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 SYCOdelik
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 Fear and Loathing - The Book 
#2408266 - 03/08/04 05:29 PM (19 years, 28 days ago) |
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Has anyone else read the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Im half way through it, and so far I have found it to be better then the movie.
Course, unlike the movie, I cant read the book while im trippin.
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 TheDude
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Re: Fear and Loathing - The Book [Re: SYCOdelik]
#2408339 - 03/08/04 05:46 PM (19 years, 28 days ago) |
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The book is awesome. I read it before seeing the movie. Needless to say, the movie didn't impress me that much. You can't beat Hunter S. Thompson straight from the source.
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Infrared
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Re: Fear and Loathing - The Book [Re: SYCOdelik]
#2408560 - 03/08/04 06:57 PM (19 years, 28 days ago) |
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yup... the book is way better. the movie is good, but like TheDude said "You can't beat Hunter S. Thompson straight from the source"
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Re: Fear and Loathing - The Book [Re: SYCOdelik]
#2408857 - 03/08/04 08:26 PM (19 years, 28 days ago) |
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Damn right, that book is good stuff, try reading, Hells Angles,Rum Diary,The Great Shark Hunt,Screwjack... the list goes on and on 
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barfightlard
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Re: Fear and Loathing - The Book [Re: SYCOdelik]
#2408866 - 03/08/04 08:30 PM (19 years, 28 days ago) |
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Never read it. Heard its pretty good though.
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Re: Fear and Loathing - The Book [Re: SYCOdelik]
#2408868 - 03/08/04 08:31 PM (19 years, 28 days ago) |
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i love both
i think the movie is hilarious but it's kind of hard to follow if you never read the book because of all the crazy hallucinations that're thrown in there. I saw the movie first but i never saw the whole thing. Then i read the book, understood it more and watched the movie. I love the dialouge brought to life though.
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Re: Fear and Loathing - The Book [Re: SYCOdelik]
#2409170 - 03/08/04 09:45 PM (19 years, 28 days ago) |
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I think it was better that I saw the movie before I read the book, it just puts a better image of whats going on really.
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Re: Fear and Loathing - The Book [Re: SYCOdelik]
#2409237 - 03/08/04 10:01 PM (19 years, 28 days ago) |
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I have both the movie and the book. F&L is the only book I can read in 2 days. And its just as good every time. Its a must read. Way Way more content than the movie. Though the movie is really well done.
If you want to see a great ass book turned into a shitty shitty movie, go read and watch Dune
(In that order).(The only other book I sat down and basically read through.
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Llamanose
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Quote:
FrankieJustTrypt said:
If you want to see a great ass book turned into a shitty shitty movie, go read and watch Dune
(In that order).(The only other book I sat down and basically read through.
Dude, I TOTALLY agree. The book was amazing but of all the movies and stuff made from it none of them have even come close to doing it justice.
Like with F&L the book is better than the movie, but that's always the case. I just wish someone would make a really kickass version of Dune.
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Re: Fear and Loathing - The Book [Re: Llamanose]
#2420186 - 03/11/04 05:36 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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I thought the movie was great and enjoyed the book many times before I saw it.
In fact, the parts I didn't like about the movie were because they were the parts I didn't like about the book.
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Re: Fear and Loathing - The Book [Re: valour]
#2435091 - 03/15/04 01:23 PM (19 years, 21 days ago) |
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Ya I wish Alexando Jodorowski directed Dune, like he was originally supposed to. I'm sure it would have been one hell of a movie. Anyone here know why David Lynch ended getting to make the film instead?
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 Re: Fear and Loathing - The Book [Re: SYCOdelik]
#28109564 - 12/23/22 07:19 AM (3 months, 6 days ago) |
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Edited by doolhoofd (12/30/22 03:25 PM)
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