chenGOD Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/28/philip_k_dick_novel_amazon_studios/ Son, I am excite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Ridley Scott - BRILLIANT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Wait he's making this for Amazon? Dude fuck Bezos and his slave labor warehouses. Ridley has waaaay too much on his plate now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdant Hickies Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Amazon Studios is a thing?! Damn... Still excited, I love Ridley Scott and Philip K Dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skibby Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 maybe amazon is cool, like that minecraft dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Weird, I actually just started reading it. I wish Ridley Scott was still Ridley Scott... But I'm very interested in this nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 He pitched it to BBC and Syfy and they both turned him down. So Amazon stepped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Jan Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Ok, this movie will be amazon. Haven't heard of Philip K Dick before but that story sounds incredibly wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 What isn't Ridley Scott directing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apriorion Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I wish Ridley Scott was still Ridley Scott... I was going to post something along these lines, but you beat me to it. I was talking with someone about this the other day, and we came to the conclusion that the Scott of "Alien" and "Blade Runner" no longer exists (personal identity issues: the Scott that exists now fails to satisfy the relevant persistence conditions). This guy seems to have shifted his focus away from coherent, worthwhile plots, and toward crowd-pleasing special effects. This is basically the same point that Mr. Plinkett made about George Lucas here: http://youtu.be/ORWPCCzSgu0?t=9m39s That "Promethus" mess is subject to the same criticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJW Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Interesting news haven't gotten round to Man in the high castle yet, but just the Ridley Scott + PKD combination seems amazin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Scott Free Productions being involved doesn't really mean Sir Pidley is going to be personally involved. Which is probably a good thing at this point. Could be interesting but to be honest I'm still a little pissed off at Frank Spotnitz for killing off the Lone Gunmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 This book was my introduction to PKD. I thought it was gonna be an easy-reading alt-history timewaster. How wrong I was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 first thought: YEEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHH second thought: oh shit, he's gonna ruin it, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassfreeKid Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Finally a great filmmaker was asked to direct a great PKD novel. Wow. It took quite a long time! Meanwhile, for those who haven't seen it, this might be the best PKD documentary out there. Philip K. Dick was a special man, no doubt about it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM921saJqXc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Don't really know what to think about that...The Man in the High Castle isn't my favorite novel by Dick...I find it kind of boring compared to, let's see, Ubik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdant Hickies Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Haven't heard of Philip K Dick before but that story sounds incredibly wicked. Woah what? He's the author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" which was made into the Blade Runner movie. Pretty famous, at least among sci-fi fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Haven't heard of Philip K Dick before but that story sounds incredibly wicked. Woah what? He's the author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" which was made into the Blade Runner movie. Pretty famous, at least among sci-fi fans. Not to mention Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 That documentary is great. It was a shame he didn't get to see his books become huge films, even if he was slightly insane. Yeah, Dick is probably one of the few who wrote sci-fi that was semi-literature in scope. The way he wrote and convinced you of realities that might not be all that they seem was wonderful to read, even if the beginnings and endings of his stories were often total pants. Flow My Tears...has a shit ending, despite the wonderful build-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Jan Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Haven't heard of Philip K Dick before but that story sounds incredibly wicked. Woah what? He's the author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" which was made into the Blade Runner movie. Pretty famous, at least among sci-fi fans. Not to mention Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, .. I've been pretty oblivious towards a lot of fictional or sci-fi books, but this list is pretty impressive indeed. Immediately bought the book of the Man... after reading the thread, let's delve right into it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 imo ideas in pkd books are really fantastic but his characters are all alike, lifeless and 2-dimensional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terpentintollwut Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Ridley Scott - BRILLIANT!!! Sarcasm-Level can't be handled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoon Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Yeah this is going to be horrible. Really embarrassing. I'm saying this as a big fan of pkd, said novel, blade runner, alien. Fuck this world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klopjob Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 It seems everybody forgot about Boring Hood, Prowroteonmetheus and that movie with all the overrated actors acting out of their range edit: double sarcasm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skibby Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 i hope Richard D James does the soundtrack, Hans Zimmer second choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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