VLSI%DEC-MARLBORO@sri-unix.UUCP (02/02/84)
From: John Redford <VLSI at DEC-MARLBORO> Can anyone out there think of any SF authors who participated in the making of an SF movie? There's Clarke and "2001" of course, but he's the only one I'm sure of. I have a vague recollection that Heinlein did something for "Destination Moon" and that Wells was involved in "Things to Come", but I'm not sure about either. The technical errors in SF movies are so gross and so common that one would think that the producers would hire an author just for verisimilitude. /jlr --------
amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson) (02/06/84)
Didn't Asimov write Fantastic Voyage? While this is not an SF movie, Harlan Ellison wrote the screenplay for The Carpetbaggers (a film which, if you have not seen it, you should keep it that way). John Hobson AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, IL (312) 979-0193 ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2
jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar) (02/08/84)
In article <597@ihuxq.UUCP> amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson) writes: >Didn't Asimov write Fantastic Voyage? Yes.
tjt@kobold.UUCP (02/09/84)
Yes, Isaac Asimov wrote the book "Fantastic Voyage", but the book was
written from the movie, not vice versa.
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Tom Teixeira, Massachusetts Computer Corporation. Westford MA
...!{ihnp4,harpo,decvax}!masscomp!tjt (617) 692-6200 x275jmkaplan@aecom.UUCP (Joshua Kaplan) (02/09/84)
yes, as a matter of fact, I believe Asimov was official science advisor to
Star Wars. I read this in his book on Science Fiction (the genre) and I saw
his name in the credits.
As a result, Star Wars was better than most movies in this respect, although I do seem to remember a few inconsistencies probably
times when Asimov wasnt asked for his opinion.
Eric Safernlmc@denelcor.UUCP (Lyle McElhaney) (02/09/84)
Yes, Isaac wrote the book Fantastic Voyage after the movie was allready in filming. Let me quote his autobiography..... "A science fiction movie was in the process of being made, named Fantastic Voyage...Bantam books had obtained the paperback rights and they got in touch with me to do the job. $5000, no royalties. I turned down the proposal out of hand. Hackwork, I said. Beneath my dignity. But they kept after me...When enough flattery had been expended, I agreed to read the screenplay. That was fatal, for I liked it, and felt the urge to write it. More exactly, I didn't want anyone else to write it, because there was going to be a chance to use a lot of anatomy and physiology and I was afraid that anyone else at Bantam would ruin it. One thing bothered me. The ending, as it was to appear in the movie, was fatally flawed. The crew had to get out of the body in one hour because the miniatuization only lasted that long. Expansion would kill the patient, of course. The crew did get out, but the submarine was left inside. I explained to Jaffe: "I have to change the ending. It leaves the submarine inside The sub will expand and kill the patient. "But the sub has been eaten by a white blood cell." "So it expands inside the white cell." "But the submarine was digested." ............ Sounds like some of the arguments current on net.misc. -- Lyle McElhaney (hao,brl-bmd,nbires,csu-cs,scgvaxd)!denelcor!lmc
mcewan@uiucdcs.UUCP (mcewan ) (02/23/84)
#R:sri-arpa:-1628600:uiucdcs:12500071:000:684 uiucdcs!mcewan Feb 22 16:09:00 1984 Let's see. There *WAS* the short story "I Since the Body Electric," by Heinlein (Niven? Bradbury?) that was made into a "Twilight Zone" episode and recently appeared on NBC as a TV movie. /* ---------- */ "I Sing the Body Electric" was by Bradbury, and it (as well as a number of other Bradbury stories) has been adapted to television several times. But as far as I know, Bradbury was not directly involved in these adaptations. The question was about movies which were made with the direct participation of an SF author. If we start talking about movies and TV shows that were adapted from real SF writers' work, there are hundreds of such. Scott McEwan uiucdcs!mcewan