Versus: Worst Film Adaptation (Novel)

Normally, I do my Versus posts on my blog, but since I posed the question here in the Kingdom, I figured I should stay here to play out the battle for everyone. I asked you all what you thought the worst film was that was adapted from a novel. You answered. So, here we go!

merv –  The lovely bones. The characters just seem different

GMan – Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. They managed to turn imagination into silly nonsense.

ksbeth – ‘my sister’s keeper’ because they changed the stunning dramatic twist at the end in the film . totally ruined the story.

djmatticus – Dragons of Autumn Twilight….
The movie, if you can even call it that, glosses over more important parts of the book than I can count and the animation is so terrible, both poorly drawn and doesn’t flow together, that it detracts even further from what is one of the greatest fantasy stories ever written

1jaded1 – The Amityville Horror. I was fourth in line to read it in Grade 5. I read the book when I was 10 years old. The cover freaked me out. The book cover had a house with eyes and flies. The red glowing eyes were creepy but what happened with Kathy being possessed and levitated by an elderly woman made my skin crawl. Mom told me she would not feel sorry if I had nightmares. Then came the movies. Yes, both of them.
I saw the first release in the early 80s. The music was the creepiest element of the movie. The movie itself focused mostly on George. Disappointing.
The remake was worse. It focused on the gore and left elements critical to the creep factor out. For crying out loud, the remake did not even have a pig. I’m glad I rented it. I would have left the theater fuming.

And mine, which is the same as what I know my brother would pick, but he decided not to say anything….

Timeline by Michael Crichton. Too many changes. Bad changes. Bad casting decisions. Just an overall horrible experience after the book is one of the greatest ever.

There’s your choices everyone. I’m going to put a poll underneath all of this. In two weeks, we’ll come back and see what film everyone voted for!

Don’t Forget

If you haven’t already added your choice into the comments of my last post, don’t forget to do it soon. Submissions must be in by midnight tomorrow (although that will depend entirely on how lazy I want to be).

I know which one my brother will pick. He just needs to get his butt over to the post so he can actually put it down.

VS. Worst Film Adaptation of a Book

Greetings, fellow travelers of the Kingdom. It is I, Revis Edgewater, First Knight of this land and Master of the Versus arena. During the last few bouts in the arena, I’ve asked for your help. I’m here today to do the same.

Normally, when we do these, we put fictional characters up against each other. That’s not what we’re doing today. Instead, we’re putting movies up against each other. Specifically, we’re putting movies based on books/novels against each other.

We want to know which is the worst.

Here’s where we need your help. We need you to comment on what you think the worst movie based on a novel (written word, not graphic) is and give us at least a sentence or two on why you think your choice is the correct choice. The reasons behind your choice can be anything from the movie straying too far from the source material to it just being a bad movie. The choice is yours.

One week from tonight, I will collect all of the entries and create a poll, letting your fellow readers vote on who they agree with.

So, put in your entries, everyone, and let the games begin!

Versus: Season 2 Episode 1

Revis and I have a contest that needs your help in deciding the victor. So head on over to 33 Grams of Blog, give the arguments a read, and cast your vote.

33 Grams of Blog

Anyone who had read my blog for a while knows I used to do a series of post entitled Versus were I would pit two fictional or mythological characters in some type of competition and then I would tell you who I think would win. This time around, I thought I’d try something a little different. This time, you will hear a matchup and be given an argument for each. One of them is written by me. The other is written someone else. A poll will be left at the bottom of the post and we will let you, the reader decide who the winner is.

This week’s matchup is Duncan McLeod (Highlander) vs. Achilles (Greek myth).

Arguing for Duncan is Matt from The Matticus Kingdom:

Duncan McLeod, the Highlander, was the greatest swordsman ever. 

There is no room for discussion.  There is no potential rival.  He was the…

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Author Interview – Matt Blashill – The Erratic Sun and Fauxpocalypse

toofulltowrite (I've started so I'll finish)

Good evening everyone.

I have been lucky enough to speak with author Matt Blashill about his latest release and his approach to the art and craft of writing.

So without further ado, let’s begin.

Matt – thank you for joining me today to talk about your creative processes and what drives you specifically as a writer.

Thank you, David, for including me in your interview series. I’m always a little surprised and a lot humbled when people want to talk to me about writing.

You have recently published a collaborative novel with Michael Hansen called “The Erratic Sun.” Please fill us in as to what genre(s) your book falls into, why you called it that and what we can expect to face when we dive into it?

“The Erratic Sun” is a science fiction novel about the crew of the titular ship who find themselves in an unenviable position during…

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