Re: [amsat-bb] RE: Space / Radio Movies

[Iain Young <g7iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 04:04:03AM -0400, Dan Schultz wrote:

> The book had a much better ending. The movie was dumbed down for a mass
> audience and had a very poor ending. In the novel she has a much more
> profound discussion when she meets the alien. If I hadn't read the novel
> first I wouldn't have understood where she was going in the sphere or
> why the alien looked like her father. If you think the movie was
> excellent, read the novel. Especially the last page of the novel. (If
> you MUST read the ending, it is at:
> http://www.dorsai.org/~walts/sagan.html. But don't visit this web site
> if you are planning to read the book.)

Contact is my favourite movie ever - some will say sad I know, but 
thats me (Heck, Can I go next time please ? I can call CQ :>).

I have read the book, but I try to keep the two seperate. They differ
a little too much for my liking, although it does fill in the blanks.

(This is not to say the Book isn't good - it's great, I just find it
hard to get the two to co-operate together, without totally trashing
one or the other)

> October Sky was based on a book called "Rocket Boys". If you rearrange
> the letters in the movie title you can reconstruct the book title.

I found the book much better than the movie - I actually read the book
well in advance - The movie never made it to the movie theatres here,
but eventually tuned up on TV and DVD.

There is a lot in the movie that I think wouldn't make sense if you hadnt 
read the book - I won't spoil here, but if youve read the book as well as
seen the film, youll know what I mean.

I was under the impression that the 'October' was as in 4th October 1957,
A happy co-incidence ?

Anyway, thats enough Off Topic from me.


73's All

Iain
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