HI Ross,

On Thu 2038-Apr-22 18:57, Ross Sauer (1:123/789) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> GOulart, yah i seem to remember a couple of his.
 RW> Edward E. Smith, some of those would have made great movies
 RW> if you could figure out how to do the special effects.  Lots of blow
 RW> stuff up and melt it with energy beams, etc.

RS> One of Doc Smith's books, "Lensman" was made into an anime (Japanese
RS> animation) movie.

WHich one of the lEnsman series?  There was "first lensman,"
"Second stage LEnsman," and "children of the lens."

RS> And was pretty much butchered in the process, hardly any of the
RS> original book is in the movie.
RS> HOWEVER...

I can see that, but there were perfect teenage boy fare,
blow lots of stuff up and melt stuff with energy beams, as I commented. 
THese days with the computerized stuff you could do it easier I"d
think.

The Skylark series would've been good too as movies.

I wouldn't see why you'd need to butcher Doc's plots too
much, plenty of action to keep the folks riveted to the
screen.

NOw Asimov, otoh wouldn't make exciting movies without
totally butchering them.


RS> It is a pretty good movie on it's own.

DOn't think I ever saw it.  But then, I"m disappointed with
most Science Fiction I see on the screen when compared to
the books.  And, imho, star wars sucked.


Regards,
           Richard
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