No wonder Max Brooks has washed his hands--and reputation of this whole thing!

[scififreak]

Okay. I hate to be THAT fan, but...WHY DOESN'T ANYONE READ THE SOURCE MATERIAL!? I love me some Brad Pitt, but this looks NOTHING like the novel. The novel takes places AFTER the zombie war. The novel is about the protagonist traveling the
world and interviewing survivors about their experiences. That's what makes it a great novel! All the

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[geminai5]

I admit I haven't read the book..or watched the above trailer for that matter (my old macbook and flash are not friends right now so watching/listening to anything really isn't going to happen

[scififreak]

I mostly agree with all that you've said here. The most frustrating part for me is that I normally wouldn't mind the Hollywood treatment. In fact, I LOVE big explosive popcorn summer movies. Like, a lot. But to buy the rights to a novel that ISN'T that kind of movie, just to make it INTO that kind of movie is totally wrong. It's also a waste of money. If you are going to make a movie with complete disregard to the source material, why did you buy it? It's like asking my opinion then completely ignoring it--with the intention to ignore it all along. WHAT WAS THE POINT IN YOU ASKING ME ? I just don't get it.

[queenmarinaq]

I just finished the book. I agree that this movie is not it. It might use some source material from the book, like what the nations did, but other than that it seems completely different. :( Why can't they just call it a different name or something?!

[scififreak]

I need to re-read the book. It's been years at this point. I agree about the name. There has to be a point where something is changed/adapted to the point where it can be called something else. Or at least tell people that it's based (loosely) on the novel.