The Novelization is actually kinda neat of you know the background of the movie.
Harold Livingston wrote the original draft of the movie, which was a GREAT dramatical actiony script. Really very good, but had a kinda squirrely ending.
Gene rewrote it, and watered it WAY down with "LOOK! HERE'S LIFE! IN THE FUTURE!"
So a fight began where Harold and Gene were rewriting each other right up to the last day of filming, and the movie just kinda had this schizophrenic attitude.
I have the Harold Livingston draft, which is really good (minus the "Whatever" ending), and the novel (which I lost years ago) is a good example of what Gene wanted out of the movie (THE FUTURE!)
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Date: 2006-09-04 06:08 pm (UTC)Harold Livingston wrote the original draft of the movie, which was a GREAT dramatical actiony script. Really very good, but had a kinda squirrely ending.
Gene rewrote it, and watered it WAY down with "LOOK! HERE'S LIFE! IN THE FUTURE!"
So a fight began where Harold and Gene were rewriting each other right up to the last day of filming, and the movie just kinda had this schizophrenic attitude.
I have the Harold Livingston draft, which is really good (minus the "Whatever" ending), and the novel (which I lost years ago) is a good example of what Gene wanted out of the movie (THE FUTURE!)