[T]he original would have made a very dull movie….
Absolutely true.
*sigh* Perhaps I could have enjoyed it if I didn't know that it was supposed to be connected to a classic SF short by one of my favorite classic SF "authors." As it is, I am unable to evaluate it without reference to the story, and it's nothing like the story, and therefore I am not going to see it because I would hate it, no matter how good a movie it might be on its own terms.
I will say this: I respect them enormously for changing the name. That was the right thing to do. I am sure that that will enable some people to enjoy the movie in a manner unconnected to the story. It's just insufficient for me to do so.
You're entitled not to want to see the movie, and to feel that it somehow impinged on a story you respect in its own terms. There are very few stories about which I would feel so strongly about an adaptation/change/homage/borrowing, but I respect the fact that you clearly do so.
As it was, we probably wouldn't have gone to see the movie without knowing of the connection. I had been very unimpressed by the trailer, and esrblog had no interest until he was told by a friend that the Padgett story had inspired it.
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*sigh* Perhaps I could have enjoyed it if I didn't know that it was supposed to be connected to a classic SF short by one of my favorite classic SF "authors." As it is, I am unable to evaluate it without reference to the story, and it's nothing like the story, and therefore I am not going to see it because I would hate it, no matter how good a movie it might be on its own terms.
I will say this: I respect them enormously for changing the name. That was the right thing to do. I am sure that that will enable some people to enjoy the movie in a manner unconnected to the story. It's just insufficient for me to do so.
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As it was, we probably wouldn't have gone to see the movie without knowing of the connection. I had been very unimpressed by the trailer, and