Rubin Farr Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 with the latest adaptation, The Adjustment Bureau seeing imminent release, and now Michel Gondry wants to make Ubik, should we keep mining this man's work for our cinema entertainment? the results have been somewhat split: GOOD: Blade Runner Minority Report Total Recall (iffy) A Scanner Darkly BAD: Impostor Paycheck Screamers Next Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Positive Metal Attitude Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 On 2/17/2011 at 3:40 PM, Rubin Farr said: with the latest adaptation, The Adjustment Bureau seeing imminent release, and now Michel Gondry wants to make Ubik, should we keep mining this man's work for our cinema entertainment? the results have been somewhat split: GOOD: Blade Runner Minority Report Total Recall (iffy) A Scanner Darkly BAD: Impostor Paycheck Screamers Next just goes to show that film taste is subjective Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide oscillik's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 yeah, they should be.... with the right adaptation and director, his works could make for the best cinema ever.... just depends on how much people are willing to risk for great art. VALIS will be one of the strangest yet most beautiful film ever made once done right, but who is willing to take it on? I am.... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Put The Truman Show in the GOOD pile. Loosely based on Time Out of Joint. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
halisray Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 He wrote Blade Runner? wow I did not know that. I thoroughly enjoyed Minority Report though. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide halisray's signature Hide all signatures https://soundcloud.com/halisray Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 He has a better adaptation ratio than most authors so I say go ahead. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide patternoverlap's signature Hide all signatures New Prints Available Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I walked out of Imposter....and into a Beautiful Mind, and walked out on that too, was a bad film day for me. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
six Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 There have been a few shit ones but overall his books have been successfully adapted into some great movies. He's my favorite author so as long as directors pay their respects and live up to the high standards, I'm all for more! I'd love to see someone do The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. What a weird fucking book. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide six's signature Hide all signatures Smash TV Youtube Sparkle Motion mixes on Mixcloud Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 A Scanner Darkly is the only one I've seen that was really faithful to the book. Pretty good film as I recall, one of the last movies I ever saw in the cinema before I decided that going to the cinema sucked. On 2/17/2011 at 4:10 PM, Gary C said: Put The Truman Show in the GOOD pile. Loosely based on Time Out of Joint. loosely inspired, maybe. loosely. i don't think that really counts. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Am I the only one that thinks this topic is a little late? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide eh Speedy's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Atop Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 On 2/17/2011 at 4:50 PM, SPD² said: Am I the only one that thinks this topic is a little late? I think the news of UBIK being made into a film is why this thread exists so it is pretty current actually... and a lot of people are not Dick fans... maybe because the film adaptations usually suck imo... Blade Runner and A Scanner Darkly are the only ones I really enjoy.... Total Recall is its own entity entirely imo, but I love it... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yikes Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) i did not like "a scanner darkly "and thought they did not do the book justice and i really wanted to like it because i loved the story Edited February 17, 2011 by yikes Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Gondry doing Ubik is giving me wood. Thing is, Dick's ideas were consistently great but his prose wasn't (IMO, sorry, don't tase me bro!, it was a product of cranking these puppies out so fast, I know), so making a pulpy flick out of some of his pulpier stuff doesn't bother me too much. But, man, with a lot of care and attention and love you can get a Blade Runner, so there's so much potential. It's all perfect screenplay starting-point material, one way or the other. Atop, please do Valis. Nah, fuck it, do the full Exegesis. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AcrossCanyons Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I've only seen Blade Runner and A Scanner Darkly and both are great. Only read A Scanner Darkly and I thought it was adapted very well. This has just reminded me how I want some new books to read. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) On 2/17/2011 at 6:31 PM, baph said: Gondry doing Ubik is giving me wood. Thing is, Dick's ideas were consistently great but his prose wasn't (IMO, sorry, don't tase me bro!, it was a product of cranking these puppies out so fast, I know), so making a pulpy flick out of some of his pulpier stuff doesn't bother me too much. But, man, with a lot of care and attention and love you can get a Blade Runner, so there's so much potential. It's all perfect screenplay starting-point material, one way or the other. Atop, please do Valis. Nah, fuck it, do the full Exegesis. I agree actually... as much as I love certain novels of his, some are not as good as others because of his obsessive need to write.... he was working on becoming who he is was meant to be and from UBIK on are the works that resonate with me the most. yeah...the whole exegesis? that would be almost like trying to put Finnegan's Wake or Crowley's Equinox into a film version.... maybe if I programmed a robot to write screenplays? it could go on long after we are all dead... then is might get made... VALIS is a bit more feasible as an adaptation even though it is quite lofty as well. Edited February 17, 2011 by Atop Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Well, like a condensed, impressionistic Exegesis, man. . . Shit, that's just Valis, then. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdust Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Yes because i like to see other peoples takes on the world i have created in my head from his books. The only film to be 100% true to one of his books so far is a scanner darkly all the rest either take parts or have a "Hollywood ending" Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Billov Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 There was a thread about this a few months ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_high_castle Ridley Scott is producing a 4-part tv adaptation. This could be something great, I really liked reading about that twisted alt-history world. Plus a 4-part thing would probably work better than a movie, this book needs a lot of room for scope and with so many different protagonists to follow. Also, if you scroll down: Quote In a 1976 interview, Dick said he planned to write a sequel novel to The Man in the High Castle: "And so there's no real ending on it. I like to regard it as an open ending. It will segue into a sequel sometime." Dick said that he had "started several times to write a sequel", but progressed little, because he was too disturbed by his original research for The Man in the High Castle and could not mentally bear "to go back and read about Nazis again." Scanner Darkly and Blade Runner are among my top 10 films. Gondry directing Ubik? Cool, was thinking of reading it. Any good?? Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 OT but related, what ever happened with emmerich's foundation? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide GORDO's signature Hide all signatures ZOMG! Lazerz pew pew pew!!!!11!!1!!!!1!oneone!shift+one!~!!! Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Hopefully he abandoned it. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide patternoverlap's signature Hide all signatures New Prints Available Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 On 2/17/2011 at 9:18 PM, GORDO said: OT but related, what ever happened with emmerich's foundation? On 2/17/2011 at 9:30 PM, patternoverlap said: Hopefully he abandoned it. nope, still working on it Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide oscillik's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) i'm not to up my Philip K Dick, but i'm surprised to see you list 'scanner darkley' under 'good' Dick, most of the fans i know hated or very much disliked the Linklater adaptation. the only upcoming PKDick adaptation i'm excited about is the biopic 'Owl in Daylight' movie with Paul Giamati playing an aged PKDick Gondry also seems to have peaked years ago, The Green Hornet was an abomination, an unforgivable movie of epic proportions. Be Kind rewind looks like an Oscar contender compared to Hornet Edited February 17, 2011 by Awepittance Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 On 2/17/2011 at 3:40 PM, Rubin Farr said: with the latest adaptation, The Adjustment Bureau seeing imminent release, and now Michel Gondry wants to make Ubik, should we keep mining this man's work for our cinema entertainment? the results have been somewhat split: GOOD: Blade Runner Minority Report Total Recall (iffy) A Scanner Darkly BAD: Impostor Paycheck Screamers Next everything well thought out should be adapted to film/episodic mini-series/anime, if they make a good go of it. I likes my moving pictures. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures A member of the non sequitairiate. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1518983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve33 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) Nah. Edit: Although a Michelle Gondry Ubik could be good. If he's using his Human Nature/Eternal Sunshine/Science of Sleep style. Edited February 18, 2011 by Murveman Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide murve33's signature Hide all signatures My Last.Fm: http://www.last.fm/user/murve33 Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63881-should-pilip-k-dick-books-be-adapted-into-film/#findComment-1519103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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