No, not any of the adaptations. The original book. I've never seen a War of the Worlds adaptation I didn't find markedly weaker than the original, and the seeming compulsion to "update" the story to contemporary America irritates me too. I think that doing that robs the story of a lot of its horror and power, and it comes off as rather patronizing- like they think the audience won't care about it or buy it otherwise.
Granted, SFDebris seldom does book reviews, but it has done a few (Asimov and Douglas Adams), and War of the Worlds is a nice short novel.
SlackerinDeNile wrote:Keep in mind he probably won't be doing requests for a very long time, if you didn't already know. Sorry to be a smartass, just a reminder.
Anyway, on topic, LEXX LEXX LEXX! I would love to see Chuck's reaction to the pilot movie, when this show was good it was so wonderfully bizarre, playful and over the top, but when it was bad it was freaking annoying...I would love to know what was up with the three Canadian weirdos who wrote this show.
yes I thought this also it would be so much fun to him he do some lexx stuff both good and bad.
Now that Chuck's on the record as saying how much he loves building/management games, I would get a huge kick out of him doing a revew/Let's Play of Dwarf Fortress.
I'd like to see the recent mini-series of the X-Files reviewed (if that counts as separate from the main series).
I was, overall, decidedly not a fan, but I'd be interested to hear Chuck's thoughts on it. Especially since I just read that another season (this time ten episodes) has been confirmed, which is what put me in mind of this.
Yeah, I know, more Star Trek for him, but it's like a sequel to Enterprise, a connection from Original Series to Voyager (the Omega Particle), and I think the ONLY game in Trek with all the captains at the time (well, minus Sulu, but I mean the series ones) voicing themselves in the game (though Sisko's part doesn't have him as a captain from what I remember).
"You're only given a little spark of madness. And if you lose that, you're nothing."
Robin Williams
1978 HBO Special
