All My Children
I have to say, I really love this poster for Children of Men (how often do we see children in the womb outside of tacky abortion billboards and protest signs?), but I really dislike the sardonic, jokey tone of the teasers below it. They're the sort of thing you'd expect to see on a black comedy/social commentary like Fight Club. I'm a little disappointed that the film’s release was bumped from the end of September to Christmas, but I suppose if it gets this movie—a rare non-explosion heavy foray into thoughtful, socially aware science fiction—more attention it will be worth it. If you haven't read the coolly prophetic book, drop whatever you're reading and find a copy.
posted by Peter @ 8/24/2006 07:21:00 PM
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Don't think I'll see the film.
Read the book when it first came out and shared it with friends at the time. I still think about the book.
I can't imagine they will do a very good job with the film.
The IMDB and Wikipedia entries imply that the film has changed a lot from the book. Luke and Miriam have exchanged races, Rolf and Xan have different names (apparently Patric and Nigel, respectively), and Jasper's role seems to be greatly expanded. These are all cosmetic changes, perhaps, but definitely not a cosmetic change is the fact that Julian and the pregnant woman are now separate characters, with someone named Kee now being the woman with child.
Yes, and what's all that business with the human project? Also looks as if Julian is now also the wife (and thus the mother of their dead child).
Alas, Children of Men seems to have been changed to meet politcally correct narratives - immigration, multiculturalism, and cloning (or at least genetic engineering).
Never mind that PD James' imagined society couldn't handle immigration because they had embraced socialism. Nevermind that they didn't know how to integrate the immigrants they did have to their own cultural norms. Never mind that it was the glorification of casual sex and abortion that led the human race to it's childless pass. Nevermind.
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Wow, sorry about that. It's just that I hate to see a thoughtful book get made over into Hollywood cookie cutter expectations.
Taleena -- maybe. But only maybe. Initial reports on the film have been very good, so even if it's different from the book, I'm holding out hope that it'll still be good -- even if not for the same reasons I enjoyed the book.
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