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[thebruce0]

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Comments

[jadesfire55]

It seemed to me at the time that a lot of the graphic violence in the film came straight out of the novel. I'm almost certain that Veidt's secretary getting shot through the leg was lifted from the page intact, but I couldn't tell you what percentage was "as written" and what was amped up for affect.

I'm with you on not wanting to see graphic violence. I get squicked out easily. The prison scene was....yuck. The more I thought about it the more I realized reading violence on a printed page doesn't affect me as much as violence illustrated in a comic, which doesn't affect me as much as violence onscreen (big or little, doesn't matter).

[coffeejedi]

She actually gets shot in the chest. The captains of industry are not in that scene though.

[jadesfire55]

Huh. The memory is a tricksy thing.

[coffeejedi]

It is, I didn't even remember her getting shot at all. The only reason I knew that is because I went back and flipped through the book on Saturday, making note of what changes they made.

[jadesfire55]

You and lots of other people. :) I would have except I don't own it. I borrowed it from a friend and read it for the first time last Fall. I remembered that she was shot because I remembered feeling bad for her.

[coffeejedi]

My copy is actually a friend's on extended loan. I read it for the first time last summer when I was unemployed and going through the divorce. Had some very very odd dreams that week.

[jadesfire55]

I bet. I was blown away when I read it. Completely in awe of how well crafted it was, but not really sure if I liked it, exactly. Jury is still out on that.