Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 15:17:09 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Thwack, take that!
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

> sfbookfan at yahoo.com 04/02/04 03:12PM
>--- Michael Walsh <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>> " As remakes go, "Walking Tall" exemplifies the
>> dumbing down of stupidity."=
>>
><http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/ny-walkintall-
>movie,0,7290956.story?c=
>> oll=ny-entertainment-bigpix>
>
>Not only that, but they changed the main character's
>name!

& more . . . like the location of the story and any number of other =
things.

But why be surprised?  After all, there was the novelization of Tim =
Burton's film "Planet of the Apes".

Phil Dick refused to allow a novelization of the film "Bladerunner", made =
'em keep "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" in print.  Good for him.

mjw
>
>Nicki
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