I watched Costner in The Postman. Ask me anything...

[RetroLounge]

RL

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Did you read the book first?

[RetroLounge]

4. No, who wrote it?

Did you like it?

RL

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. DAVID BRIN, and yes the book is MUCH better.. See my site

for more books and movies of this sort on the Entertainment page. (For whatever perverse reason, I love alternate future stories. *shrug*)

[indigobusiness]

10. We're living in an alternate present

so, why not concern yourself with alternate futures.?

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. True enough! *l*

[qnr]

11. I wholeheartedly agree - and this isn't an anti-Costner post, I

enjoy his films.

[AndyP]

2. how was it?

[RetroLounge]

5. Long.

But not bad.

Granted, it's no Waterworld...

RL

[indigobusiness]

14. It's better than Waterworld, which had great potential until

they turned it into a cartoon.

[RetroLounge]

16. I've never been able to sit thru that movie

godawful bad flick, that.

RL

[indigobusiness]

3. Yeah...really

you should've read the book first, if you didn't.

Far better

[RetroLounge]

6. Not familiar with the book.

RL

[indigobusiness]

8. David Brin scientist/writer. Good stuff

Voted favorite writer of the 1980's by the readers of Locus. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and J.W.Campbell awards. ...

Welcome to the David Brin Site

"I still do science. But this wild/wonderful civilization seems more interested in my 'out-of-the-box' explorations about the future. (Who am I to argue with civilization?)"

http://www.davidbrin.com/

[murielm99]

9. The book is much better.

It started out as a couple of longish short stories in Asimov's science fiction magazine, and turned into a book later.

[indigobusiness]

13. Interesting

I didn't know that.

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Lots of novels start out that way, actually. As short stories, not in

Aasimov's. *g*

[indigobusiness]

21. That

I did know.

[susanna]

17. On purpose?

I mean, did someone make you watch it? Or did you do it of your own volition? ;-)

[RetroLounge]

18. On purpose. I was too lazy to get up

and the remote was too far away.

Besides, the actress who played Abby was pretty hot...

RL

[susanna]

19. OK, shared admission...

I watched it. I don't remember Abby, but I vaguely remember a wrecked mail truck and some fire. In general, I was laughing. In general! I'm sure there were deep, heavy and emotionally satisfying parts.

(Were there?)

[RetroLounge]

20. Nah, it tried to be deep, but merely was obvious

but, does he have to make ALL his movies 3 hours long.

Why not just call it "Dances with Mail?"

RL

[kodi]

22. anything? what's postage for a letter to saint rose?

TP was a lot better than water world.