the lathe of heaven

[shugah]

book or movie, discuss.

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. Easily the best science fiction I've ever read

Ms. LeGuin makes the absurd seem possible, even plausible.

I have the DVD; a well-done adaptation.

Jor-Jor. :7

[shugah]

2. the movie helped me understand the book

ursula makes the impossible almost desirable.

what would you dream if you were the lathe of heaven?

[Syncronaut Seven]

3. I've seen two different versions of the movie

Both Kick Ass!

[shugah]

4. i've only seen the one

i assume is the older film. it totally engrossed me, and i think about to this day. it was so filled with layers of reality and truth...

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. The remake was trash

I turned it off after 45 minutes. :puke:

[Syncronaut Seven]

7. I liked both versions just fine!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004U8P5/qid=1132031082/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1806044-1950439?v=glance&s=video

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004U8P5/qid=1132031082/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1806044-1950439?v=glance&s=video

The 1980's version was truer to the book, the 2002 version seemed more acessable and up to date.

But trash? There are far worthier video titles, I'm sure.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

6. I love it

I have the book, and the original PBS movie on DVD. I first saw it when it was first broadcast, and it put the hook in me. I never forgot it, and I never saw it again until I happened across the book earlier this year, then tracked down the DVD to watch it again. It was every bit as fantastic as I remembered it being.

Never saw the remake. Don't especially want to, either.