Books Maybe It Will Work Out This Time
posted by on July 24 at 16:00 PM
Sci-fi publisher Tor Books has a new blog that’s really quite good. It’s not just a promotional house organ; it seems like its a blog put together by people who really like science fiction (for some reason, I’ve been unable to get into io9’s know-it-all tone, so this is an especially welcome blog for me.)
In any case, Tor’s blog announced that a Doc Savage movie could be nearing production. Granted, there’s always a Doc Savage movie nearing production, but I’m feeling hopeful now, especially since Arnold Schwarzenegger probably isn’t going to play Doc anytime soon. (For those who don’t know, Doc Savage is an old pulp crime-fighting character who was an inspiration for characters like Superman. More info here.) Also, if there’s a new Doc Savage movie, maybe there’ll be a reissue of those old out of print Doc Savage novels. I’ve got probably 50 or 60 of the suckers, and I really want all 96.
I'm not holding my breath, but still, it would be fun - IF (and that's a really BIG if) whomever does it shows some respect for the source material (I HATED the George Pal film when it came out), and does a decent job with casting.
I've always thought Brendan Frasier, given about seven or eight more years, would make an ideal Doc, very close to the image Dent/Baumhoffer envisioned, IMO.
I'm not that into i09 either and the Tor blog has been good, but anyone can be good for a few days.
Give these a spin--they've been alright for quite a few days:
http://bigdumbobject.co.uk/
http://futurismic.com/
This was part of the planned series of movies, but I thought we were looking at more of a 2010 release date ...
dang @2 Thanks for those, especially Futurismic, which looks great.
Dude...NINETY-SIX!!!!
I was SO totally a Doc savage fan when I was a kid. Doc Savage and the Addams Family. I used to buy 'em at the bookstore in Aurora Village.
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