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- From: anthony@panzer.b17b.ingr.com (Anthony Shipman)
- Subject: Re: Planet of the Apes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.151719.4793@b8.b8.ingr.com>
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- References: <1689C6D4E.OPRRJG@SUVM.SYR.EDU> <1992Nov13.165354.7797@b8.b8.ingr.com> <1992Nov15.110820.322@news.uwyo.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:17:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.110820.322@news.uwyo.edu>, rtravsky@news.uwyo.edu (Rich Travsky) writes:
- |> In article <1992Nov13.165354.7797@b8.b8.ingr.com>,
- |> anthony@panzer.b17b.ingr.com (Anthony Shipman) writes:
- |> > [whackity whack]
- |> > The movie is a social commentary-satire, much in the vein of Huckleberry Finn or
- |> > Gulliver's Travels. Rod Serling's script is a work of pure genius. Much of the
- |>
- |> Ahem. Let us not forget that Mr. Serling had an excellent basis from which to
- |> start, that being the book by Pierre Boulle in 1963...
- |>
- No offense, but if you've read the book I'd think it would only emphasize the
- genius of Serling's adaptation. I read the book and thought it stunk. Really just
- plain boring. Serling did much more with the idea in his screenplay. I think all
- the best innovations were NOT in the book.
-
- Anthony
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