tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post7010411152317860971..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: We can remake it for you wholesaleRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-27967005466411199892012-04-10T09:41:48.332-07:002012-04-10T09:41:48.332-07:00@Felix: PKD isn't the only one to be taken wit...@Felix: <i>PKD isn't the only one to be taken with this idea</i><br /><br />PKD's idea of future clothing is weird and eclectic:<br /><br /><i>G.G. Ashwood, wearing his customary natty birch-bark pantaloons, hemp-rope belt, peekaboo see-through top and train-engineer's tall hat, shrugged indifferently. He, obviously, saw nothing wrong.</i><br />- <i>Ubik</i>Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-68189385414293935972012-04-10T09:39:47.065-07:002012-04-10T09:39:47.065-07:00@Felix: I would love to see straight (ie non actio...@Felix: <i>I would love to see straight (ie non action padded) film adaptions of many PKD stories</i><br /><br />Agreed. <i>Screamers</i> is probably the closest so far - the action somewhat padded and taken to another planet, but not essentially departing from the post-apocalyptic warzone where <i><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32032" rel="nofollow">Second Variety</a></i> was set. I have hopes for <i>Ubik</i>.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-33681495012006297592012-04-09T14:09:59.113-07:002012-04-09T14:09:59.113-07:00Me again...
RG> she's topless ... and her ...Me again...<br /><br />RG> she's topless ... and her breasts are<br />RG> painted blue one day, orange the next<br /><br />PKD isn't the only one to be taken with this idea. In particular, the very different Robert Heinlein had secretary Eunice Branca painting and repainting her breasts (as sea shells for example) in <i>I shall fear no evil</i>.Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179787011325615414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-44590673424337326152012-04-09T13:58:23.988-07:002012-04-09T13:58:23.988-07:00Meandering on along a train of thought since my co...Meandering on along a train of thought since my comment a few minutes ago, it occurs to me that I would <b>love</b> to see straight (ie non action padded) film adaptions of many PKD stories. They wouldn't be financially viable, of course ... maybe an indie art house maker somewhere...<br /><br /><i>Galactic pot healer</i> would be top of my wish list.Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179787011325615414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-75174128882137210762012-04-09T13:51:24.436-07:002012-04-09T13:51:24.436-07:00I agree that Squashiknicker is at his best in the ...I agree that Squashiknicker is at his best in the comedies (<i>Last action hero</i> being my favourite) ... I appreciated his action stuff more after seeing him in comedy.<br /><br />The action padding, IMO, does Philip K Dick no favours in general ... though I do rate Ridley Scott's <i>Bladerunner</i> very highly.Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179787011325615414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-49798328053727568762012-04-07T04:52:41.496-07:002012-04-07T04:52:41.496-07:00Sorry - but just view it as they've done the r...Sorry - but just view it as they've done the remake very soon, rather it having been a long time since the original.<br /><br /><i>Conan the Barbarian</i> is excellent; I'll write about it in the next post.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-85504626551531358742012-04-07T04:03:46.881-07:002012-04-07T04:03:46.881-07:00Gee thanks for making me feel really, really old f...Gee thanks for making me feel really, <i>really</i> old first thing in the morning. When I start seeing re-makes of movies that I thought I just saw yesterday ... *sigh*. Maybe I should take a nap or have some prune juice.<br /><br /><br />I completely agree with you about Schwarzenegger -- though I don't consider it a "guilty pleaure." There is great satisfaction in being un-PC. I think I like his comedies better than his action movies (they certainly age better), but I enjoy them all. [Actually, I haven't seen any of the Conan pictures.]Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com