Posted by David Pierce on April 06, 1999 at 17:04:38:
In Reply to: Re: Movies? Never! posted by Foppe Brolsma on April 06, 1999 at 00:18:54:
: Why not? I have the feeling that for instance the Demon Princes or the Planet of Adventure series in the hands of a capable director would make a very satisfactory movie.
: Foppe
Bah. Who needs it? Aren't the works enough in themselves? Do we have to make movies of books just because it can be done? What is the point? So we can have someone else imagine the story for us? Mass-market hegemony of our imaginations, I suppose. One of the many things special about Vance's work is that for the most part it hasn't been made into flicks. Even if, say, Kurasawa or Bunuel could helm of such a project (were they alive), I still wouldn't see the need. Poppycock, I say.