Hey, has anyone hear heard of Dirk Pitt, the character made by Clive Cussler. He writes WICKED good books like, Atlantis Found and Sahara which was turned in to a movie.
|ZiR| said:I've never read Cussler myself, but you all who have might find this thread over at the Something Awful forums interesting.
Huh. Is that a fair description of his work?
I agree. I may not be a fan of Matthew Mc but found Sahara to be a fun film. Thought it might take over from The Mummy series as one that could fulfill the Indy void but it didn't take off.kongisking said:I dearly love the Pitt adventures, and Sahara (the film that introduced me to the character and his world) was wonderful. It's a damn shame that it didn't become a film franchise. I would have loved to have seen Atlantis Found onscreen.
so your saying clive cussler is the motorhead or ac/dc of book writers. i can dig it. i've just started reading incan gold and i have to say i really like it. fast paced, adventure, and it doesn't make you think too much. a great summer read. much, much better then the girl with the dragon tattoo. i'm like 220 pages in and nothing has happened. give me a cussler any day.Finn said:Gotta agree with the quack. Yet, Cussler's one of my guilty pleasures. I confess, I've read all of the man's books, and I'm quite aware of their qualities. They're repetitive, all characters are cardboard cutouts and plot twists are as predictable as the lyrics of the next Britney Spears song. The man's idea for new characters is the same hero-sidekick pair with new names and outlooks (done twice now) and yet another megalomaniac, psychopathic villain of varying race and gender.
Yet, I keep reading the guy's works. Why? Because I know exactly what I'm getting. He can't disappoint me, because I know in advance every damn time what's going to transpire. And to be honest, you need things in life that are never going to change.
Uhh... yeah. A Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, a pretty nice, athmospheric classic mystery thriller with great characters and pretty captivating dialogue was quite nice as it was, but only now I realize how much better it would have been with few more explosions, shootouts and car chases.teampunk said:so your saying clive cussler is the motorhead or ac/dc of book writers. i can dig it. i've just started reading incan gold and i have to say i really like it. fast paced, adventure, and it doesn't make you think too much. a great summer read. much, much better then the girl with the dragon tattoo. i'm like 220 pages in and nothing has happened. give me a cussler any day.