# Name a Great Book that turned into a Crappy Movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-great-book-that-turned-into-a-crappy-movie/52404>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 30, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-great-book-that-turned-into-a-crappy-movie/52404 "2001-01-30T15:07:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-great-book-that-turned-into-a-crappy-movie/52404/61 "2001-02-02T23:29:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \*  
> \*\*1) Starship Troopers - GREAT novel. Movie SUCKED. Paul V, if you can’t afford powered armor, DON’T DO THE MOVIE!!! What next, “Planet of the Apes” “Well, we can’t afford the makeup, pretend they are apes…”  
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Given they were able to afford to do all those CGI alien hordes they should have been able to do CGI power armor.  
Chalk it up to director maliciousness, as was the consensus in the GQ/GD thread on the subject.

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**Author:** ![dmbock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@dmbock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmbock)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2001, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-great-book-that-turned-into-a-crappy-movie/52404/62 "2001-02-03T10:13:14Z")

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“Stuart Little”. One of my favorite childhood memories turned into a piece of drivel.

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