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 Lyons550  Shirley 27 Jan 16 11.17am |
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Anyone read the books or watching the TV Series? Started watching the tv series and struggling with its pace at the mo...on episode 3 is it worth sticking with?
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 27 Jan 16 11.24am |
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I loved the book and the series, but its pacing doesn't exactly step up much. Very much a slow burner to say the least - It does make Homeland and the Wire look action packed! Quite a bit different to the Phillip K Dick novel.
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 Scucca Ely 27 Jan 16 11.31am |
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Long term lover of Philip K Dick. Just get Prime and seen the 1st episode. Not as good as I'd hoped. But then, so few TV or Films are as good as the books. Top shelf of my bookcase.
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Attachment: | Lyons550 Shirley 27 Jan 16 11.33am |
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Cheers both...i'm laid up with a bad back today after breaking up some brick steps out the back...will watch the whole lot on KODI...just about to start episode 4
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| Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 27 Jan 16 12.02pm |
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Originally posted by Scucca
Long term lover of Philip K Dick. Just get Prime and seen the 1st episode. Not as good as I'd hoped. But then, so few TV or Films are as good as the books. Top shelf of my bookcase. I'm told DanH is quite a fan of Dick as well.
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| DanH SW2 27 Jan 16 12.14pm |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
I'm told DanH is quite a fan of Dick as well.
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| suicideatselhurst crawley 27 Jan 16 12.15pm |
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Enjoyed the tv series very much apart from the end which went over my head a bit, had to watch the last two episodes again
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leifandersonshair  Newport 27 Jan 16 12.35pm |
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Love the book, haven't finished the TV series yet. Beautifully shot, some changes from the book of course, but enjoying the series so far.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 27 Jan 16 12.42pm |
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Originally posted by Scucca
Long term lover of Philip K Dick. Just get Prime and seen the 1st episode. Not as good as I'd hoped. But then, so few TV or Films are as good as the books. Top shelf of my bookcase. By the end of the series its pretty faithful to the book, albeit transposing books for news reel - Although clearly the story line is broader and its metaphysical elements are less prominent. Its a pretty good adaption, faithful to the feel and spirit of the book if not necessarily the book itself. Season 2 is supposed to be out next year.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 27 Jan 16 12.45pm |
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Originally posted by Scucca
Long term lover of Philip K Dick. Just get Prime and seen the 1st episode. Not as good as I'd hoped. But then, so few TV or Films are as good as the books. Top shelf of my bookcase. Have you read 'I am Alive You are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Phillip K Dick'. Easily one of the best biographies written of Phillip K Dick (in fact its one of the best biographies of a writer I've ever read). It could itself be a Phillip K Dick novel.
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| Jamesey Wandsworth 27 Jan 16 12.59pm |
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Difficult to top "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" - brilliant book made into an equally brilliant Ridley Scott movie, "Bladerunner".
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 27 Jan 16 5.16pm |
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Originally posted by Jamesey
Difficult to top "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" - brilliant book made into an equally brilliant Ridley Scott movie, "Bladerunner". Definitely a better adaptation than Bladerunner, its very close to the material of 'The Man in the High Castle'. Thing about Blade Runner is that its only part of the book, and a rather small part. MitHC definitely covers a lot more in its adaptation. I'd say its up there with 'A Scanner Darkly', arguably the best adaptation of a Phillip K Dick book. Blade Runner is a better film, but these two are better adaptations. My dream is to see a great adaptation of 'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch'.
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