Another Sky Press Forums Topic: "Next" and "Click!"

Another Sky Press Forums Topic: "Next" and "Click!" http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Another Sky Press Forums Topic: "Next" and "Click!" en Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:19:58 +0000 kristopher on ""Next" and "Click!"" http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/next-and-click#post-435 Sun, 13 May 2007 15:51:07 +0000 kristopher 435@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ So, I saw the movie. For free (thankfully). I don't think Click has anything to worry about. Cage's ability to see exactly 2 minutes into the future didn't play out the way Click's narrators ability to affect 'now' does, though there was one similar scene, sort of. As suspected, it's an action film that doesn't delve into any real psychological or philosophical issues. Also worth noting is that the audience I saw the film with booed at the screen... had I not been interested in the film due to this thread, I'm not sure I would have been able to sit through the entirety of it. Caleb on ""Next" and "Click!"" http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/next-and-click#post-427 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:01:07 +0000 Caleb 427@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ True, CLICK is not and action thriller starring CGI explosions and co-starring Nick Cage..thank whatever god is responsible. It might be worth watching Next to see how this "intertwined, derivative, [yet] original" idea plays out in the hands of another. CLICK had such a strong character element that I have no doubt will be ill-considered (at best) with CGI and movie start mortar. kristopher on ""Next" and "Click!"" http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/next-and-click#post-425 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:53:30 +0000 kristopher 425@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ So bizarre. I did some quick research on 'Next'. It seems it is (very loosely) based on a P.K. Dick short story entitled 'The Golden Man'. Full Disclosure: I think I've only read one thing by P.K. Dick (a short story about the survivors of a spaceship that crash lands on a planet). I haven't read 'The Golden Man', though I'll go search it out. I have seen some of the movies based on his works, and list 'Blade Runner' (Director's Cut) as one of my favorite films of all time. The film version of 'A Scanner Darkly' is also quite good. I have both 'Ubik' and 'A Scanner Darkly' on my to-read shelf, but... that's a big shelf. Anyway - I found a summary of 'The Golden Man' on Wikipedia (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Man">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Man</a>) which, thankfully, doesn't sound too much like CLICK though there are similarities in a grander sense. But that doesn't bother me, as I'm sure the differences outweigh them considerably. All art is at once intertwined, derivative, and original - another author could rewrite CLICK starting with the same exact concept and would end up with an entirely different book altogether. And then I watched the trailer for 'Next'. The movie seems to have a bit more in common with my book since they have changed the setting some... it's no longer a post-apocalyptic world filled with mutants, but instead present day. There were a few lines that definitely made me scratch my head. Only time will tell. Regardless, CLICK is not (and will never be) an action thriller starring CGI explosions and co-starring Nick Cage so I'm not too worried. In both 'The Golden Man' and 'Next', the main character has some sort of pre-cognitive abilities (at least, based on the summaries I've found online) that allow them to see a few minutes into the future. CLICK's protagonist can not see the future. He can, debatedly, see the now in all of its fullness. That difference is both minute and crucial at the same time, for while it enables some of the same effects, it also has very different psychological and philosophical ramifications. Anyway, I was bothered more by the Adam Sandler movie titled 'Click' that came out just after my novel did. -Kristopher Caleb on ""Next" and "Click!"" http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/next-and-click#post-423 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:11:43 +0000 Caleb 423@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Has anyone else heard about this movie? <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435705/plotsummary">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435705/plotsummary</a> While the plot summary on the above page doesn't go into detail concerning the protagonist's "time travel" affliction, the trailer mentions his ability to see every possible option played out simultaneously. Sound familiar? I'm obviously not insinuating plagiarism on the part of either the filmmakers or Mr. Young (especially consider Click! was released long ago), but it might be interesting to see how big budget Hollywood treats this concept. Explosions and gratuitous sex, I'm sure, and I doubt the character will be as well developed as the narrator of Click!, but the visual application of "time clicking" might be interesting. We'll see how this goes...