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Is Phillip K Dick the best Sci Fi author ever or something? Why is every burp he ever let out made into a movie?
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@Mark 2000: Because they're either awesome (Total Recall, Blade Runner), or completely messed-up (Screamers, A Scanner Darkly). 50% chance of success = movies made...
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@Mark 2000: They were pretty high-concept burps. *morp* Guy running from robots doesn't know he's a robot too *braap* Memories available for download *beerrroppp* Reality is not real *gooorrp*
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@Sproing: Yeah... but Dick in particular suffered from being overknown. His good writings are very good, but they're a little bit more acclaimed than they probably should be. But the upside is when you tack his name onto a movie it is guaranteed to make 25% more money than before.
Ubik was okay... but it won't make a good movie. I mean, it's just going to be a vanilla sky clone, isn't it?
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@Pope John Peeps II: Well, "high-concept" in moviespeak doesn't necessarily mean good. It just means "easy to explain to a confoundingly dumb studio exec."
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@Mark 2000: Because his paranoid deslusions make for good fun onscreen - sometimes. :) I think storywise he's a bit overrated, but he certainly did write some trippy stuff - some it is quite awesome.
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