There was a famous court case regarding Fleming's Bond novel "Thunderball". The plaintiffs complaint was that the novel was a novelization of their screenplay for the film.
I think there was even a novelization of the 1992 film Bram Stokers Dracula! Not to mention the novelization of The Wicker Man, which was itself an adaptation of a novel! 🤔🤔🤔
Sounds like A HARD'S DAY NIGHT novelization is preparing for The Shadow to arrive. It's almost like the novel came first, and the producers did a wacky adaptation.
Apparently there was a novelization of HELP! as well. The screenplay was written by novelist Marc Behm, but the novel was written by someone else: Al Hine.
That Hard Day's Night adaptation is wacky! I've always judged adaptations by how close to the film, how comprehensible, how they set the scene, or if there's anything good about the writing. . . I don't think it ever occurred to me that you could completely subversively write the adaptation to write the adaptation from whoever's point of view it amused you to do so. I'm not sure why you folks were reading "tales of the city" in the 90s, they were a big deal in the seventies with the sexual revolution and early gay rights (in the mainstream), and the TV adaptation. Perhaps the point of putting Armistead Maupin in it was to show you that it was San Francisco. . . I mean that was pretty subtle for Fox. . . DrWho: there were many reasons why that TV movie/pilot of Doctor Who flopped, IMHO Paul McGann was the single best thing about it though. He hit the mark surprisingly well, the writers, directors, and producers of this joint BBC / Fox production however had a lot to answer for : Car chases, Time Lords are space lizards!, Banal love interest, The doctor's mother was a human from Earth, Car Chases! Starting in the middle of things with his character in continuity, then dropping into a ponderous slow first half, **CAR CHASES!!!**
I guess the TV miniseries plus paperback republication boosted sales of Maupin over here. And including it in the Who movie was a nice nod to the SF location. I liked the steampunk Tardis.
My lovely grandad was a Scouser and used to say, "Thus is the gear!" when enthusing about something ❤ xx
I saw the correction, but nevertheless, I will start saying 'Thus is the gear' from now on
I trust your grandad more than I trust my memory of 1964, so "the gear" it is and ever shall be 😘😘😘🤓👍
You had me at Beatles mate.
Cheers Glyn!
you sound like a great story teller. Goldeneye classic.
Thank you kind lady
There was a famous court case regarding Fleming's Bond novel "Thunderball". The plaintiffs complaint was that the novel was a novelization of their screenplay for the film.
Good grief - it almost disappears in a loop of adaptation
I think there was even a novelization of the 1992 film Bram Stokers Dracula! Not to mention the novelization of The Wicker Man, which was itself an adaptation of a novel! 🤔🤔🤔
I've not read a novelisation for so long! I might have to go on a hunt for some Doctor Who novelisations!
@AbiofPellinor There's plenty of them - I think I've only read this one
Or rather, *This !! 😂
Me GranDad...he's a mixer.
Sounds like A HARD'S DAY NIGHT novelization is preparing for The Shadow to arrive.
It's almost like the novel came first, and the producers did a wacky adaptation.
That would have been fantastic - as would The Shadow being in it - Beatles in the Wold Newton Universe?
@@royreadsanything Knowing some of my Wold Newton writer pals, the Beatles may already be mixed in there somewhere!
Apparently there was a novelization of HELP! as well. The screenplay was written by novelist Marc Behm, but the novel was written by someone else: Al Hine.
ramsey campbell did write that one.
Thanks! I misattributed one on Facebook once and he tracked me down.
That Hard Day's Night adaptation is wacky!
I've always judged adaptations by how close to the film, how comprehensible, how they set the scene, or if there's anything good about the writing. . . I don't think it ever occurred to me that you could completely subversively write the adaptation to write the adaptation from whoever's point of view it amused you to do so.
I'm not sure why you folks were reading "tales of the city" in the 90s, they were a big deal in the seventies with the sexual revolution and early gay rights (in the mainstream), and the TV adaptation. Perhaps the point of putting Armistead Maupin in it was to show you that it was San Francisco. . . I mean that was pretty subtle for Fox. . .
DrWho: there were many reasons why that TV movie/pilot of Doctor Who flopped, IMHO Paul McGann was the single best thing about it though.
He hit the mark surprisingly well, the writers, directors, and producers of this joint BBC / Fox production however had a lot to answer for :
Car chases,
Time Lords are space lizards!,
Banal love interest,
The doctor's mother was a human from Earth,
Car Chases!
Starting in the middle of things with his character in continuity, then dropping into a ponderous slow first half,
**CAR CHASES!!!**
I guess the TV miniseries plus paperback republication boosted sales of Maupin over here. And including it in the Who movie was a nice nod to the SF location. I liked the steampunk Tardis.
@royreadsanything Omigosh! You're right. Another good detail I let slip!