Something good was inspired by Hollywood...
I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day
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Something good was inspired by Hollywood...
I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day
Damn! I just saw that on Gizmodo and Hoser beat me to it! It's American ingenuity like this that helped us win WWII and it's great see that tradition is still alive.
Lots of awesome is inspired by Hollywood, books, comics, all forms of fiction.Quote:
Originally Posted by 68Charger
Hell Isaac Asimov may yet prove to be the worlds best fortune teller.
H.
Unfortunatelynot the best ... Orwell and Rand were more spot on :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Hoosier
Actually I'm amazed how much stuff Edgar Rice Borroughs predicted.
most of the time, it is the other way around- books, comics inspire Hollywood. how is Isaac Asimov related to Hollywood?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoosier
It's been done already: http://soldiersystems.net/2011/10/18...efense-budget/
Hollyweird writers have been stealing from him for ages.Quote:
Originally Posted by 68Charger
Hollywood is just one outlet for Fiction at large, which is why I listed other mediums... I can think of only one Isaac Asimov book to be turned into a movie recently, "I, Robot". Don't think it did very well in theatres, but I liked it... the world, if nothing else.Quote:
Originally Posted by 68Charger
And yes, very frequently movies source their material on other stuff. Kids toys too...
H.
In addition to what's listed on IMDB, there's several of his concepts that were stolen by other writers and used in movies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoosier
Plus I think there's talk of making Foundation into an Avatar like 3d cartoon (which will either be awesome or really really really suck).
I guess my inner nerd is showing through on this one because the first thing I thought of when I saw this was Warhammer 40k.