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Originally posted by PortlandCardFan So I take it "Aliens" probably doesn't do it for ya either??
Aliens didn't bother me too much - other than on Aliens 2 when they find the "nursery" with all the colonists there, all implanted and nurturing baby aliens, and the one live colonist begs Ripley to kill her.
Hmmmm...Ray Bradbury doesn't get much love from hollywood. I heard a few years ago that Mel Gibson was going to make the one that takes place in the future and they have outlawed books and the main character is basically a fireman who burns books....don't remember the name....
Originally posted by Ryanwb Hmmmm...Ray Bradbury doesn't get much love from hollywood. I heard a few years ago that Mel Gibson was going to make the one that takes place in the future and they have outlawed books and the main character is basically a fireman who burns books....don't remember the name....
Fahrenheit 451
Production starts in early 2004 on this film--written and directed by Frank Darabont, who did Green Mile, Majestic and Shawshank Redemption!!!
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Also, "Point of Impact" by (can't think of author right now). Just a great action/espionage thriller with a wiseass redneck as the central protagonist.
The Invisible Man by Wells would be an interesting adaptation. Especially if it's based during the period which the story occurs.
Divine Invasion by Phillip K. Dick would be another movie adaptation I would be interested in seeing. Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, Paycheck, Minority Report are some examples of book to movie adaptation based on Dick's writings.
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The Rivers Ran East--a true story that is just unbelievable:
In June of 1946, former Army intelligence officer Colonel Leonard Clark arrives in Lima, Peru with $1000 - all that he owns - pinned inside his shirt pocket. His goal: to discover the gold of the legendary El Dorado and the Seven Cities of Cibola. He has arrived in South America with only a brief note of introduction to a Peruvian believed to know of the gold's location, but Clark, broke from bad investments in both the U.S. and China, is desperate for the treasure. Warned that hundreds who have gone before him have never returned, that he goes "at his own hazard," Clark proceeds, using the "cover" that he is, in fact, in search of the medical secrets of the native Indians. A dangerous trip would be made all the more treacherous were his true intent discovered. Remarkably, over six months later, Clark emerges from the rain forest having survived this dangerous trek and reached his illusive goal. This amazing adventure is documented in Clark's riveting The Rivers Ran East. Long out of print, this story is once again available as part of the Travelers' Tales Classics series.
Drawn by visions of El Dorado and a map he is certain will lead him to it, Clark heads into the unforgiving wilderness with barely the provisions to sustain him, relying on his wartime experience in Asia, his wits, and the grace of God to see him through. Clark is joined on his journey by the redoubtable Jorge Mendoza, a twenty-four-year-old Peruvian graduate of Lima University, and the fearless Inez Pokorny, a gutsy, multilingual female explorer. Along their perilous journey, they encounter headhunting Jivaro Indians, man-eating jaguars, forty-foot-long anacondas, poisonous plants, and shamanistic healers. In addition to discovering his sought-after treasure, Clark collects and documents valuable and ground-breaking information on the local flora and fauna, medical uses of local plants, and descriptions of the indigenous peoples and their languages. Originally published in 1953, The Rivers Ran East remains one of the greatest journeys ever recorded. It is a searing adventure story from one of the all-time great explorers and adventurers.
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