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Hopefully this means we'll also get Use of Weapons and The Player of Games? Pretty please?
by nategri 9y ago
Hopefully this means we'll also get Use of Weapons and The Player of Games? Pretty please?
- RobertoG 9y agoHopefully they will respect the spirit of the thing, instead of what happened to altered carbon.
- telchar 9y agoI'm hoping they don't respect the plot too much, and improve it instead. Consider Phlebas was by far the worst of the three Culture books I have read so far. It had elements of a great story but IMHO was badly in need of an editor to polish the narrative.
- hardlianotion 9y agoWhich were the three you read? It was the second I read after Player of Games and it has always been my favourite Banks scifi book.
- telchar 9y agoThe other two were Player of Games and Use of Weapons. Out of the three I'd say Player was my favorite, followed by Weapons.
- duozerk 9y agoIt's especially infuriating what they did to Altered Carbon when you consider how much of the changes do not add anything to the adaptation (although a very few were improvements, like Poe); quite the reverse. They also completely castrated the books' political message - especially when it came to religion, and to a lower extent anti-capitalism/centralization. That being said, I imagine it still makes for a watchable show for someone that knows nothing about the books. In any case, I love both series and I pray dearly they don't fuck up the Culture adaptation.
- BatFastard 9y agoAs someone who has not read the book, I quite enjoy the Netflix series! Give me more! So much good SciFi finally coming in series format!!! Only had to wait 40 years.
- duozerk 9y agoYeah, I suspect I was only disappointed because of the books, and even then not by that much - above all I was happy to see the universe on screen. With that being said, and especially if you liked the show, I heartily recommend the books.
- AdeptusAquinas 9y agoI read the book and really enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the Netflix series a lot. Theyre different stories, with one inspiring the other. At least with the Netflix series I am hoping that the next season will stick to the theme and atmosphere, unlike the IMO dissapointing book sequels
- Pica_soO 9y agoImagine a audience finding out it cheered the chair-maker on for 90 minutes?
- WJW 9y agoAudiences love bad guys, right? :)
- Pica_soO 9y agoYeah, but this guy wont weasel out of the bad like vvins the diesel. On the other Hand- its incredible what a good actor can get away with.
- jonathanyc 9y agoMan, I would really like Use of Weapons on TV just to see all the different environments. But I feel like it had probably too challenging of a format to bode well for an adaptation.