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It's a long way from the book

posted 2 years ago by huwdj (4562)
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So far that if they made a new version and followed the book I don't think you could actually call it a remake.

[–] thingmakersback (1182) 2 years ago

True enough... And there'd be a lot of people claiming you were ripping off Mad Max films or something.

[–] huwdj (4562) 2 years ago

Yep. That's true too.

[–] ExTechOp (2742) 8 months ago

Always thought Snake Plissken was based on Hell Tanner

[–] whynotwriteme (7121) 5 months ago

If the filmmakers had stuck to the book, they would have gotten the jump on the Mad Max/Snake Plissken style character by several years. It could have been a true classic film. I don't know why they went with the missle silo personnel story. I guess an outlaw biker antihero was still too risky for a big-budget Hollywood protagonist in 1977.

I think Adam Roarke, who appeared in several entertaining Biker exploitation movies in the late '60s, would have made a great Hell Tanner.

[–] andersonb85 (1584) 3 months ago

With AI/CGI technology available today it's very possible to rework this movie to follow the book faithfully within budget, which wasn't possible in '77. Maybe use a different title to make the movie a stand-alone release.