Let Me Caution You About Lemmy Caution Would you just pick up James Bond and put him in a science fiction movie on another planet? In the 1960s, as a kid growing up in New York City we only had a few TV channels, but enough to show odd films once in a while. And…
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Longmire – Books to TV!
Longmire…Books to TV…breaking it down. Read the books (engaging by Craig Johnson) Watched the show (engaging, with its terrific casting of a too-small crew Sheriff’s Office). Whether in books or on TV, Walt Longmire was described by critics as the unflappable sheriff of sprawling Absaroka County, Wyoming. As expected the books are different than the…
The Island of Doctor Moreau Book and Movies
The “medical” news of our times leaks with various experiments on human mutations and gene manipulations. All of which caused me to rethink and reexamine these rather common topics in science fiction books and movies. This inspection took me back probably to the very first of its kind? H.G. Well’s and his 1896 book “The…
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Have we forgotten “The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing?” “Cat Dancing” is another one of my favorite “book-to-movie” westerns. A great author backstory, steamy movie-making backstory (murder!?) and then a western film that just about everyone agrees is worth watching, and numerous folks think is a classic. The simple plot events are not new. Train…
White Hunter Black Heart
Some people read books, watch TV and movies to completely escape into them. Some people read and watch, and enjoy more the backstories and the how-the-sausage-was-made, manufacturing of these works. “Look at that stunt!” “Did the actors get along? “ “I heard the author…” “On that scene, they said that Marlon Brando did…”. It would…