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Re: Name That Movie (Was: Misperceptions of America)
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Fri, 3 Sep 1999 16:30:23 GMT
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Interesting description, it certainly has it faults, but I still like it. I
don't know why, it is just me, I guess! :)
Scott S.
James Brown wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> > James,
> >
> > Wow, I thought that was an obscure line. Yes, I know, I saw the movie
> > first before reading the book, and it is very much off, but I still enjoyed it
> > tremendously!
> >
> >
> > > Starship Troopers, one of the most liberal "let's see how huge we can make • the
> > > gap between book and movie" movies out there.
> >
> > Liberal? Politically or the off-the-book? I thought it was a great political
> > advocate of rightism. :)
>
> Liberal as in "a very liberal interpretation" You'll get lots of different
> opinions of what the book's theme is, some of them quite different (mostly,
> I've noticed, dependant on whether the reviewer likes Heinlein or not), but I
> have yet to see _anyone_ describe the book as "Ken and Barbie save the
> universe" - which was the description a friend of mine gave the movie. I
> don't think it could have been described more aptly.
>
> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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