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  1. May 24th, 2007, 08:01 PM #111
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    Quote Originally Posted by lamont
    you seem to take heinlein way too seriously...
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    Agreed - this is science fiction, and there is no one-size-pleases-all. So, differences of opinion exist. I think that's what the thread started out for, so folks could post their tastes (what they like), rather than disparage others for their tastes. Fusion cuisine is not for everyone, some purists may even denounce it.

    My wife commented on some of the recent US Army advertisements on TV promoting the citizen soldier aspect, and made her think of the movie under discussion, and she's more of a patient date for SF movies than a SF fan, so it appears it reached its broader audience. However, having Sly Stallone as Judge Dredd IMO was a bigger sacrifice for mass market economics that the Starship Troopers movie being what it is. So, maybe the whole exercise of turining a profit worked for Starship Troopers.

    The movie wish list I have would include "Number of the Beast", if we can restart the thread on its tracks. No SFX hurdles there with today's tech I see. And, it would have numerous nude scenes as I recall the book . . . so maybe everyone could be happy!
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    I agree, but think Number of the Beast would be better handled as a mini series. It's a fairly long story to tell in a movie length time frame.
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    You could edit out the fluff between the nude scenes for purists I suppose.

    The mini-series would probably suffer on including the nude scenes, unless done for one of the pay-extra-for-channels.
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    Number of the Beast was by far his worst work.
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    In terms of sales revenue? What was his best by that metric? Any idea?
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    In terms of quality. I don't know which book sold the most, but probably Stranger.
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    Henry Rollins could probably do a good job as Judge Dredd.

    I enjoyed Zardoz, for its time period (FX) it was good IMO.

    Cast a deadly Spell - most humorous Lovecraft themed movie I've seen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Walter
    In terms of quality. I don't know which book sold the most, but probably Stranger.
    Revenue could be the objective metric for quality. I think that was how the author made his living.
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