tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post3364343149070539419..comments2023-11-17T11:08:31.857-06:00Comments on Michael May: Dracula Adaptations | Count Dracula (1970)Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-58781096606607102872019-10-10T10:59:13.610-05:002019-10-10T10:59:13.610-05:00I don't think I have ever seen this one. I tho...I don't think I have ever seen this one. I thought Lee only played Dracula for Hammer. I want to see it now, so adding to my list. Thanks! Caffeinated Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116651473308629663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-39997210983562253732019-10-10T10:08:48.965-05:002019-10-10T10:08:48.965-05:00What's strange about Lee as Dracula is that th...What's strange about Lee as Dracula is that this was made <i>while</i> he was still making Dracula films for Hammer. So if we use the Bond analogy, it's like, what if <i>Never Say Never Again</i> came out in 1966 in between <i>Thunderball</i> and <i>You Only Live Twice</i>? <br /><br />As long as I'm being nerdy about Bond, I'll also mention that <i>Thunderball</i> was a movie treatment before it was a novel, so neither film was adapting just the book. Fleming developed the story with writer/director Kevin McClory, but it never went anywhere so Fleming turned it into a novel (making the mistake of putting just his own name on it). I don't remember how close the <i>Thunderball</i> movie we got was to the original treatment (I think, "not very"), but it's a weird case where other things than just the novel were bound to influence the story, including McClory's own ideas (which of course he also took into his <i>Never Say Never Again</i> remake).Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-73446416198652700872019-10-10T06:55:05.650-05:002019-10-10T06:55:05.650-05:00Sounds a lot like James Bond in Never Say Never. B...Sounds a lot like James Bond in Never Say Never. Bring back a classic actor associated with the role for another shot at a book adaptation. Though I don’t know that “Never” was any more faithful to its source material than Thunderball.<br /><br />As I often say adaptations by their nature are compromises.Erik Johnson Illustratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184274387021011687noreply@blogger.com