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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by tetris11@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I've started reading Jumper by NameDoesNotMatter. I would like to formally apologise about all the harsh things I've ever spoken about that film.

Fine, the cast is unlikeable and the action scenes are just fisticuffs in the air, but my god, in comparison to the teenage dreck that is the book, it's a masterpiece. At least they tried to build a credible back story for the main character.

In the book, he literally thinks everyone is out to sexually assault him (and somehow they seem to), he solves his problems by throwing money at it, instead of any actual creativity, and the author desperately tries to portray him as a mature-for-his-age adult, despite the fact that his first reaction to anything is crying followed by petty revenge.

I'm just flicking through the pages, pausing at any plot bits, and then flicking on.

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[-] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've never consumed either media of that story. But I thoroughly enjoyed Dan Olson's take.

https://youtu.be/qzk9N7dJBec

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 13 points 7 months ago

Yep. This is probably the best take of showing how the movie's writing process changed the writing for the better, then the books' author put a stop to that.

[-] T0RB1T@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

Just so you know, everything in that link after ?si= is purely tracking information so Google can know who you send links to, and when they open them.

[-] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 4 points 7 months ago

Thanks, forgot to delete that.

[-] miracleorange@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Thank you. I ended up watching the whole trilogy (of videos).

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