The Tommyknockers IMDB
A buried UFO slowly turns local inhabitants into gizmo-building alien mutates.
Directed by: John Power
Screenplay by: Lawrence D. Cohen
Starring: Jimmy Smits, Marg Helgenberger, John Ashton
Tommyknockers, The (1993)
The Tommyknockers IMDB
A buried UFO slowly turns local inhabitants into gizmo-building alien mutates.
Directed by: John Power
Screenplay by: Lawrence D. Cohen
Starring: Jimmy Smits, Marg Helgenberger, John Ashton
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I never saw this movie, but by the comments I've read, I am afraid it's what ruined the wonderful book for many
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doubtful. It's not good. At all. But it is also rather obscure. I bet the book is more widely read than this picture is seen. And I think that I actually can understand how people usually fail to appreciate the novel, anyway -- what's good about it is subtle beside the minor but very visible faults.
That's right - when I read it the first time I didn't like it at all. It seemed too long, sloppy, and somehow beside the point. On reread I realized that the point wasn't where I had been looking.
As for the movie, I clearly remember at this very site people saying things like "I didn't read the novel, but the film was god-awful" or "I couldn't get into the novel because the film was god-awful"
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well ok then. Guess I was wrong.Originally Posted by Jean
maybe they were just two or three people
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The rare example of a horrible book being turned into an even worse movie.
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was "Sci-Fi". People hone in on the plotline!!! A little too much "labeling" going on these days!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
I’m not sure what the genre has to do with how bad they are?
It was "Sci-Fi". People hone in on the plotline!!! A little too much "labeling" going on these days!!!
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
I don't care a fuck what genre what is, provided it's a good book. Like The Tommyknockers.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't read The Tommyknockers yet even though I owned three hardcover copies and had to give two away lol
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