Blackavar
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Post by Blackavar on Jul 4, 2011 14:40:23 GMT 9.5
Something caught my attention the other day when I was re-watching the TV mini-series 'The stand' which was based on Stephen King's novel of the same title (which I've also read). The story, and 6-hour movie (a long one, but a good one) is an apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic tale about the end of the world as a result of the super-flu virus that was released and kills 99.4% of the Earth's population. The remaining survivors split off into a "good" and "evil" group, that eventually clash at the end. Think of it as a modern American version of Lord of the Rings.
Anyway...
What interested me was the first character in the book/movie is a guy named Charles Campion. He is the guy responsible for releasing the virus into the public (is only a minor role). Coincidence, maybe... but then further into the story, one of the main characters Stu Redman is seen reading the novel Watership Down, for two days straight at one stage.
Seems to me King was a fan of Adams' story, enough to not only have the main character reading his book, but to name a character after Campion.
Thought you might be interested in my findings.
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Post by Azerane on Jul 5, 2011 21:23:48 GMT 9.5
I can't say that I've ever read or seen it. I'm not much of a Stephen King person as I don't do well with scary movies etc. lol.
It's certainly an interesting sighting though. Trying to remember, I think it's Donnie Darko, we're the book they're studying at school is Watership Down.
I had always wondered if it was because the authors/directors etc were fans of the book/movie etc or whether it was simply an appropriate reference for the setting.
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Blackavar
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Post by Blackavar on Jul 8, 2011 8:45:37 GMT 9.5
I remember the Donnie Darko thing you were referring to. It was in the special features of the DVD. It was from a scene that was eventually cut out, but it actually has all the students in class watching the Watership Down movie. The part of the movie that was playing was when Fiver envisions the field of blood. Then when they stop playing, Donnie has some not-so-nice words to say about rabbits.  Oh well, the director must have a connection to the film as well. And I think that it's more a case of homage being paid when a film reference is made in other films. I know that I am going to squeeze it in somewhere in one of my films! |
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Post by Azerane on Jul 8, 2011 16:56:48 GMT 9.5
Haha, fair enough. I guess more often than not they wouldn't use it if they didn't like it. I guess the version of the film I must have seen was an extended version, because the scene was in the movie, and not a special feature.
I found the script from the scene:
"Karen Pommeroy: This could be the death of an entire way of life, the end of an era...
Donnie: Why should we care?
Karen Pommeroy: Because the rabbits are us, Donnie.
Donnie: Why should I mourn for a rabbit like he was human?
Karen Pommeroy: Are you saying that the death of one species is less tragic than another?
Donnie: Of course. The rabbit's not like us. It has no... keen look at something in the mirror, it has no history books, no photographs, no knowledge of sorrow or regret... I mean, I'm sorry, Miss Pommeroy, don't get me wrong; y'know, I like rabbits and all. They're cute and they're horny. And if you're cute and you're horny, then you're probably happy, in that you don't know who you are and why you're even alive. And you just wanna' have sex, as many times as possible, before you die... I mean, I just don't see the point in crying over a dead rabbit! Y'know, who... who never even feared death to begin with. "
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