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Hi Ian, Trekkies, and general sci-fi buffs,
I don't remember Satisfaction Guaranteed, the one which comes to mind is
I Robot. That story translated VERY well to an episode of The Outer
Limits or Twilight Zone, don't remember exactly which. The standout part
was the lawyer played by Leonard Nimoy a few years before Star Trek, he
was an excellent actor with a Spock like personality even then. That coul
d be why he was tapped for the part of the unemotional, logical Vulcan.
The only Asimov short story that made it to the movies (that I know of)
was Nightfall which was excellent in print but on the screen stank on
ice. Oh yeah! A series based on the Foundation Series would put B5 to
shame! It has all the qualities of wayward technology, political intrigue
and plain old detective work.
Huxley's Brave New World DID translate to the movies in fine style for
the day. Raymond Massey was excellent as always and the story is
timeless. After an Apocalyptic world war the ones left with their
technology relitively intact become the masters of the world and as
always, indifferent to all but their own self interest. While the movie
featured WW-1 technology, it could easily be updated with guided missiles
and smart weapons, relevent to today's world.
Yes, how unfortunate that most of the greatest works of all time fail to
reach the general public through movies and TV. Ah, the same old story of
shlock writing for a cheap production designed as a cheap and dirty money
maker.
Oh, another thing I just happened to remember is L. Ron Hubbard's
Invasion Earth which was such a childish work to begin with it translated
well to sci-fi humor on the screen. Unfortunately most of the funniest
stuff (mostly racial stereotypes) was deleted, and the names of some of
the characters in the book really cracked me up. The secretary to the
mining expedition leader was "Cherk", a real digbat in Edith Bunker
style. Well, it only goes to show WHY Hubbard was a failed writer and how
he came up with the idea "If you want to get rich, start a religion." He
fell back on his Army Intellegence and Interrogation training he used in
Korea and used brainwashing and mind control to found, organize and
maintain his cult of Scientology. For more on how it works, read
Dianetics but don't be fooled, read between the lines. It's advertized as
giving peace of mind, but the truth is upon reading that is raises more
questions than it answers, a perfect motivation to join the cult to find
out how to fix your "engrams". Now do I REALLY need to tell you the book
is a lure into a trap?
BTW, some of my favorite sci-fi movies are those made in the 50s and 60s,
flying '57 Buick hubcaps and all. Camp Humor abounds, something started
in the 30s with Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. Hmmmm, now is it any wonder
that George Lucas caught on to the Sand People and put them in Star Wars?
"BEATTY BEATTY BEATTY. Right on Buck!" (;->)
73 de Warren, KB2VXA@WT3V.#CNJ.NJ.USA.NOAM
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