Best and Worst Adaptation(s) of Book(s) To Cinema and Television

[Venusian Broon]

The Prestige was a rarity of where the movie was better than the book, so I heard.

Nope it wasn't. Christopher Priest is a wonderful and tricksy writer. I'm glad I read the book well before the movie. But the movie was pretty excellent also.

 

[JJewel]

Michael Moorcocks The Final Programme was butchered as a movie but still I enjoyed it.

I remember reading that Moorcock refused anything else to be made into a movie after seeing it.

 

[Vince W]

The Watch

Without question.

 

[BAYLOR]

Michael Moorcocks The Final Programme was butchered as a movie but still I enjoyed it.

I remember reading that Moorcock refused anything else to be made into a movie after seeing it.

If I remember correctly. , It was based on the first of the Jeremiah Cornelius books.

 

[JJewel]

It is a movie I would like to see again just to judge it better, I remember their was a Phantom jet in it and a Nazi submarine pen, perfect boys own adventure.

 

[BAYLOR]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney Evennn though thye changed thing overall I thought both the 1956 film and the 1978 film were terrific adaptations of this one.

 

[otaylor]

Michael Moorcocks The Final Programme was butchered as a movie but still I enjoyed it.

I remember reading that Moorcock refused anything else to be made into a movie after seeing it.

That's really interesting. Hadn't heard of this, used to really enjoy Michael Moorcock

 

[BAYLOR]

That's really interesting. Hadn't heard of this, used to really enjoy Michael Moorcock

I Would have liked to have seen an Eternal Champion film .

Interestingly in the early 1970's , there was a crossover comic in which Elric of Melnibone and Conan the Barbarian met and teamed up for an adventure.

 

[BAYLOR]

The Martian Chronicles They did miniseries in 1980 . It actually was a not bad and was reasonably faithful to the book.

 

[Rodders]

I have vivid memories of that series. The death of the Earth haunted me for a long time and i loved the Martian Sand Ships.

 

[BAYLOR]

I have vivid memories of that series. The death of the Earth haunted me for a long time and i loved the Martian Sand Ships.

And the fact that almost everybody living on mars went back to Earth to die.