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Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book

  1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws”
  2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”
  3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries”
  4. John Hammond from “Jurassic Park”
  5. Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless”
  6. John Rambo from First Blood
  7. Jean Valjean, in Liam Neeson’s “Les Miserables”
  8. Tad Trenton in “Cujo”
  9. Dr. Ian Malcolm in “Jurassic Park”
  10. Ben Richards in “The Running Man”
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Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book

  1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws”
  2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”
  3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries”
  4. John Hammond from “Jurassic Park”
  5. Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless”
  6. John Rambo from First Blood
  7. Jean Valjean, in Liam Neeson’s “Les Miserables”
  8. Tad Trenton in “Cujo”
  9. Dr. Ian Malcolm in “Jurassic Park”
  10. Ben Richards in “The Running Man”
  11. Saruman in “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”

An odd example – Saruman survives in the movie’s theatrical version, but dies in the extended edition.

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Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book

  1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws”
  2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”
  3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries”
  4. John Hammond from “Jurassic Park”
  5. Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless”
  6. John Rambo from First Blood
  7. Jean Valjean, in Liam Neeson’s “Les Miserables”
  8. Tad Trenton in “Cujo”
  9. Dr. Ian Malcolm in “Jurassic Park”
  10. Ben Richards in “The Running Man”
  11. Saruman in “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”
  12. Billy “Badass” Buddusky in “The Last Detail”

Apparently retconned in the sequel “Last Flag Flying”

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Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book

  1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws”
  2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”
  3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries”
  4. John Hammond from “Jurassic Park”
  5. Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless”
  6. John Rambo from First Blood
  7. Jean Valjean, in Liam Neeson’s “Les Miserables”
  8. Tad Trenton in “Cujo”
  9. Dr. Ian Malcolm in “Jurassic Park”
  10. Ben Richards in “The Running Man”
  11. Saruman in “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”
  12. Billy “Badass” Buddusky in “The Last Detail”
  13. T.S. Garp in “The World According to Garp”

Next up: Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields --> Limitless
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields --> Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums --> A Patch of Blue
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields --> Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums --> A Patch of Blue
  4. Nothing Lasts Forever --> Die Hard
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While technically true, I always felt that Garp wasn’t going to survive very much longer…
Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior –> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields –> Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums –> A Patch of Blue
  4. Nothing Lasts Forever –> Die Hard
  5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? –> Blade Runner
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields --> Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums --> A Patch of Blue
  4. Nothing Lasts Forever --> Die Hard
  5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? --> Blade Runner
  6. Rita Hayward & The Shawshank Redemption --> The Shawshank Redemption
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields --> Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums --> A Patch of Blue
  4. Nothing Lasts Forever --> Die Hard
  5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? --> Blade Runner
  6. Rita Hayward & The Shawshank Redemption --> The Shawshank Redemption
  7. Shoeless Joe --> Field Of Dreams
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior → The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields → Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums → A Patch of Blue
  4. Nothing Lasts Forever → Die Hard
  5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? → Blade Runner
  6. Rita Hayworth & Shawshank Redemption → The Shawshank Redemption
  7. Shoeless Joe → Field Of Dreams
  8. The Body → Stand By Me
    While posting my own example from Different Seasons, did a slight fix on #6. :slight_smile:
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields --> Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums --> A Patch of Blue
  4. Nothing Lasts Forever --> Die Hard
  5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? --> Blade Runner
  6. Rita Hayworth & Shawshank Redemption --> The Shawshank Redemption
  7. Shoeless Joe --> Field Of Dreams
  8. The Body --> Stand By Me
  9. The Short Timers --> Full Metal Jacket
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields --> Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums --> A Patch of Blue
  4. Nothing Lasts Forever --> Die Hard
  5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? --> Blade Runner
  6. Rita Hayworth & Shawshank Redemption --> The Shawshank Redemption
  7. Shoeless Joe --> Field Of Dreams
  8. The Body --> Stand By Me
  9. The Short Timers --> Full Metal Jacket
  10. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale --> Total Recall
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields --> Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums --> A Patch of Blue
  4. Nothing Lasts Forever --> Die Hard
  5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? --> Blade Runner
  6. Rita Hayworth & Shawshank Redemption --> The Shawshank Redemption
  7. Shoeless Joe --> Field Of Dreams
  8. The Body --> Stand By Me
  9. The Short Timers --> Full Metal Jacket
  10. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale --> Total Recall
  11. Lost Moon --> Apollo 13
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields --> Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums --> A Patch of Blue
  4. Nothing Lasts Forever --> Die Hard
  5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? --> Blade Runner
  6. Rita Hayworth & Shawshank Redemption --> The Shawshank Redemption
  7. Shoeless Joe --> Field Of Dreams
  8. The Body --> Stand By Me
  9. The Short Timers --> Full Metal Jacket
  10. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale --> Total Recall
  11. Lost Moon --> Apollo 13
  12. Babylon Revisited --> The Last Time I Saw Paris
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Movies that changed the title of the work they were based on

  1. Life With Mother Superior --> The Trouble With Angels
  2. The Dark Fields --> Limitless
  3. Be Ready with Bells and Drums --> A Patch of Blue
  4. Nothing Lasts Forever --> Die Hard
  5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? --> Blade Runner
  6. Rita Hayworth & Shawshank Redemption --> The Shawshank Redemption
  7. Shoeless Joe --> Field Of Dreams
  8. The Body --> Stand By Me
  9. The Short Timers --> Full Metal Jacket
  10. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale --> Total Recall
  11. Lost Moon --> Apollo 13
  12. Babylon Revisited --> The Last Time I Saw Paris
  13. The Positronic Man --> Bicentennial Man

Pass.

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New! French philosophers

  1. Albert Camus

(tomorrow is his birthday)

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French philosophers

  1. Albert Camus
  2. Voltaire
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French philosophers

  1. Albert Camus
  2. Voltaire
  3. René Descartes

When asked if he’d like fries with his order, Descartes said: “I think not!” – and promptly disappeared.

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French philosophers

  1. Albert Camus
  2. Voltaire
  3. René Descartes
  4. Michel De Montaigne