The Day After Tommorow

[Anonymous]

Now this is where I get really pissed off. I have an extensive library of books at home, most of which I have read, and a month ago I was looking for something to read, and I found a novel called the Day after Tommorow. It is an amazing book, and I was pretty damned impressed by it, and on the plane back from South Africa, this guy said, 'You know they are making a film about it?' and I got even more hyped up abou this book. Having just read the book I thought this was a godsend. So when I got home I went onto the website for the film and I was slightly concerned when I saw a great big picture of a flooded New York, seeming that this never happened in the book, infact, I recall them never even going to new york. But I thought that they might be using a bit of artistic licence and I let the case rest.
Now I have come to realise that some Hollywood producer thought that it would be a great idea to make a film about nuclear aftermath. Great. Apart from one thing. YOU DON'T STEAL THE NAME OF A GOOD BOOK TO DO SO! Ahh, I think I feel a bit better now. Damn those name stealing fancy pants.

[Anonymous]

Ive seen the trailer for the film about 3 months ago it looked very good, i guessed it was based on a novel/book as most films are, but what was the book about, the same thing?

There are many films that are called the same thing but are completly different i.e. problem child

The origonal Problem Child was a horror movie about a 7 year old boy who goes around killing people, this movie was banned and never heard of again, people tryed to get it rereleased but it didn't work.

The second problem child was a child comedy staring one of those now old pervy actors that always did films with children, it was ur typical child humor, but no way compares to home alone etc.

2 completely different films named after the same thing... just works out that way i suppose.

[Anonymous]

I've seen a movie called Lord of the Rings that was about something else entirely...admittedly, cheap porn knockoffs of films (see: shaving ryan's privates, good will humping, etc) probably don't count in this section....ah well


There are only so many titles that can be thought of, they must overlap somewhere.

[Anonymous]

:| Huh, now you've got me confused. A nuclear aftermath? Im pretty sure that The Day After Tomorrow is about global warming creating a shitload of storms and floods.. At least thats what they said in the trailer...

[Anonymous]

i also thought that the day after tomorow was about how we end up dstroying ourselves and global warming decides to create  a load of storms that destroy everything.
Tnen again maybe some countries thought that these storms were created by some country so launched their nukes for some reason

[Anonymous]

That was a good book.

Not even remotely the same topic as the movie, though.  Now I'm wondering why there wasn't some sort of lawsuit about this....

[Anonymous]

Check out "Under Siege" the movie, then read "Under Siege" the novel by Dean Koontz.

[Anonymous]

That's rather surprising...I mean, you would think people affliated with the novel wouldn't be too happy that their title is blatantly being used without any kind of compensation.

[Anonymous]

Mansfield Park!  A beautiful book, arguably not one of Austen's best novels, but my favorite nonetheless.  I heard they were going to turn it into a movie, and I groaned.  It was a cute movie, it's true, but how they managed to change so much of it so it would turn out to be nothing like the book is beyond me.

My opinion; if Hollywood wants to bastardize good books, go ahead, but at least do it under a different name.

[Anonymous]

Ummmmm. Actually, i believe the title came from the 60's movie The Day After, which was about nuclear apocalypse (probably the movie you looked up). And i'm not even sure of that. Because this movie The Day After Tomorrow is about an enormous storm that basically consists of every natural disaster happening at once, not nuclear apocalypse. I'm pretty sure this is the one you. So technically, your book probably stole its name from The Day After (though it may not have), which im pretty sure that the movie The Day After Tomorrow did as well. Also, "the day after tomorrow" is a really common phrase, so i wudnt be surprised if it was just coincidence. Plus, The Day After Tomorrow will be a kickass movie. How can you beat mass destruction on a global level? You just can't.

[Anonymous]

Plus, The Day After Tomorrow will be a kickass movie. How can you beat mass destruction on a global level? You just can't.

You really can't. The entertainment value is so rad. It's probably not going to be a movie where you're going to have to think very hard. I imagine it'll go something like this for most of the movie.

Arbitrary Scientist #1: "EGATS! Every volcano on earth is erupting amidst massive earthquakes, tidal waves and colliding hurricanes!"

Arbitrary Scientist #2: "We must warn the president!"

President: *insert collective plan to pacify the chaotic masses while saving the world from certain destruction*

*NATURE ATTACKS*

*Running*
*Screaming*
*Two young people are brought together by impossible odds and common tramatic experiences*
*Running*
*Screaming*
*Enacting of a whirl-wind plan to save the human race*
*The plan is jeopardized by:
A) A traitor
B) Another impossible odd
C) A moral dilemma - "do I save him or her?"
*Plan is miraculously fulfilled*
*Humanity is saved*
*Two young people live happily ever after*


Yep...I hope it won't be that ludacris, but movies featuring a vengeful nature are often capable of being simplfied to something similar.

[Anonymous]

You left out being frozen in nuclear winter. I believe a saw a movie poster of a icelandic New York City, which was covered in snow and only the high rise buildings are above the level of the snow. That and you can only see Lady Liberty's Tourch.

I'm not so sure about this one though. I mean, we've seen these type of movies show up over and over, whether it be attacking aliens, or asteroids from movie like Deep Impact, Armageddon, and Independence Day. Of course, there's a lot of potential in a movie like this. Two out of the previous three mentioned went on to do very well in the box office. Movies with catostrophic events appeal greatly to audiences because everyone would want an idea of what it would be like to be in imminent doom. The thing is though, I'm not sure about this one. It seems that too much is happening (keep in mind, this is from no previous knowledge of the story and/or book). I mean, it seems pretty cool, but friggin' huge storms and hurricanes, volcanoes erupting, NYC freezing over, etc...it just seems too much. I hope the actors can pull it off to make a convincing story, but other than that I think the only thing this movie has got going for it is the visually stunning graphics and scenes of death and destruction.

[Anonymous]

I believe you're still missing the point. MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MAYHEM AND DESTRUCTION. If the actors can run and scream, it will be good enough for me. I really like movies that make you think and with really good storylines. But every once in a while, i just wanna see a movie where everything goes to hell.

[Anonymous]

It'll be in the vain of Armeggedon or Independance Day, I imagine.  Recognizable places getting destroyed by something improbable, yet not impossible.  I believe that the true rules of global warmingness (we already got El Nino and that's not a big deal) will not be followed.  Oh well, lots of special effects and it'll be a winner.

[Anonymous]

That doesn't seem to be the plot of this movie. The plot appears to be the prediction of every natural disaster happening at once, and of course it comes true. I think Siren put it best.