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Books that are worse than the film (which was already bad?) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by tetris11@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've started reading Jumper by NameDoesNotMatter. I would like to formally apologise about all the harsh things I've ever spoken about that film.

Fine, the cast is unlikeable and the action scenes are just fisticuffs in the air, but my god, in comparison to the teenage dreck that is the book, it's a masterpiece. At least they tried to build a credible back story for the main character.

In the book, he literally thinks everyone is out to sexually assault him (and somehow they seem to), he solves his problems by throwing money at it, instead of any actual creativity, and the author desperately tries to portray him as a mature-for-his-age adult, despite the fact that his first reaction to anything is crying followed by petty revenge.

I'm just flicking through the pages, pausing at any plot bits, and then flicking on.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Starship Troopers was a far different story in each medium, but I think the movie is much more worthy of your time

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (15 children)

+1 the movie is pure epic satire

I do like PKD as an author, I just never quite liked Starship Troopers the book, even though it's got some nice Forever War vibes to it

[–] solitaire 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Starship Troopers is Heinlein not Dick, and it's fascist nonsense. Verhoeven was right to throw the book in the bin after two chapters and the movie rules.

[–] ReverendMoose@mas.to 1 points 1 year ago

@solitaire I do think there is still an undercurrent in the book that maybe this isn't all okay. In that sense I always thought of the movie just surfacing that an making it a major theme. For me at least I've never seen them as opposing each other the way a lot of people do. But then again there's a lot of people out there that didn't realize the Empire in Star Wars is supposed to be facist, so there's a lot to be said for not being subtle.

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