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Series rec: Catch-22 on Hulu.

1to392831weretaken1to392831weretaken Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,630 Swaye's Wigwam
in Yellow Snow's Record Shoppe
It's both nothing like the book and really in the spirit of the book at the same time. Mostly, it's just surprisingly good.
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  • Mad_SonMad_Son Member Posts: 10,180
    It is next on my watch list. Glad it's good.
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  • GreenRiverGatorzGreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    Never read the book, but I can understand why so many readers were upset with the different tone the show took. That said, the show was awesome, and even though it was apparently more somber than the book, it was pretty fucking funny. It had a very Wes Anderson vibe to it.
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  • Pitchfork51Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 26,962
    edited June 2019
    Great book. Not sure how you could capture the same tone in film.
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  • DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 63,539 Founders Club
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Never read the book, but I can understand why so many readers were upset with the different tone the show took. That said, the show was awesome, and even though it was apparently more somber than the book, it was pretty fucking funny. It had a very Wes Anderson vibe to it.

    Like in Californication, when Hank Moody's bestselling book, God Hates us All, was made into a film starring Tom Cruise called Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
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  • GreenRiverGatorzGreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    DerekJohnson said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Never read the book, but I can understand why so many readers were upset with the different tone the show took. That said, the show was awesome, and even though it was apparently more somber than the book, it was pretty fucking funny. It had a very Wes Anderson vibe to it.

    Like in Californication, when Hank Moody's bestselling book, God Hates us All, was made into a film starring Tom Cruise called Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
    Does that mean we get to see George Clooney get punched?
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  • 1to392831weretaken1to392831weretaken Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,630 Swaye's Wigwam
    Pitchfork51 said:

    Great book. Not sure how you could capture the same tone in film.

    Probably my favorite book, yet I still really liked the series. It was weird seeing (a pared down version of) the story in a linear order. The show's ending was quite different, too, but both were good.

    I quickly learned to see it as "Catch-22 themed" and was able to quite enjoy it.
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