostI had to read the book of 2001 a Space Odyssey to work out what was happening in the film!
TMA2 was on Iapetus in the book and orbiting Jupiter in the film.
I well remember when 2001 was shown again in the 80s, wandering out of the Odeon in Swansea laughing quietly to myself at all the other punters who seemed confused & disappointed that it wasn't at all like Star Wars.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostThe good Lord preserve me from Philistines....
Had you read the "The Sentinel"*, not only would you have understood the film immediately, you would have recognised the reason given in the book about the film for chnging Clarke's refelctive monolith to a black one. Something to do with not wanting to film the crew and spoiling the illusion.
*Which, just to be clear, is the Arthur C Clarke short story that forms the whole basis of the film, that a signal is sent as soon as the human race (or any other race) reaches the point where they can travel off their own planet. All that metaphysical stuff at the end is merely showing off.would you have understood the film immediately
What irritates me is when film makers claim that their version of a film is a true reflection of a novel and then you have a helicopter in Where Eagles Dare and a steam locomotive built in the 1950's in Robert Powell's version of the 39 Steps, let alone a 1950's Triumph Thunderbird (or T110) being used to jump the fence in the Great Escape.Comment
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For those inerrested Steven Baxter (who happens to be the current president of the HG Wells Society) has written a sequel to WotW, 'The massacre of Mankind', good in places with a very 21st Century take (still in period story line) as the main protagonist is Female.Comment
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To be fair it’s much better than “the Irishman” that’s 3 hours I won’t get back
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So your opinion is worthless then. FTAOD I've read the entire Wells canon over the years...So? I read those, plus a lot more Dickens, plus Shakespeare, Chaucer, and several 20th Century ones: the one benefit of attending three separate secondary schools I suppose. Still doesn't support your argumentThe good Lord preserve me from Philistines....
Had you read the "The Sentinel"*, not only would you have understood the film immediately, you would have recognised the reason given in the book about the film for chnging Clarke's refelctive monolith to a black one. Something to do with not wanting to film the crew and spoiling the illusion.
*Which, just to be clear, is the Arthur C Clarke short story that forms the whole basis of the film, that a signal is sent as soon as the human race (or any other race) reaches the point where they can travel off their own planet. All that metaphysical stuff at the end is merely showing off.
Speaking of merely showing off, have you any idea how ridiculously pompous and self inflated you sound?Comment
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Originally posted by Snooky View PostOoooh sir! Me sir! I know sir! Please sir!
Speaking of merely showing off, have you any idea how ridiculously pompous and self inflated you sound?Comment
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