Adaptations

[kshah]

At lunch, the other day, they were serving this dish called [ Chola Batura ]. Now, this is a North Indian dish which was being served in South India and had been cooked, in all likelihood, by a South Indian

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[inspirethoughts]

I love The Shawshank Redemption, have seen it umpteen number of times.

I did not know Die Hard was made out of a novel...although I never really liked any of the Die Hard series of movies.

[kshah]

Oh, yes, Die Hard is loosely based on [ Nothing Lasts Forever ].

For me, Die Hard is fantastic - the protagonist has to improvise solutions at every moment and battle pain, fatigue, hangovers and what not in order to put down a bad guy who has everyone else running. It's wow! :D

The first three movies of this franchise rate, for me, alongside The Shawshank Redemption.

[dhans_diary]

""The first three movies of this franchise rate, for me, alongside The Shawshank Redemption.""
You are including Die Hard 2 as well??

No issues with Die Hard and DH with a Vengeance but Die Harder was very average.

What about LOTR?? I used to think I was in the minority when it comes to the LOTR series as I always have preferred the books.

[kshah]

Die Hard 2 was perhaps the most hackneyed, yes. But it still was pretty damn good.

Have not been able to absorb more than 40 pages of Tolkien despite numerous attempts to read the books. Skipped the movies on the basis that I wouldn't enjoy them anyway.

[deponti]

In some form or the other, each of us holds on to the "earlier imprint" and have a hard time letting go...the important thing is to realize that objectively!

[kshah]

If only there was a less cringey way of realising the fact objectively!

[deponti]

oh well, as long as the cringing is there, there is scope for realization and self-improvement!

[aneeta_04]

I agree with the taste memory..But some times, even the ingredients do differ a lot for the same dish across regions.
For example, I personally do not like Jaggery added to Sambar like how they do it in Karnataka. May be the Tamilnadu Sambhar has gone into the taste memory.. But being the foodie I am, I do not stay away from food, just bcos they are/not part of a region. I accept the Karnataka Sambhar as a jaggery flavored one Heh..

[kshah]

See -- that's what I am talking about!

You have filed the two varieties of sambar away as two separate dishes, and are in a position to evaluate and enjoy each one irrespective of the other.

That is something the lady in the lunch queue could not do.
That is something I am unable to do when it comes to movies adapted from books.

[deponti]

For me, this is true of Hindi film songs..the originals are what I like..I canNOT accept remixes, even if Asha herself has sung the remix, I can't like it...!

[lyngdoh_tity]

One of my colleague who is originally from Delhi keeps comparing, thus criticizing, everything especially the way food items are prepared out here to that he gets in Delhi. Initially I'd try reasoning it out to him but now I am totally fed up of the consistent cribs :-(

[kshah]

Screen your comment and show him this post :).

It was an epiphany for me -- no reason why he shouldn't see it the same way.