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  • Denis Villeneuve to Direct Rendezvous with Rama Adaptation

    From Jim Bozley@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 24 07:17:35 2022
    https://movieweb.com/denis-villeneuve-direct-rencezvous-with-rama/

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Jim Bozley on Thu Jan 27 22:16:14 2022
    On Monday, 24 January 2022 at 10:17:38 UTC-5, Jim Bozley wrote:
    https://movieweb.com/denis-villeneuve-direct-rencezvous-with-rama/

    Heh! The same blockheads befuddled by 2001 will be just as confused by Rama. Should be good.

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  • From Ed Stasiak@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 31 16:07:48 2022
    Jim Bozley

    https://movieweb.com/denis-villeneuve-direct-rencezvous-with-rama/

    Its been a long time since I read Arthur C. Clarke’s
    “Rendezvous with Rama” but from what I remember,
    its mostly characters standing around gaping in awe
    at the gee-wiz alien technology.

    There are no Bad Guys, no chase scenes, fist fights,
    etc. so like Asimov’s “Foundation” tv series, this movie
    will bear little if any resemblance to the book.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Ed Stasiak on Tue Feb 1 18:24:27 2022
    On 2022-02-01 00:07:48 +0000, Ed Stasiak said:
    Jim Bozley

    https://movieweb.com/denis-villeneuve-direct-rencezvous-with-rama/

    Its been a long time since I read Arthur C. Clarke’s
    “Rendezvous with Rama” but from what I remember,
    its mostly characters standing around gaping in awe
    at the gee-wiz alien technology.

    There are no Bad Guys, no chase scenes, fist fights,
    etc. so like Asimov’s “Foundation” tv series, this movie
    will bear little if any resemblance to the book.

    I think I read the book years ago, but don't remember much about it
    other than it being vaguely boring, although still much better than the attrocious mess "2001: A Space Odyssey".

    I know I played the "Rama" computer adventure game, which was
    impossibly difficult, so I gave up on that (I still have the boxed copy
    sitting on the bookshelf).

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  • From Bice@21:1/5 to edstasiak1067@gmail.com on Tue Feb 1 12:03:39 2022
    On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:07:48 -0800 (PST), Ed Stasiak
    <edstasiak1067@gmail.com> wrote:

    Jim Bozley

    https://movieweb.com/denis-villeneuve-direct-rencezvous-with-rama/

    Its been a long time since I read Arthur C. Clarke's
    Rendezvous with Rama but from what I remember,
    its mostly characters standing around gaping in awe
    at the gee-wiz alien technology.

    Go read the plot summary on Wikipedia. There's a bit more to it than
    that.

    It could be an interesting movie, but I'd think the biggest problem is
    that it doesn't really have an ending. Rama arrives, a team is sent
    to explore it, they never figure out who built it or why it came here,
    and then it zips back out of the solar system.

    There were three sequel books that tried to explain where Rama came
    from and why, but Clarke didn't have much to do with them and they're
    just awful.

    -- Bob

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to YourName@YourISP.com on Tue Feb 1 13:40:28 2022
    In article <stag6b$1dm1$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2022-02-01 00:07:48 +0000, Ed Stasiak said:
    Jim Bozley

    https://movieweb.com/denis-villeneuve-direct-rencezvous-with-rama/

    Its been a long time since I read Arthur C. Clarke’s
    “Rendezvous with Rama” but from what I remember,
    its mostly characters standing around gaping in awe
    at the gee-wiz alien technology.

    There are no Bad Guys, no chase scenes, fist fights,
    etc. so like Asimov’s “Foundation” tv series, this movie
    will bear little if any resemblance to the book.

    I think I read the book years ago, but don't remember much about it
    other than it being vaguely boring, although still much better than the >attrocious mess "2001: A Space Odyssey".

    I know I played the "Rama" computer adventure game, which was
    impossibly difficult, so I gave up on that (I still have the boxed copy >sitting on the bookshelf).



    Rama was kind of a book about paradise. After you've banished war & poverty, and nobody cares about race or orientation, what do you *do*? Solve fascinating intellectual puzzles, of course!
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Ed Stasiak on Tue Feb 1 10:24:21 2022
    On 1/31/2022 7:07 PM, Ed Stasiak wrote:
    Jim Bozley

    https://movieweb.com/denis-villeneuve-direct-rencezvous-with-rama/

    Its been a long time since I read Arthur C. Clarke’s
    “Rendezvous with Rama” but from what I remember,
    its mostly characters standing around gaping in awe
    at the gee-wiz alien technology.

    There are no Bad Guys, no chase scenes, fist fights,
    etc. so like Asimov’s “Foundation” tv series, this movie
    will bear little if any resemblance to the book.

    Yeah, this choice seems a bit odd. I can only guess it's an attempt
    cash in on an audience who (as I do) adore 2001:aSO. To make it more marketable, I think they'll have to make it unrecognizable.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to moviePig on Wed Feb 2 08:31:55 2022
    On 2022-02-01 15:24:21 +0000, moviePig said:
    On 1/31/2022 7:07 PM, Ed Stasiak wrote:
    Jim Bozley

    https://movieweb.com/denis-villeneuve-direct-rencezvous-with-rama/

    Its been a long time since I read Arthur C. Clarke's
    "Rendezvous with Rama" but from what I remember,
    its mostly characters standing around gaping in awe
    at the gee-wiz alien technology.

    There are no Bad Guys, no chase scenes, fist fights,
    etc. so like Asimov's "Foundation" tv series, this movie
    will bear little if any resemblance to the book.

    Yeah, this choice seems a bit odd. I can only guess it's an attempt
    cash in on an audience who (as I do) adore 2001:aSO. To make it more marketable, I think they'll have to make it unrecognizable.

    Nope. "2001: A Space Oddyssey" is ancient and irrelevant these days
    (not that it was ever relevant, thanks to being incredibly boring,
    incredibly weird, and incredibly crap).

    "Rama" is simply a cash-in on the current new productions -
    "Foundation" TV series and the "Dune" movies. Some studio moron in
    managment told his underlings to find another big name sci-fi writer's "classic" book(s) to make into a movie, and "Rama" is what they came
    back with. I wouldn't be surprised if they're half-hoping/planning to
    make a series of movies using the other books, assuming this first one
    is successful and the guy making it has time (the second "Avatar" movie
    is only just about ready and we're still waiting for even any remote
    hint about the 'planned' second "Tintin" movie!).

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  • From Otto J. Makela@21:1/5 to moviePig on Tue Feb 8 16:19:17 2022
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:

    Yeah, this choice seems a bit odd. I can only guess it's an attempt
    cash in on an audience who (as I do) adore 2001:aSO. To make it more marketable, I think they'll have to make it unrecognizable.

    Then again, I thought Villeneuve's ARRIVAL was a bit of great SF,
    even though the plot certainly was somewhat "difficult to market".
    Let's just hope they don't end up filming the RAMA sequels,
    they really weren't very good books.
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