Posted by waheed khan on April 26, 1999 at 05:46:44:
In Reply to: More Movie Madness (diehard optimism, choose one) posted by Dean McMillan on March 26, 1999 at 14:04:17:
: Now that I see how the land lays, I'm "this close" to chucking it all, but--as I said--I'm half serious. So permit me another try and I promise to make use of the ridiculous-ness of the situation.
: Dave Rose wrote:
: 1. >My cynicism is prompted, in part, by my respect for Jack Vance's writing. It seems to me that, for a variety of reasons, any motion picture adaptation of Vance's work is bound to be less than satisfactory.
: If this was intended to excuse you, Dave, it should not
i think this is a good point..any film of ANY of Vance's work needs to contain the same SPIRIT of dialogue that he uses in his books...i mean to say...wit, half serious jesting, and of course
that underlying tone that indicates that nobody is to be trusted