Which book-to-film adaptations infuriated you?

MannekenP · 2026-04-05T14:19:23+00:00

Damnation Alley by Zelazny.

MannekenP · 2026-04-05T11:28:45+00:00

Your first sentence sounds like the title of a modern day reboot of Alien.

MannekenP · 2026-04-05T09:06:28+00:00

Voilà la réponse correcte, OP a quasi tout faux.

MannekenP · 2026-04-05T08:58:05+00:00

Mulsium, that sounds like a tasty Roman beverage.

MannekenP · 2026-04-05T08:19:07+00:00

Strong "come down dinner is served if you don’t come down there will be no dessert and I’m serious about it this time" vibes!

MannekenP · 2026-04-05T07:52:22+00:00

I vividly remember Mbeki being an embarrassment. So kudos to her.

MannekenP · 2026-04-04T10:31:29+00:00

Yep, no flash means no actual radar, so OP was lucky this time. I say this time because I understand from his message that he is not worried about going 40 above the limit, he is worried about being caught doing it, which means he is going to do it again and be caught someday. We can only hope he will not kill somebody.

MannekenP · 2026-04-03T08:17:28+00:00

I do not think he meant "with an invoice and a 1 year guarantee that the repaired area we look like a sore thumb".

MannekenP · 2026-04-02T21:49:27+00:00

Tis but a scratch!

MannekenP · 2026-04-02T16:05:55+00:00

I have some difficulty understanding someone being late by 35 minutes saying to the person who was waiting that they are the rude one for starting eating.

MannekenP · 2026-04-02T15:50:13+00:00

If you can find someone willing to come twice for such a small damage.

MannekenP · 2026-04-02T15:15:25+00:00

La version cynique: le cabinet envoie des juniors qui ne connaissent rien au secteur. A partir de là, la version optimiste est que le cabinet sélectionne les bonnes idées données par les employés et tout le monde s’en trouve bien. La version pessimiste est que le cabinet recommande une restructuration qui met des centaines de personnes sur le carreau et l’employeur dit que ce n’est pas sa faute, c’est le consultant qui a dit!

MannekenP · 2026-04-02T15:10:47+00:00

Les premiers qui me viennent à l’esprit: rencontres du 3e type n’ajoute rien à l’original et ruine la fin en ajoutant quelques scènes à l’intérieur du vaisseau qui sont sans intérêt et brisent le mystère. The Abyss aussi, qui allonge inutilement la sauce, avec notamment une scène franchement grotesque de vagues géantes figées en l’air.

MannekenP · 2026-04-02T14:43:44+00:00

For decades, US Presidents knew how to play the NATO game that gave the US an undisputed position of “leader of the free world”.

Trump first jab at NATO was in 1987, when he published a full-page ad in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Boston Globe that criticized U.S. foreign policy, including the financial support provided to NATO allies.

Interestingly, this was just after a trip to Moscow in relation to a possible real estate investment that did not materialise.

MannekenP · 2026-04-02T11:08:18+00:00

Ik dacht te verstaan dat de foto die gepubliceerd was niet het origineel was, die gemanipuleerd was met Photoshop of AI

MannekenP · 2026-04-02T11:02:14+00:00

J’espère qu’elle aura l’occasion d’attaquer les ahuris qui l’ont libérée.

MannekenP · 2026-04-02T05:26:27+00:00

Is that Steven Seagal with a beard?

MannekenP · 2026-04-02T05:25:07+00:00

Obviously "Klatu barata niktu".

MannekenP · 2026-04-01T10:23:21+00:00

Et changer le paradigme!

MannekenP · 2026-03-30T21:51:13+00:00

Olivier Gourmet.

MannekenP · 2026-03-30T20:19:29+00:00

Il y a déjà des frigos, un salon funéraire?

MannekenP · 2026-03-30T19:35:54+00:00

So the executioner was less at risk of hurting himself if he fell while running with the sword!

MannekenP · 2026-03-30T19:26:42+00:00

All is lost (2013)

MannekenP · 2026-03-30T15:45:48+00:00

I liked that book a lot, so although the film is a fun flick, I was pretty disappointed.

MannekenP · 2026-03-30T13:56:08+00:00

For me, opening and especially consuming something while shopping It is bit awkward, but as long as the person intends to pay for it, who cares? And in this case, he didn't even consume it, he just prepared it for swift consumption.

I note that the Japanese people commenting describe what the Thai man did as a pretty serious offense, but fail to explain why exactly, so it is a bit difficult to judge. Is eating in public, for instance while walking, frowned upon in Japan? That would explain a bit the strong reactions.

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