http://www.whump.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whump.com%2FmoreLikeThis%2F2007%2F11%2F24%2Fgolden-compass-pullman-post-index%2F&seed_title=%26%238216%3BGolden+Compass%26%238217%3B+%2F+Pullman+Post+Index The more you know, the more jokes you get. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:35:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.whump.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whump.com%2FmoreLikeThis%2F2007%2F11%2F24%2Fgolden-compass-pullman-post-index%2F&seed_title=%26%238216%3BGolden+Compass%26%238217%3B+%2F+Pullman+Post+Index#comment-13179 Michael Shea Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:14:59 +0000 http://www.whump.com/moreLikeThis/2007/11/24/golden-compass-pullman-post-index/#comment-13179 I had the experience in high school of writing a play for elementary school students about US history; they re-wrote the play entirely without telling me, kept my name on it, and produced a video of it. So when I see movie producers handle a book like this, I just shake my head. At the very least, when such a divergence of book/movie happens, there should be some acknowledgement. Instead of "based on the book by" in the credits, there should be some other way to describe it. I had the experience in high school of writing a play for elementary school students about US history; they re-wrote the play entirely without telling me, kept my name on it, and produced a video of it. So when I see movie producers handle a book like this, I just shake my head. At the very least, when such a divergence of book/movie happens, there should be some acknowledgement. Instead of “based on the book by” in the credits, there should be some other way to describe it.

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