= 27d567bc2d48d9f40e9ccc20ea370b15)
grendelkhan comments on Limitless, a Nootropics-Centered Movie - Less Wrong Discussion
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
= 783df68a0f980790206b9ea87794c5b6)
Loading…= b715d02e85f7b3b4ae65ca3d3e450868)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Powered by Reddit
= f037147d6e6c911a85753b9abdedda8d)
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (33)
I should have been clearer there; I didn't mean that it was an adaptation of a PKD story, just that it followed the same process, of taking a mind-bending bit of SF and squeezing it into a standard Hollywood box.
In this case, at least they didn't claim to be "adapting" anyone's work, like what happened with I, Robot.
It actually is based on a novel, although the marketing for the film hasn't played up this fact.
Well, egg on me; that's definitely the sort of thing I should have checked on first. Thanks for pointing it out.
I'll attempt to save face by claiming that "technothrillers" are pre-watered-down, in that they're written in a format which is conducive to world-changing stories, and include technology that would indeed be world-changing, but shy away from their conclusions the same way that mainstream movie adaptations shy away from the conclusions of their source material.