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I usually ruin the movie by reading the book first.
Jurassic Park. Book excellent, movie good
Christine, Book creepy good, movie hokie
I haven't seen "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" yet, but It's got a lot to live up to to be as good as the book.
The Hitchhikers Guide was a good movie, but I like the book much better. That's harder to compare, as it was changed quite a bit for the movie by the books author himself.
 
I'm waiting for the Da Vinci Code to come out so I can see if it is butchered. Banjo try Lee Child's books. I think you will like them. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif
 
I watched "Hitchhiker's guide on TV years ago (the series), but had to buy the movie too. My favorite bit is the quest for the answer to the greatest question ever asked. Was good in the series and in the movie.
 
I've read all of the Potter books that have been released. I didn't start reading them until well after the 3rd Potter movie was released. I felt the first book and movie were nearly identical, but more thoroughly enjoyed the ending in the book than in the movie. The Potter books get progressively better and better. Like Kenny, I rarely ever read a book after I've seen the movie, mainly because the books bored me. However, the level of detail in the Potter series and the differences between the books and the movies are significant enough that they maintained my interest. I'm now waiting for the 7th book to be released.

The 4th Potter movie was a bit of a disappointment to me, it left out SOOOOooo much of the book, that the movie could have passed for any old action flick that was released last year. In order for the 4th movie to do the book right there will have to be an extended version of the movie on DVD that would add another 2 to 3 hours to the theatrical release. Unfortunately, I don't think that'll happen.

The Narnia books were all rather thin, at least the editions of the books I've read were. So, the movie has an easier go at keeping the story of the books without loosing what was written. In my opinion, it's the lack of complexity in the Narnia books that is in their favor when being converted into a movie. That said, there were a couple of spots in the movie that were altered from the books, in order to make the scenes more dramatic... One thing I remember reading but don't recall seeing in the movie was Aslan reviving a giant. However, the giant was barely in the book. So, there's no real loss there, IMO. The other thing I can remember from the book but not in the movie was Reepeecheep (erm, forgot how to spell his name), the king of the talking mice in Narnia. I don't remember seeing a single talking mouse in the movie.

My company published the games for Narnia, and we had to deal with the CS Lewis estate when it came to keeping, changing, or adding things to the story. They're smart people and I thank them for not allowing certian things change in the games for the sake of a lower ESRB rating.

My point is the CS Lewis estate had the final say so on what was or was not in the movie (and games), and I think they did a darn good job of making sure it kept true to the book. Great movie plan on buying it and sticking it next to my Lord of the Rings DVDs /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
To sorta segue: Most Class C LAN setups I do, the primary server gets 192.168.0.42 as an addy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
Reepacheep the mouse dosen't appear until "Prince Caspian"(2 books later) That's why he's not in this movie.
Yea, I feel the same about the stories at times.. They are a little anti-climactic. You're expecting some big twist or grand finish and it never comes, but then I remember, these are childrens books.
I'm still having a great time reading through them.
 
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Absolutely right!

But does that hold too for such like Superman and Batman as fine literature compared to their celluloid incarnations?

and then there's the genera of book of the movie: cart-before-the-horse?

I'm not so sure about that stuff....
 
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I read them as research for my work in a bout a week.

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What is your "work", Nunyas, and how do I get a job like that?
 
eh... I didn't read them AT work. It was a self assignment off hours on my own time. I had never read the books before, and since my company (Buena Vista Games) was tasked with making/publishing the "Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" games, I felt it was in my best interest to know the books. It was one of those things where I always despised butcherings of well known properties/franchises, and didn't want to see it happen with a product that I may or may not get to work on.

Ben - really? dang... I guess I let myself down then. For some odd reason I coulda swore I remembered reading about Reepicheep in the first book... hmmmm... wait... Reepicheep came about because Aslan breathed intelligence into the mice that un-bound him as he lay on the stone table... right?

Doc - heh... nice touch... primary server of the LANs is the meaning of life... true 'nuff.. for the LANs in question anyways /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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To sorta segue: Most Class C LAN setups I do, the primary server gets 192.168.0.42 as an addy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif Good one!
 
hmmm.....surely there's some MG content in this thread - somewhere...
 
Our signatures are (mg) content enuff - lol!
 
Works for me, Kenny!
 
It did sort of start as a comment about Banjo's homemade Parts tumbler though - it WAS MG content to begin with - lol
 
Harbor Freight has 2 different type tumpbers - a single drum & a double drum....single drum works well.
 
I figured out why my Clothes dryer tumbler won't work on my SU/Zenith carb parts... It's a Frigidare GM. Yes GM.
That's how old it is. I think GM sold off Frigidare in the late 70s.
It needs a different media for the aluminum. But it's working nicely on the handful of rusty hardware I threw in it.
So far my total project cost is $14.00
$4.99 for a can of "great stuff" expanding foam, and $9.00 for the bag of media.
So even if all it does is clean up hardware and stuff, that's ok. I think I'll post the construction plans, and leave the purpose open to the user.
Doc. That joke was lost on me. (I get the 42 refrence, but the rest of it meant nothing until it was explained a little) oh well.
 
Mine from HF cost $25
 
42 was the point of Docs joke. The rest of the numbers are standard for local servers.
 
Did it come with media?
If I take that out of the cost, I'm at $4.99
It also has a 5 gallon capacity /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
I'm not knocking the HF tumbler, just saying I'm not out any, and I had fun making it.
What do you have for media, what do you clean in it, and how long does it take? Ifin ya don't mind sharing? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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