Philip K. Dick's Vulcan's Hammer | Francis Lawrence

[Cremildo]

Hammer is set after a devastating world war, when the nations of Earth form the Unity party and cede global governance to the Vulcan AI system, which algorithmically dictates policies for Unity to carry out. However, after Vulcan is attacked and a special agent is murdered, Unity director William Barris is called to unravel the mystery to figure out who, or what, wants to destroy the system he has dedicated his life to. [+]

[Lee A Stewart]

I would like to get excited, except for some reason, Dick stories don't seem to do well when translated into movies.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

Dick stories don't seem to do well when translated into movies.

You could say they’re hard to adapt.

[Stanis]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

I would like to get excited, except for some reason, Dick stories don't seem to do well when translated into movies.

Uhhhhhhh, Total Recall? A little movie called Blade Runner?!?

That Nic Cage atrocity I grant you, but that was going to be crap tailor made.

Theres plenty more crap than gold, but the same could be said of Stephen King novels, Dick was a genius whose stories Hollywood treated as second class bmovies half the time, mined of the great ideas then rewritten

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by Stanis

Uhhhhhhh, Total Recall? A little movie called Blade Runner?!?

That Nic Cage atrocity I grant you, but that was going to be crap tailor made.

Theres plenty more crap than gold, but the same could be said of Stephen King novels, Dick was a genius whose stories Hollywood treated as second class bmovies half the time, mined of the great ideas then rewritten

Blade Runner was a flop when it first came out. And in actuality has almost nothing to do with Dick's story.

[Stanis]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

Blade Runner was a flop when it first came out. And in actuality has almost nothing to do with Dick's story.

Actually its a very good adaptation, there are some parts of the book that are very closely followed. And yes it famously flopped, but history has been kind to it and is now often considered one of the greatest scifi films ever made, so there's that

[Cremildo]

I'm still baffled that Minority Report wasn't a bigger hit. That was Spielberg firing on all cylinders.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

I'm still baffled that Minority Report wasn't a bigger hit. That was Spielberg firing on all cylinders.

Ya know - the movie was just not as good as it needed to be, IMO. It just ended up being a "watch & forget". Wasnt bad by any means but feels like it fell short too.

[Lee A Stewart]

Should we discuss A Scanner Darkly? How about The Adjustment Bureau or Paycheck?

[Just_Discovered_3D]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

Should we discuss A Scanner Darkly? How about The Adjustment Bureau or Paycheck?

Why did A Scanner Darkly do the weird rotoscoping?

It wasn't a bad film, though it may have gone too far out on a limb before revealing the big twist, but doing that weird rotoscoping artstyle for the film consigned it to never having more than "arthouse film" appeal.

I thought that it might get an A Boy and his Dog-style revival after its stars had their second and third renaissances as famous "it" actors, but that does not seem to have happened.

[Stanis]

I love A Scanner Darkly, and that is almost a 1:1 translation of the text