Ray Bradbury Hompage    Ray Bradbury Forums    Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  Imported Forums  Hop To Forums  Resources    IM and MC blog post

Moderators: dandelion, philnic
Go
New
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
  
IM and MC blog post
 Login/Join
 
posted
Here's a neat little review of the MARTIAN CHRONICLES mini-series and the ILLUSTRATED MAN movie:

http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/cosmic-ray/


- Phil

Deputy Moderator | Visit my Bradbury website: www.bradburymedia.co.uk | Visit the Center for RB Studies: www.tinyurl.com/RBCenter
 
Posts: 5029 | Location: UK | Registered: 07 April 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
posted Hide Post
quote:
Originally posted by philnic:
Here's a neat little review of the MARTIAN CHRONICLES mini-series and the ILLUSTRATED MAN movie:

Tis. The two worst adaptions of Ray? Quite possibly.


"Live Forever!"
 
Posts: 6909 | Location: 11 South Saint James Street, Green Town, Illinois | Registered: 02 October 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
posted Hide Post
Yes, quite possibly. Not without their charms, though. I think what irritates me the most is that lots of people have seen these who have never read any Bradbury, and they think the books must be ill co-ordinated and with rather silly lead characters.

MC's script is not all bad (but it has some awful moments, including some scenes that even Richard Matheson (the only credited screenwriter) didn't write). What kills MC is the awful, awful direction and some of the flabbiest editing seen on television. I'd love to re-cut it, as I think it might be salvageable if re-edited.

On the other hand, IM's script is awful, awful, awful. The direction is good in parts, but lacking overall. Some nice photography, and some good work by Steiger. For this one they really should have just ripped the pages out of the book and stuffed them into the camera.


- Phil

Deputy Moderator | Visit my Bradbury website: www.bradburymedia.co.uk | Visit the Center for RB Studies: www.tinyurl.com/RBCenter
 
Posts: 5029 | Location: UK | Registered: 07 April 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  
 

Ray Bradbury Hompage    Ray Bradbury Forums    Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  Imported Forums  Hop To Forums  Resources    IM and MC blog post