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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, William Ahearn
<williamahearn@...> wrote:
> I wrote a short piece on 13th Floor on my website
in
> the Beast in a Box series. It's a fun little
flick.
>
> http://www.williamahearn.com/13floor.html
Thanks - that review sums up the movie well. The film isn't
particularly flashy compared to other movies about similar
subjects, but it gets the job done. Of the various movies
about virtual reality/fake reality that were released in the
late 90s (THE MATRIX, DARK CITY, THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR,
EXISTENZ, TRUMAN SHOW), DARK CITY and THIRTEENTH FLOOR are my
favourites. Galouye's original novel was also filmed for
German TV in the 1970s, but I'm not sure if that's been
released on DVD.
miker wrote:
> I just saw a commercial on TV for a movie version of
I
> am Legend starring Will Smith. Probably closer
to
> horror than science fiction, but still
on-topic.
> Matheson's novel wasn't great, but it was
still
> worthwhile. Since then I've seen him credited
for
> several Twilight Zone stories that were
fun.
For anyone interested in the latest movie of I AM LEGEND,
there are two older film versions of the novel as well: THE
LAST MAN ON EARTH and THE OMEGA MAN. Matheson also wrote the
story that Spielberg's DUEL is based on.
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