# Cases Where the Movie Version Has Taken Over **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 17, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cases-where-the-movie-version-has-taken-over/1001711 "2024-05-17T18:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cases-where-the-movie-version-has-taken-over/1001711/241 "2024-06-06T17:10:17Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > altho the Japanese version of _Door into Summer_ might be okay. It is. I’d also recommend **Predestination** (based on _All you Zombies…_) And, with reservations, **The Puppet Masters** (although that would have been a LOT better if they’d kept the future setting) There’s also a short film adaptation of **Life Line** that I hjaven’t seen. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cases-where-the-movie-version-has-taken-over/1001711/242 "2024-06-06T17:11:14Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > And of course many movies have been _inspired by_ Philip K. Dick novels, but afaik none have actually been adapted. Besides those listed above, there’s also **Paycheck** , which isn’t all that bad. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cases-where-the-movie-version-has-taken-over/1001711/243 "2024-06-06T19:14:13Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It is. Thank you, good to know. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cases-where-the-movie-version-has-taken-over/1001711/244 "2024-06-06T19:44:09Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It is a great book, but none of Tim Powers books have been made into a film, nor even optioned- AFAIK. Please name a book you could adapt well. I don’t think any really could be. Powers’ “secret history” and incorporation of other concepts makes for good books but I don’t see what would work well on screen. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cases-where-the-movie-version-has-taken-over/1001711/245 "2024-06-06T19:45:54Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Please name a book you could adapt well. Me? Not too likely. but Drawing of the Dark could be- fantasy horror. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cases-where-the-movie-version-has-taken-over/1001711/246 "2024-06-06T20:07:52Z")
“You” in the general of course. But that is one that came to mind along with The Anubis Gates. Even those are rather winding in their plots. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cases-where-the-movie-version-has-taken-over/1001711/247 "2024-06-06T20:12:27Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > “You” in the general of course. But that is one that came to mind along with The Anubis Gates. Anubis Gates is very dark horror-fantasy. Del Toro would be perfect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cases-where-the-movie-version-has-taken-over/1001711.md?page=12)