tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post4462062565024618152..comments2024-03-11T14:56:48.511-06:00Comments on Hugo Book Club Blog: Hollywood has a mixed history adapting Hugo-shortlisted worksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-22649394920227503022020-09-02T10:37:41.675-06:002020-09-02T10:37:41.675-06:00And thank you for catching that spelling mistake. ...And thank you for catching that spelling mistake. I'll fix that. Olav Roknehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11640379434887724220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-74629726848197416442020-08-31T17:07:02.533-06:002020-08-31T17:07:02.533-06:00A couple of notes about the "Flowers for Alge...A couple of notes about the "Flowers for Algernon" adapatations -- 1) the movie Charly (note spelling) was shortlisted for a Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo, and 2) I have heard (not sure how true this is) that the screenplay for "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon" had not just a "ray of hope" at the end, but an outright happy ending -- Charlie's intelligence coming back or something -- but Cliff Robertson hated that betrayal of the original story, and manipulated the timing of his last speech on purpose so that the good news didn't come out until after the episode time limit was reached. Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-66868913901245736622020-08-31T14:22:45.148-06:002020-08-31T14:22:45.148-06:00https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/06/movies/l-dave-a...https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/06/movies/l-dave-another-case-of-double-vision-672493.htmlKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608416529434818694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-43301820103698047132020-08-31T14:10:24.808-06:002020-08-31T14:10:24.808-06:00I think you have to include Dave (1993) as an adap...I think you have to include Dave (1993) as an adaptation of Double Star, albeit one that removes the science fiction elements. I squinted at the credits and found "based on Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein" buried in there, which was obvious to me on first watching.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608416529434818694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-27219811157055376232018-10-15T07:44:19.978-06:002018-10-15T07:44:19.978-06:00Thank you! Edit has been made!Thank you! Edit has been made!Olav Roknehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15774675440752504523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-9158260174003362712018-10-15T07:43:49.087-06:002018-10-15T07:43:49.087-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Olav Roknehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15774675440752504523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-92112268344580830252018-10-10T20:48:31.066-06:002018-10-10T20:48:31.066-06:00Sorry to be late to the party, but the "Levia...Sorry to be late to the party, but the "Leviathan Wakes" episode of The Expanse was more than shortlisted for the 2017 Hugos--it won. Bonnie McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03844134292228113704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-61740118682028242272018-09-19T22:21:11.798-06:002018-09-19T22:21:11.798-06:00Thank you for the clarification. I'll make tha...Thank you for the clarification. I'll make that edit immediately. Olav Roknehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15774675440752504523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-3543740028870275382018-09-19T20:49:51.797-06:002018-09-19T20:49:51.797-06:00"There’s Millennium, based on John Varley’s s..."There’s Millennium, based on John Varley’s shortlisted novel of the same name": That's not quite true. Varley's screenplay of Millennium was based on his short story "Air Raid"; his novel Millennium was published during the years of multiple revisions to the screenplay, but it's based on the screenplay rather than the other way around. (Hence the novel's copyright is (c) 1983 MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group, Inc.) However, "Air Raid" was itself a Hugo nominee in 1977-78, so it can simply replace the novel Millennium in the chart.gottacookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131120460312878926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-65892177888788725432018-09-02T19:59:33.220-06:002018-09-02T19:59:33.220-06:00I agree that the 1988 movie Nightfall is awful. Th...I agree that the 1988 movie Nightfall is awful. The 2000 movie Nightfall is possibly worse. <br /><br />But the novelette on which both of them were based was published in 1941, so it has yet to be considered for even a Retro Hugo, which is why it's omitted from the above list. Olav Roknehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15774675440752504523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-86046613655221380312018-09-02T18:39:13.285-06:002018-09-02T18:39:13.285-06:00There was a 1988 adaptation of Asimov's "...There was a 1988 adaptation of Asimov's "Nightfall," which I saw in original release.<br /><br />https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095738/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_8<br /><br />I'm not sure it's possible for a movie to be worse than this unless it electrocuted the audience. Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com