Author Topic: R.I.P. Michael Crichton  (Read 4740 times)

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Re: R.I.P. Michael Crichton
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2008, 04:29:21 AM »
Yes. The roles were reversed though; the old guy was supposed to be black and the young guy was supposed to be white. Though I can't remember the plot significance of that—I'm pretty sure there was one.
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Re: R.I.P. Michael Crichton
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2008, 04:39:15 AM »
They also made a movie out of Timeline and fouled it up... I had such high expectations.
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« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2008, 07:17:58 AM »
I vaguely remember the movie. I think they changed more than just the main characters. I think they also changed the race of the killer, iirc.

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Re: R.I.P. Michael Crichton
« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2008, 07:31:35 AM »
Saddly none of the female cast was that enticing... I was hoping that hollywood would manage to put out a well-translated version of a complex and detailed story, and not manage to mangle it up. In retrospect - I may have been a bit delusional.
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Re: R.I.P. Michael Crichton
« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2008, 04:35:54 PM »
Didn't they make a movie out of that book with Wesley Snipes and Sean Connery?

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Re: R.I.P. Michael Crichton
« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2009, 02:48:56 AM »
In The Great Train Robbery, the way that Pierce attains the gold is simply astounding–so very ingenious. Crichton was certainly a master of his field.

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Re: R.I.P. Michael Crichton
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2009, 05:58:56 PM »
I read the book long ago and can remember very little about it. I know it's based on a true story, but having read on Wikipedia the summary of the true story, I doubt the book bears much resemblance to that.
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Re: R.I.P. Michael Crichton
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2009, 11:06:04 PM »
It doesn't much. The times are different (I think).
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