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Re: Straying off topic about Jurassic Park (was: Lego Mania Magazine)
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Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:14:35 GMT
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On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 17:20:36 GMT, "Steve Berry" <steveb@codenet.net> wrote:

> <SNIP>
> 
> > But TLW was no JP.
> 
> Steve made some good points, but even Jurassic Park could have been so much
> better than it was.  I personally felt the Jurassic Park book was fantastic,
> had great character development and flowed very nicely.  The movie version,
> while enjoyable at times (especially for the kids), paled in comparison to
> the book and was a tremendous disappointment for me.

I agree that JPtB was much better than JPtM, but JPtM fulfilled my two
requirements for cinematic versions of novels:

1. It didn't suck (99% of movies-from-books do suck).
2. It didn't go 180-degrees away from the book.

Steve



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(...) Darn! I was going to redesign the Naboo Fighter and now you're going to best me before I have a chance to build the entire thing! (I've only built a moving canopy and the top surface of the wings so far.) I look forward to seeing your version, (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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<SNIP> (...) Steve made some good points, but even Jurassic Park could have been so much better than it was. I personally felt the Jurassic Park book was fantastic, had great character development and flowed very nicely. The movie version, while (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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