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Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years, Vol. 3
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The Empire Strikes Back! Marvel's classic Star Wars saga continues with the offi cial adaptation of...
Frank Herbert's Dune, the Graphic Novel book 2: Muad'dib
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In DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 2: Muad’Dib, the second of three volumes adapting Frank...
Dean (6927 KP) rated The Black Phone (2022) in Movies
Jun 23, 2022
Well it definitely exceeded expectations. Set in 1978 the whole look and feel of the film is great. It visually looks like it was made around that time with a strong retro vibe to it. Story wise it felt like a Stephen King adaptation. There is a strong element to the likes of Stand by me or even Stranger Things in terms of growing up and friendship while over coming a difficult time. Along with a supernatural twist and ideas from the genre, it has a great combination which together make it a really enjoyable watch. Check it out if you are a Stephen King fan especially.
Outback Odyssey
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1950s Australia. In the wake of war and dislocation, young Yorkshireman Jimmy journeys to the...
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David McK (3728 KP) rated Stoker's Dracula (Marvel Illustrated) in Books
Feb 8, 2026
Basically, read the novel and then watch the film.
Dracula was one of the set texts on that course.
As was the film 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' which, at the time, I was unaware took, shall we say, more than a few liberties with the source material.
Since then, I've never come across a faithful adaptation.
Until now, with this probably the closest I've ever coma across/read/seen.
I'm sure we all know the story as it's part and parcel of popular culture: Dracula, Transylvania, Vampire, Van Helsing ...
Worth a read if you want to stick close but see that original text translated into a visual medium (even if some of the characters did not look *quite* how I imagined them to be).
David McK (3728 KP) rated The Martian (2015) in Movies
Jun 14, 2020 (Updated Feb 1, 2025)
While - of necessity - a large part of the screen time is devoted to Watney and his time alone on the planet, the film (and book) also cuts between his colleagues on the spacecraft home (and how they react once they find out he is alive), and various NASA personnel, most of whom are only given the broad strokes of characterisations
As a Ridley Scott film, you know you're going to get impressive visuals and world building (it's one of the things he excels at), while Damon actually proves surprisingly well cast as Watney. I don't remember the final section of the film being in the book though ...
Ticket to Ride
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A very simple yet challenging game: Tasked with creating connections betwen cities you collect sets...
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Kaz (232 KP) rated The Handmaid's Tale in Books
May 16, 2019
So I was a bit hesitant to read the novel, it originally was adapted from. The reason for this was because I love the series so much, I thought that maybe I would be disappointed, when I read the novel. There are some differences between the TV programme and the novel but one thing is for sure, both are brilliant and powerful in their own right.
The writing in this novel had impact, but was also beautiful. Whilst this novel wasn’t quite as overtly shocking as the TV programme, the horrors of the repressed society of Gilead and the struggles that Offred and the other Handmaids go through, were still as alarming. I thought the way in which these shocking events were combined with the most beautiful, poetic observations of even the simplest of things, added to the strength of the words on the page and brilliantly contrasted with the more sinister parts of the novel.
Due to the fact that this book is written in the first person, I think I was able to get into this story very quickly and I believed that Offred was a real person, talking to me. I liked the way in which this book flowed seamlessly between the present and the past. You even find out more about Offred, than you do in the TV programme.
Usually I find that when a novel is adapted into a film or television series, the book or the adaptation, is never as quite as good as the other. With ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ however, I think that the book and TV series, compliment each other brilliantly.
If you are looking for a novel which has strong, powerful female characters, then ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is a book you should read.
I couldn’t find fault with this novel and I look forward to reading this again in the future.
