tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865964480875330371.post3087614376923906532..comments2023-08-31T16:18:49.613+01:00Comments on THE AFRIKA REICH Trilogy: X is for XAVIER MARCHGuy Savillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02783684707279806529noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865964480875330371.post-61814642412139308512014-11-08T10:30:17.295+00:002014-11-08T10:30:17.295+00:00Russell - I have indeed seen the movie and share y...Russell - I have indeed seen the movie and share your assessment. It is pretty bad. My overriding memory of it is the absurd ending on the bicycle! <br /><br />I once read an interview with Robert Harris where he said that originally it was going to be made as a big budget thriller directed by Mike Nicholls with Harrison Ford as March... but that when they did audience research the results came back that people didn't know there had been a second world war or that the Nazis had won it. I assume he was only part joking. Whatever, the plan for a big film was dropped.<br /><br />I don't think we'll be seeing a film of TAR any time in the future I'm afraid...Guy Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783684707279806529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865964480875330371.post-71232892863416250552014-11-06T23:49:11.750+00:002014-11-06T23:49:11.750+00:00Wondered if you'd seen the HBO movie? If you h...Wondered if you'd seen the HBO movie? If you haven't, don't bother, it's DIRE! Rutger is okay and Miranada Richardson makes a decent Charlie but it deviates from the novel for now good reason and has a totally stupid ending! When will we see Afrika Reich the Movie???Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865964480875330371.post-27668320784079753302012-08-23T22:34:57.402+01:002012-08-23T22:34:57.402+01:00Anon - had x2 anonymous comments within 10 mins so...Anon - had x2 anonymous comments within 10 mins so assume you're the same poster as on 'D is for...'. Happy to take anonymous comments, but there's also a function to leave your name even if you don't want to sign into Blogger. Always prefer replying to a name!<br /><br />I've never really thought about the techno-thriller angle. I normally associate that sub-genre with something contemporary. However, as you rightly identify I did want to introduce some of the hardware the Nazis were developing, something Harris and Deighton mostly overlook.Guy Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783684707279806529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865964480875330371.post-14162283360284426292012-08-23T00:09:22.618+01:002012-08-23T00:09:22.618+01:00Would you say yours is also a 'techno-thriller...Would you say yours is also a 'techno-thriller' because unlike Fatherland and ss-gb it features the technology the nazis were developing like the gunships and jet fighters etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865964480875330371.post-52961671271923534282011-09-10T00:09:33.690+01:002011-09-10T00:09:33.690+01:00Kitty - Alas, Neliah isn't in Book 2... but sh...Kitty - Alas, Neliah isn't in Book 2... but she does reappear for Book 3. In the meantime I think you'll like 'N is for...' ;o)<br /><br />GxGuy Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783684707279806529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865964480875330371.post-55017703607840803662011-09-10T00:08:31.571+01:002011-09-10T00:08:31.571+01:00K - interesting that you cared more for Burton bec...K - interesting that you cared more for Burton because his motives were personal. I hadn't thought of interpreting it that way before (I always saw their personal nature as nudging him more in the direction of amorality). Always fascinating to get other views. <br /><br />'Mein Krampf' made me laugh! <br /><br />GxGuy Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783684707279806529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865964480875330371.post-77441785294085714462011-08-31T23:25:55.109+01:002011-08-31T23:25:55.109+01:00Yay for doing something fresh with Afrika Reich. M...Yay for doing something fresh with Afrika Reich. Much as I adore Burton, I am so enamoured with the most amazing Neliah! Now she had politics and personal imbedded in her bones and I do hope to read more of her in your next book! <br /><br />p.s. a pic of Rutger Hauer looking moody is always welcome!<br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865964480875330371.post-15313265575765352662011-08-30T14:33:58.747+01:002011-08-30T14:33:58.747+01:00Hi Guy, I definitely cared more about Burton becau...Hi Guy, I definitely cared more about Burton because his motivations were personal rather than political. There've been several items in the media in recent days about how Nazi and neo-Nazi policies are best made irrelevant via humour rather than given the respect of debate. Even in a alternative history I was happier to see Burton take the Indiana Jones approach of 'I wish these lunatics would stop getting in the way of my quest' (I paraphrase). Similar for the least heroic member of Dr Who's gang locking Hitler in a cupboard in the recent episode.<br /><br />However, I do like this stork who's wandering around Germany promoting his biography 'Mien Krampf' <br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-stork-sticking-its-beak-into-the-german-far-right-2345878.html<br />If we really have to challenge fascism again, who better to do it than a cartoon bird? Leave Burton to his own adventures - can't wait to see what he does next...<br />K xKatharine D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17324719518391248689noreply@blogger.com