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Old 10-22-04, 06:36 AM
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Screamers -- A Philip K. Dick movie

I used to really love this movie as a kid. They've been showing it again recently on one of our cable channels, and at first I wonder why I liked this movie in the first place, but the more I watch it, the more I remember. It's a cool movie based in the standard post-apocalyptic world. Peter Weller is in it, and if you want more Robocop-style acting, I guess this will do. It also has a very Pitch Black kind of feel to it...

Anyway, anyone out there a fan of this movie?

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Good start but falls apart after once the second half gets going. The sudden 'evolution' of the screamers always seemed like a cop out to me.

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It's funny that you mentioned Screamers. I thought the film was so-so, but I was able to watch it again last month.. on some spanish channel. It's amazing how a "meh" film can become entertaining when you watch it dubbed in a different language.
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The movie was okay. Ironically, it's probably the most literal adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story yet. But the story itself wasn't all that amazing, so neither was the movie. I look forward to a PKD movie that isn't an action/thriller based on one of his short stories. A Scanner Darkly is being made, but ever since I learned it would be rotoscope animated like Waking Life, my expectations have dropped way down.
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Dick seems to be having an amazing run at movie adaptions of his work, now that he's dead.

I wonder if any other author has had as many movies made of their work?
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Originally posted by gcbrowni
Dick seems to be having an amazing run at movie adaptions of his work, now that he's dead.

I wonder if any other author has had as many movies made of their work?
Stephen King comes to mind.
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Also William Shakespeare

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