{"id":150,"date":"2008-02-18T11:20:21","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T16:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifico.org\/sfsn\/?p=150"},"modified":"2008-02-19T16:21:39","modified_gmt":"2008-02-19T21:21:39","slug":"an-open-letter-to-stephen-gould-and-michael-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter To Stephen Gould and Michael Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Mr. Gould,<\/font><\/p>\n

I had read you novel, Jumper, years ago and loved Davie Rice and the challenges placed in his way and how he coped with them. The novel was a complex study of current politics and a single persons solution to it.. The CIA playing cops of the world and vigilante justice sci fi style had me transfixed. I remember saying to myself that this would be one hell of a good movie.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Fast forward to 6 months ago, when word of mouth began to bubble up about Jumper. I was more than pleased after seeing things like I, Robot turn to garbage. So, a few weks ago, I was in my local book emporium when I came across an updated reprint of Jumper and its companion, Griffin<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s Story. I scoffed em up to do a refresh, the original having been long warn out after multiple reading over numerous reading. So as I began my reacquaintance with Davie Rice and his odyssey, I came across a note in the beginning of both books.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c\u2026Jumper and Reflex are the basis for the upcoming\u2026.. movie to be released in early 2008. Like most novel-to-movie projects, the story\u2019s events and circumstances mutate through the process of adaptation\u2026.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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Damning a project with faint praise, while still retaining ownership is honorable, but a damn shame. After watching the moves I can honestly say Dave Rice is gone. The basic\u00a0 <\/span>questions asked about humanity, government and society are gone. Millie is a shadow of her former beauty and\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026I could go on. I should go on but I won\u2019t. You warned me in your book reprints, and I naively hoped for the best anyway. This is not your story, these are not your characters and this is not what you first envisioned. I should have listened to you. I cannot encourage you to go see this movie. What I can encourage you all to do is read\u2026.. wait\u2026.I SAID READ<\/u><\/strong> the original novel. It kicks ass.<\/font><\/p>\n

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BTW, Knight Rider sux<\/font><\/p>\n

Dome, pissed and wanting more now that the writers strike is over.<\/font><\/p>\n

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