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Originally Posted by Betonov
Someone should make a Weir cut on the Martian. So much good stuff from the book was cut. About 4 hours of movie time.
I mean, they left out the duct tape quote, the bloody duct tape quote
How the hell can you leave out the duct tape quote out of a movie based on a book that's a love story to duct tape.
And sooooo much detail how he made things, how he made compost, how he jerry rigged the rover etc.
So much left out.
But I still loved it  |
So, basically, you're saying they should have made a multi-part movie...
The whole "keep it in, take it out" problem with adaptations is one reason why more and more such stories are now going to the cable/web limited series method of presentation such as was done with "The Man In The High Castle". The real downside is, for some of the more 'epic' type stories, the impact of the big screen theater experience is lost. Again, the dichotomy of maintaining faithfulness to the original story versus the technical and marketing limitations of film production...
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