tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post7996763962013693163..comments2024-03-20T01:16:08.502-07:00Comments on Double O Section: Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-48169836034064022752009-07-07T03:33:31.239-07:002009-07-07T03:33:31.239-07:00That sentence about wanting to include Dean Martin...That sentence about wanting to include Dean Martin style goofiness is just disappointing.<br /><br />A hard-boiled pulp fiction, reduced to a joke, an insulting jab at not only the genius of Donald Hamilton but also to the gritty character of our American spy-hero Matt Helm.<br /><br /><br />If they indeed go through with it and make a spoof, a parody of Bond as Dean Martin movies were - it would kill the Matt Helm novels forever.<br /><br />It is pathetic that Hollywood can have such blind bumbling buffoons who can't see a great story when it is obvious and already established in fans worldwide - its like finding gold and deciding to make toilet paper out of it.<br /><br />:-(<br /><br /><br />Hard-boiled fiction deserves a gritty edgy movie.<br /><br />There are still WW-II movies being made and there is still scope to make a thrilling spy movie out of those Helm missions. <br /><br />But I won't have my hopes set too high.<br /><br /><br />Why can't these nuts go remake "Our Man Flint" instead of ruining some fantastic author's life's work ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-30270177437830321972009-07-07T03:24:53.759-07:002009-07-07T03:24:53.759-07:00This is great news.
Hopefully we will see all Don...This is great news.<br /><br />Hopefully we will see all Donald Hamilton novels back in print and at leading bookstores.<br /><br />It is just sad Hamilton's talent and the great character he has in Matt Helm is lost to readers.<br /><br />Literature of course is reduced today to hype and marketing gigs - it is no longer about the story, it is how a p**p sells it.FFJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13994913329924127562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-32338403236779664212009-05-27T20:11:46.345-07:002009-05-27T20:11:46.345-07:00Re-releasing the whole run would be a cool dividen...Re-releasing the whole run would be a cool dividend of a new Helm movie.Delmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156851971491531444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-24800467730986440522009-05-27T12:51:32.567-07:002009-05-27T12:51:32.567-07:00Let's just hope they pick someone good to play Hel...Let's just hope they pick someone good to play Helm and not some flavour of the month. We need someone who can be as cold as the helm in the books.<br /><br />Also maybe this means the reissuing of the whole series with uniform covers.Brucehttp://www.bookgasm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-2846452257683536932009-05-27T01:46:43.059-07:002009-05-27T01:46:43.059-07:00If this is on the level and actually makes it to t...If this is on the level and actually makes it to the finish line, maybe Don Hamilton's final Matt Helm novel can see print posthumously.Delmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156851971491531444noreply@blogger.com