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Apr 28, 2011 02:52AM
That was really interesting & fun to read, Alberto. Thanks!
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Interesting article. I don't understand why some of these people don't want their material published again. Maybe they think they are much better now!
Wonderful site too, i read Nero Wolfe,Stout article,Poe article.
I'm not sure where to post this. Some of you may already know this, but it's news to me. But here goes:http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/6/20/...
Someone told me about this when I mentioned Jason Statham in my review of The Wheelman. I like Statham but I don't see him making a good Parker.
Statham is a terrible choice to play Parker.
A movie called "Parker"?Westlake must be spinning in his grave.
Statham wouldn't be my first choice for Parker; Statham has a natural charisma he'd have to suppress to play the heartless Parker.But after hearing about the possibilities of Leonardo DiCaprio for Travis McGee and Tom Cruise for Jack Reacher, Statham as Parker doesn't sound so bad...
There's only one Travis McGee for me ... Rod Taylor. But I don't think Leonardo DiCaprio would be a bad choice. There was talk some time ago of Colin Farrell playing Travis McGee. I think Leo's a much better choice.But Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher sounds like a joke. Isn't Jack Reacher supposed to 6'5" and more than 200 pounds?
I guess it's not a joke: http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/tom-c..."At the time, the author was among those most excited about the casting, saying that 'Reacher's size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force, which Cruise portrays in his own way.'"
That's funny. I didn't realize that all the descriptions of Reacher's physical size were a metaphor in Lee Child's books. I wonder what other metaphors there are sprinkled throughout his novels that I've stupidly been taking literally all this time.
Interesting how Westlake would never allow anyone to touch the name Parker when they adapt the great noir series for lame films. But now whoever is in control of his works allows this. It is really bad taste.I dont care Jack Reacher,Tom Cruise because Lee Child is too brain dead books for my taste.
