Uncia on 5/11/2007 at 12:17
My plans, foiled! :grr:9
jimjack on 5/11/2007 at 17:38
(
foru.ms/t6340541-new-childrensmovie-out-that-teaches-killing-g-d.html) uh-oh
They should be more concerned about the effects of Saw4. Damn nippy fundamentalists out to ruin every book made to movie out there:mad: People should know what fiction is and appreciate it as a story and nothing more. Can the kiddies not separate myth from reality for themselves or what? How will they get around [SPOILER]Nicole Kidman's character luring and kidnapping children for nefarious purposes?[/SPOILER]
I thought he was killing an angel claiming to be god. In Narnia did they not kill Aslan and he was the representation of christ? Whats the comparison anyway.
I don't know if the film is promoting atheisim in a package for kids, reading the first book kind of seemed to be pushing it but I wasn't reading it for that. If they wind up making all three then this will be one of the times I actually hope they will do some story editing on the third book/movie. The first two were excellant, the third not so.
Probably should give them my hard earned $$$ to find out all this. I just hope the movie doesn't taint the books, though the effects look pretty awesome.
fett on 5/11/2007 at 19:46
So did we win? :p
Gaiman is a much better investment IMO, even his more recent lackluster offerings are still better than most anything else out there. Loved Anansi Boys, American Gods, and as noted in another thread, the Stardust adaptation was inspired. They need to get around to a screen adaptation of Neverwhere - that's money in the bank.
Mingan on 5/11/2007 at 20:26
Inline Image:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5376/smallprintrx5.pngAlso notice that they link to FOX NEWS and some conservative site. Highly reputable. The funniest thing being that they're all up in arms because he's "indoctrinating" children with atheism, while it's obviously OK to indoctrinate them with Christianity.
Stitch on 5/11/2007 at 20:56
Quote Posted by fett
Gaiman is a much better investment IMO, even his more recent lackluster offerings are still better than most anything else out there.
lackluster offerings? The man has great ideas and wrote one of the best comic book series of all time, but he has yet to release a novel that manages to keep it all together.
JayDee on 5/11/2007 at 23:31
Quote Posted by Thirith
I liked that bit a lot; I thought it was very evocative and effectively written.
I actually thought that Gaiman usually avoids getting too close to the Judeo-Christian god in his writings, which is a shame. It seems like something of a cop-out. On the other hand, I love his short story "Murder Mysteries" and its take on God, free will, predestination, and the morality of the big bearded guy in the sky.
Gaiman has so much fun taking on multiple mythology at once, which gets harder to do with the christian stuff. Lucifer, by Mike Carey, might be worth your while checking out. It's a spin off from Sandman, went about as long (and is finished and trade-paperbacked by now.) Has a take on the God thing that I enjoyed, and hadn't seen before.
fett on 6/11/2007 at 00:33
Quote Posted by Stitch
Recent lackluster offerings? The man has great ideas and wrote one of the best comic book series of all time, but he has yet to release a novel that manages to keep it all together.
Stitch, I still have your effigy
right here by my fucking desk. If you start again with how Good Omens sucks I cannot be responsible for what happens. :mad:
You don't even like Neverwhere? It hurts my heart. And a little in my spleen. Honestly.
Fafhrd on 6/11/2007 at 07:28
Good Omens was more Pratchett's book than Gaiman's, so it shouldn't have any real bearing on Gaiman's abilities as a novelist.
SubJeff on 6/11/2007 at 09:12
Good Omens was dull. Even worse were Pratchett's solo takes on the 4 horsemen. God Pratchett sucks. I pray they never give that guy a live action versions of any of his lackluster scrawlings.
Matthew on 6/11/2007 at 12:42
Except for the ones that have already happened?
