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Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short

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Followup to rec.arts.sf.written because news.eternal-september.org
doesn't allow me to post to more than one or two groups.

Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
> In article <XnsA8D2EF1B08796melchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
> Cryptoengineer  <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>>djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in
>>news:p7wnC4.20Ho@kithrup.com:
>>
>>> In article <pc258o01igv@news2.newsguy.com>,
>>> a425couple  <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>One of many relevant in
>>>>"Past predictions about the future that were way, way off"
>>>>
>>>>was this one
>>>>
>>>>"The Martian Chronicler falls short
>>>>
>>>>Responsible for dozens upon dozens of short stories, as well as
>>>>classic novels like Fahrenheit 451 and several film adaptations and
>>>>inspirations, Ray Bradbury made science fiction cool, or at least
>>>>mainstream. The average reader may not be familiar with his classic
>>>>dystopian stories such as "There Will Come Soft Rains" or "The Veldt,"
>>>>but have probably heard of The Butterfly Effect (loosely inspired by
>>>>his story "A Sound of Thunder") as well as his disquieting Disney
>>>>adaptation Something Wicked This Way Comes. Then there's his highly
>>>>influential sci-fi saga The Martian Chronicles, which document
>>>>colonial life on the planet Mars (not on Bruno or Veronica, just to
>>>>clarify).
>>>
>>> Which got a magnificent TV adaptation.
>>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&
>>> field-keywords=The+Martian+Chronicles
>>
>>Indeed. I recall it well. I didn't realize it had been released.
>
> Oh yes, for some time now.  I have a Laser Disc of it (remember
> them??) but no player.  I think I'll have to get the DVD the next
> time I have a little cash.  The Martians were authentically
> beautiful.  And I particularly remember Roddy MacDowell as a
> young priest....
>

The TV episode where Roddy MacDowell appears is a Hollywood treatment of 
"The Fire Balloons" (Bradbury). "The Fire Balloons" doesn't appear in 
_The Martian Chronicles_, instead it's in _The Illustrated Man_.
    The two missionaries, at least superficially, look like they belong
to a Spanish mission in California. Their appearance makes it easy for 
me to imagine them both as Catholic priests. But the Bradbury actually 
portrays them as Episcopalian Fathers.
    BTW, my new usenet software application enables me to now post UTF-8
characters. It's a shame that Brian M Scott apparently stopped posting
to rasw because he likes to use UTF-8. It's my understanding that google 
groups also enables the use of UTF-8.
    It enables me to close each of my posts with an end mark. The
character at the end of this paragraph is my end mark for the time 
being. It's the UTF-8 symbol for Mars, which doubles as the medical
symbol for male. ♂

Thank you,

-- 
Don

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The Martian Chronicler falls short a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-28 08:50 -0700
  Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-28 16:32 +0000
  Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-28 17:02 +0000
    Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-28 22:30 -0500
      Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-29 04:05 +0000
        Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-29 12:19 +0000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> - 2018-04-29 13:30 +0100
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-29 15:13 +0000
              Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-04-29 13:55 -0700
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Stephen Harker <sjharker@netspace.net.au> - 2018-04-30 17:29 +1000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-29 06:35 -0700
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-29 16:32 +0000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-29 15:09 +0000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-29 18:52 -0500
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-30 13:27 +0000
              Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-30 08:22 -0600
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 13:57 -0500
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 13:59 -0500
        Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-04-30 17:54 -0700
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-01 05:25 +0000
  Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-28 22:52 -0700
  The Martian Chronicler falls short Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-29 13:33 -0700
    Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-04-29 17:41 -0400

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