10-03-2007, 12:35 AM
Based on the posters for these two fine movies with the same name (directed by Board's List and Reader's List respectively), I would have to give the nod to the former for the Pale Fire scene (which of course I didn't actually see, but whose merits are strongly suggested by the aforesaid poster).
On the opposite side of the hypothetical coin, I must honor Reader's List's effort in the Gravity's Rainbow scene, again which I did not see but whose power is suggested in the poster -- as well as the book, which I did read, or at least I started it, and it impressed me as far as I got, enough to look at the aforesaid poster.
Still, I remain disappointed in the total absence of a The Stars My Destination (by Alfred Bester) scene, which to my mind would have come closest to creating a fine science fiction movie. I can only wait, and hope, that someday it will be made into a movie...
Barring that, I'd settle for a poster.
--cranefly
P.S. Why is this thread in the book section?
On the opposite side of the hypothetical coin, I must honor Reader's List's effort in the Gravity's Rainbow scene, again which I did not see but whose power is suggested in the poster -- as well as the book, which I did read, or at least I started it, and it impressed me as far as I got, enough to look at the aforesaid poster.
Still, I remain disappointed in the total absence of a The Stars My Destination (by Alfred Bester) scene, which to my mind would have come closest to creating a fine science fiction movie. I can only wait, and hope, that someday it will be made into a movie...
Barring that, I'd settle for a poster.
--cranefly
P.S. Why is this thread in the book section?