Book recs hmmm. I feel like I should have a lot but I can't think of too many right now (I've been reading too many comics lately, I guess they are ruining my brain?). You've probably read some of these or they are not to your taste but here are the few I can think of: Rendezvous with Rama is one I always like to re-read. Also Contact and pretty much anything else by Carl Sagan, though I also enjoy science non-fiction so ymmv on this one. I Am Legend was good, much better than the film I thought, though it's more of a short story than a book.... Going back to the non-fiction I really enjoyed Virus Hunter and The Hot Zone and a few other books in that vein. Band of Brothers too... Clearly I am quite fail at this.
You mentioned Pratchett, have you read the Discworld books? If so yay! If not, they can be quite fun.
THIS. I kept waiting for them to turn things around in the movie, to make the ending have even close to as much impact as the ending of the book. I was sad when it never happened.
The original ending didn't test well with their focus group whatever audience, so they changed it. Which... Bad as that is, they are in business to get as many people's money as they can, so it's somewhat understandable. We don't have to like it, though.
It's on the DVD, though, and streaming on this site. It's not the same as the book, but it at least veers a lot closer to it than the theatrical release did.
You? Are awesome. Thanks for linking that. It's still not as good as the book (obviously) but it seems a bit more palatable than what I saw in the theatre. I never even thought to seek out DVD extras since I guess I sort of wrote the movie off after watching it. In summation? Boo focus group.
Those videos made me happy!
Book recs hmmm. I feel like I should have a lot but I can't think of too many right now (I've been reading too many comics lately, I guess they are ruining my brain?). You've probably read some of these or they are not to your taste but here are the few I can think of: Rendezvous with Rama is one I always like to re-read. Also Contact and pretty much anything else by Carl Sagan, though I also enjoy science non-fiction so ymmv on this one. I Am Legend was good, much better than the film I thought, though it's more of a short story than a book.... Going back to the non-fiction I really enjoyed Virus Hunter and The Hot Zone and a few other books in that vein. Band of Brothers too... Clearly I am quite fail at this.
You mentioned Pratchett, have you read the Discworld books? If so yay! If not, they can be quite fun.
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Way to screw up the entire goddamn point, along with making the title meaningless, Hollywood.
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It's on the DVD, though, and streaming on this site. It's not the same as the book, but it at least veers a lot closer to it than the theatrical release did.
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