# I saw an advance screening of Sahara last night (Spoilers in Boxes) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211 "2005-04-07T14:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211/21 "2005-04-07T23:50:06Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > Did they find the cat in the gun turret? Uh…what cat? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211/22 "2005-04-08T00:15:31Z")
I have both read the book and seen the film. However I should warn you that I hated the book. It is the only Clive Cussler I’ve ever read and it is the only Clive Cussler I’ll ever read. So left out of the movie are Abe Lincoln kidnapped and held on Ironclad. The UN commando squad. The doctors being held in the mines. They leave out the explaination as to whose plane that is in the middle of the Sahara. The battle at the old fort. The appearance of Clive Cussler. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211/23 "2005-04-08T19:15:26Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > So nyah, nyah! > > Anyway, it was a pretty good movie. A bit of a MacGuyver-ish feel, but a good time was had by all…adventure & comedy. > > I recommend it. Just be prepared to suspend your disbelief…not \*too \* high, though. I am sorry about crapping on your thread. I don’t know what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211/24 "2005-04-08T19:16:56Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > I am sorry about crapping on your thread. I don’t know what I was thinking. For your name alone, I’d forgive you a lot of sins. This isn’t a big one at all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211/25 "2005-04-08T19:44:55Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I have both read the book and seen the film. > > However I should warn you that I hated the book. It is the only Clive Cussler I’ve ever read and it is the only Clive Cussler I’ll ever read. > > So left out of the movie are > > The appearance of Clive Cussler. I forgot this was the book where Cussler wrote himself in as a character, and he and Dirk Pitt sat around admiring each other for a while. :smack: His books are the literary equivalent of Charles In Charge. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211/26 "2005-04-08T19:48:33Z")
> [@sleeepy2](#): > > I forgot this was the book where Cussler wrote himself in as a character, and he and Dirk Pitt sat around admiring each other for a while. :smack: Actually, I believe he’s also done that in every Dirk Pitt book _since_ Sahara. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211/27 "2005-04-08T19:49:12Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > For your name alone, I’d forgive you a lot of sins. This isn’t a big one at all. 🙂 Thanks. _Note to self: **Anaamika** is a sucker for a nice name_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211/28 "2005-04-08T20:06:58Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > Thanks. _Note to self: **Anaamika** is a sucker for a nice name_ No, only for a Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett name. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211/29 "2005-04-08T20:24:16Z")
I am reading my first Pratchett book, well not as I speak, but as my falling asleep book. Disc world 1. It is enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211/30 "2005-04-09T00:23:49Z")
i, for sure thought this wasn’t cussler’s story. he swore up and down he would never, ever, ever, let hollywood near his characters after the “titanic incident”. i’m a bit disappointed. nightprobe and treasure were my fav.s of his books. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-advance-screening-of-sahara-last-night-spoilers-in-boxes/298211.md?page=1)