The Film versus Jeter's

I for one don't personally care much for Jeter's sequels, although I'm sure that there are members here who do enjoy reading them. What are your opinions of these books of and why do you feel about them as you do?<BR><BR>There are a few reasons why I don't consider these novels as worthy successors to the movie:<BR><BR>1. Certain elements of the plots are too far-fetched and, in my opinion, diverge too widely from what we see in the film. An example of this would be Pris's being a human.<BR><BR>2. In the movie, most of the main characters actually act and aren't characterised by being excessively garrulous and talkative. In the novels, each and every character (including Deckard) is a virtual chatterbox. All the soul-searching, philosophising, and intellectualising that so many characters perform <!-- BBCode Start --><B>out loud</B><!-- BBCode End --> really becomes annoying, in my opinion, and completely veers from what the characters are like in the film. By the way, has anyone else noticed how often the phrase "Believe me; I know" is uttered by one character or another? <BR><BR><BR><!-- BBCode Start --><I>The Edge of Human</I><!-- BBCode End --> was a fair piece of work, but <!-- BBCode Start --><I>Replicant Night</I><!-- BBCode End --> turned me off so much that I didn't even bother reading <!-- BBCode Start --><I>Eye and Talon</I><!-- BBCode End -->.<BR><BR><BR><font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: IntelliDroid on 2003-02-17 21:38 ]</font>

I agree with you on the part that Jeter's books shouldn't be taken as sequels to Blade Runner but i think that what Jeter was trying to do was replicate Dick's style which is bascisly paraniod which i think he acomplished quite well. <BR><BR>The books i think are supposed to say Big Brother is every where is that alright decide for your self.
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I agree, Edge of Human had some promises - the first time I have read it I was relatively excited - there were few quite thrilling situations (my favourite one is when Batty "resuscitates" Holden in hospital).<BR><BR>Jeter has tried to erase the borders between the movie and DADOES. He took the LAPD-Tyrell conspiracy theory further, but on second reading I realized he has took it just TOO far.<BR>Conspiracy plots are so popular these times...<BR><BR>Next thing, Jeter obviously wanted to make his books as much BR-ish as possible, and that's actually what hurt them at most. <BR>He has resurrected Sebastian, which is quite self-purposeful character in the book. But the author probaly felt that a BR book without J.F. wouldn't be a BR book... Bad.<BR><BR>Moreover, Deckard is like cheap 2D hero there... his "deepest thoughts" are nothing but moans about his beloved Rachael stored in the cryofreezer. <BR><BR><BR>And however is EoH an average book, it's a real pearl in comparison with Replicant's Night.<BR>Nuff said...
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