tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post5206315071657432250..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Happy Birthday, Doc Savage!mybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-18883591604044676892008-02-17T16:44:00.000-06:002008-02-17T16:44:00.000-06:00Yeah, it's too bad they didn't do Doc justice in t...Yeah, it's too bad they didn't do Doc justice in the movie. I liked the movie for certain touches, but it wasn't really Doc.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-77124490020712258712008-02-17T10:58:00.000-06:002008-02-17T10:58:00.000-06:00I thought the movie had some hints of what a Doc f...I thought the movie had some hints of what a Doc film could be. I'm thinking of Doc chasing the Mayan assassin and the fight on the yacht. I remember hearing that the film was shot "straight" then camped up on orders from the studio.I don't know if that's true or not.<BR/><BR/>I do know that when my wife and I saw RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK for the first time I said, "THAT'S what a Doc Savage movie should have been!"<BR/><BR/>Sigh. Maybe one day.Mark Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15554011945292854614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-44919649040301332562008-02-17T09:46:00.000-06:002008-02-17T09:46:00.000-06:00I've read most of the Bantam reprints and all of t...I've read most of the Bantam reprints and all of the "new" novels by Farmer and Murray. They were a lot of fun. The movie was okay. Personally i thought they could have done better.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.com