I joined the US Navy 55 years ago today. What were you doing?

Of course, I thought of this song to which you introduced me - - I love  it.  "Hippy Chick" by Soho.

Thought I would add that the movie Billy Elliot shows why someone would have no flower for someone’s gun and why they shouldn’t make love to change someone’s mind. Cheers!

I admit I've only seen the movie once, and your details didn't click my memory about the movie. I had to look the movie up, even; didn't remember the movie's details by title alone. Only that I knew I had seen it. 
Then I remembered seeing it when I read about it.

And I see they've made it into a musical (of course, ug!).



Back to my plan to making 1968's original "Night of the Living Dead" movie into a musical. 

So the book was 2nd, that is a switch.  Normally,  the book is always better than the movie, did that switch too?

Very cool to me - - author of the novelization John Russo co-authored the movie screenplay with movie director George Romero. So, since he helped create the movie itself, Russo captures the movie wonderfully in book form, too! And the book works very well on its own.

What STILL scares me so much about the movie (and book) : This is, in a very realistic manner, just a story of seven very ordinary, everyday people simply trying to figure out what is going on and how to survive. I care so much about the people themselves -- that's what scares me the most. Not so much the "living dead" (though they're scary, too.)

And the book cover up there still remains one of my favorite book covers. It's the cover of the book I read.
:)

Oh, yeah -- your questions, ha! The movie is first, yes. And I find both the book and movie superlative. :)


This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at December 19, 2024 7:15 PM MST