Mysterious Island

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:08 am

I just finished reading Jules Verne's Mysterious Island. I had never read it before and found a site on the internet with all his books that you can read for free. I remember seeing the movie when I was a kid and loved it. I recently watched it again and that is the reason I went looking for an online text of it. Well while reading it I kept waiting for the giant chicken to attack them. It doesn't happen in the book, in fact the animals on the island are all normal. I couldn't believe how much different the book was from the movie. I mean not even close. No women ever landed on the island either. It just amazed me how much different the book is to the movie.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:12 am

you read a book that didn't have nudey pictures

:eek:

j/k :p

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:16 am

Sheryl;717926 wrote: you read a book that didn't have nudey pictures

:eek:

j/k :p
Thats another thing. I am sure they had sex in the 1800's but it's never mentioned.:-5

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:19 am

Oh yea they did. Or at least all those smutty romances I read had some steamy scenes. :wah:

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:19 am

YZGI;717929 wrote: Thats another thing. I am sure they had sex in the 1800's but it's never mentioned.:-5

they only bathed like once a year back then, didn't they? Couldn't have been too much sex going on....:yh_sick :wah:

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:11 am

YZGI;717923 wrote: I just finished reading Jules Verne's Mysterious Island. I had never read it before and found a site on the internet with all his books that you can read for free. I remember seeing the movie when I was a kid and loved it. I recently watched it again and that is the reason I went looking for an online text of it. Well while reading it I kept waiting for the giant chicken to attack them. It doesn't happen in the book, in fact the animals on the island are all normal. I couldn't believe how much different the book was from the movie. I mean not even close. No women ever landed on the island either. It just amazed me how much different the book is to the movie.

I thought it was normal for the scriptwriters to totally change the plot. I mean, it wouldn't ne their work if they didn't.

If they can write Sauraman out of book three of LOTR then what else can possibly be sacred.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:01 pm

Bryn Mawr;718628 wrote: I thought it was normal for the scriptwriters to totally change the plot. I mean, it wouldn't ne their work if they didn't.

If they can write Sauraman out of book three of LOTR then what else can possibly be sacred.
Good point Bryn. Now I think I will read "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" and see if Kirk Douglass is in it.:wah:

The Rob · Post by **The Rob** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:51 pm

That giant crab in the movie scared the beejaysus out of me when I first saw it as a kid.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:01 pm

Wait until you get to War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells..................it is very different from any movie.

The Rob · Post by **The Rob** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:09 pm

chonsigirl;719794 wrote: Wait until you get to War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells..................it is very different from any movie.

I loved both George Pal's and Spielberg's film versions, but Wells' novel still stands as one of my favorites. I've read it many times.