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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:49:09 JST clacke
   Imagine extreme show don't tell.
   
   Imagine starting with a screenplay for a movie in the narrating style of Inter5tella 5555, zero exposition except possibly through vague lyrics that mostly set a mood, otherwise all visual.
   
   Then you novelize that movie.
   
   Would that novel be terrible, awesome or both?
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:49:38 JST Sexy Moon

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     @clacke The novelization of Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey was better than the movie imo
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:49:39 JST clacke

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     First of all, are there examples of good novelizations of movie-first stories?
     
     I remember really liking The Abyss, but I don't give my critical reading skills at the time much credit.
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     Po Kamnuandej (bkkcitypokey@mastodon.in.th)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:49:46 JST Po Kamnuandej

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     @clacke I remember the first Terminator having a really good novelization by Randall Frakes. It even gave some more in depth details not shown in the movie like the Terminator's POV as it dies.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:49:46 JST clacke

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     I think I read and liked 2001 too. A story very different from the movie.
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     Catfluoride (catfluoride@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:52:17 JST Catfluoride

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     @clacke AFAIK the book and the movie script were written at the same time. I wouldn't say they are different, just the book adds a lots of details, and helps a lot in understanding the movie (which is quite cryptic, if you don't know the plot beforehand).

     That said, to answer your original question, I'd kill for a good book adaptation of "The Matrix" (if it doesn't exist yet).

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     Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃 (mdhughes@appdot.net)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:52:19 JST Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃

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     @clacke Any novelization by Alan Dean Foster is worth reading. Brian Daley novelized TRON, also the Star Wars Han Solo books, and a ton of Robotech books cowritten.

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