Comments on: The Poseidon Adventure http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-poseidon-adventure/ reading material to get excited about Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:25:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bookgasm: Reading Material to Get Excited About » Blog Archive » The Wheel of Darkness http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-poseidon-adventure/#comment-12306 Bookgasm: Reading Material to Get Excited About » Blog Archive » The Wheel of Darkness Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:05:14 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=604#comment-12306 [...] twists, the ship becomes a time bomb of impending doom, with an episode of disaster recalling both THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE and TITANIC. Hell, when a subplot involving casino card counters is equally as gripping, it’s [...] [...] twists, the ship becomes a time bomb of impending doom, with an episode of disaster recalling both THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE and TITANIC. Hell, when a subplot involving casino card counters is equally as gripping, it’s [...]

]]> By: Poseidon » » Hitch Magazine http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-poseidon-adventure/#comment-5764 Poseidon » » Hitch Magazine Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:37:15 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=604#comment-5764 [...] I’m not sure why audiences and critics were so harsh toward POSEIDON, Wolfgang Peterson’s remake of the inexplicably Oscar-winning 1972 disaster flick THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, as it’s a perfectly acceptable, escapist summer movie. A boat flips, people die. What more do you want? [...] [...] I’m not sure why audiences and critics were so harsh toward POSEIDON, Wolfgang Peterson’s remake of the inexplicably Oscar-winning 1972 disaster flick THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, as it’s a perfectly acceptable, escapist summer movie. A boat flips, people die. What more do you want? [...]

]]> By: BOOKS 2 FILM >> Poseidon » Bookgasm http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-poseidon-adventure/#comment-5756 BOOKS 2 FILM >> Poseidon » Bookgasm Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:39:59 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=604#comment-5756 [...] I’m not sure why audiences and critics were so harsh toward POSEIDON, Wolfgang Peterson’s remake of the inexplicably Oscar-winning 1972 disaster flick THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, as it’s a perfectly acceptable, escapist summer movie. A boat flips, people die. What more do you want? [...] [...] I’m not sure why audiences and critics were so harsh toward POSEIDON, Wolfgang Peterson’s remake of the inexplicably Oscar-winning 1972 disaster flick THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, as it’s a perfectly acceptable, escapist summer movie. A boat flips, people die. What more do you want? [...]

]]> By: FRIDAY AFTERNOON REGASM >> 6.2.06 » Bookgasm http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-poseidon-adventure/#comment-2769 FRIDAY AFTERNOON REGASM >> 6.2.06 » Bookgasm Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:12:14 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=604#comment-2769 [...] MONDAY >> 5.29.06 Rod was all over Penguin’s reissue of Paul Gallico’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. I can’t for the life of me figure out why this was ever popular. The whole shtick is just that the boat’s upside down? Nothing else? Call me desensitized, but there needs to be at least a rogue ape or deranged robot or something running about. [...] [...] MONDAY >> 5.29.06 Rod was all over Penguin’s reissue of Paul Gallico’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. I can’t for the life of me figure out why this was ever popular. The whole shtick is just that the boat’s upside down? Nothing else? Call me desensitized, but there needs to be at least a rogue ape or deranged robot or something running about. [...]

]]> By: Brian M. Thomsen http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-poseidon-adventure/#comment-2649 Brian M. Thomsen Tue, 30 May 2006 15:41:19 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=604#comment-2649 There's also the neat twist in the book that our intrepid pantheon of survivors are not the only ones to survive ... as they are being rescued they notice there are thirty other survivors being helped at the other end of the ship, allowing the passing thought "gee, was there an easier way ... and would more of us (including the little kid who doesn't make it in the book) be alive if we hadn't followed OUR leader." Nicely bitter. There’s also the neat twist in the book that our intrepid pantheon of survivors are not the only ones to survive … as they are being rescued they notice there are thirty other survivors being helped at the other end of the ship, allowing the passing thought “gee, was there an easier way … and would more of us (including the little kid who doesn’t make it in the book) be alive if we hadn’t followed OUR leader.”
Nicely bitter.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-poseidon-adventure/#comment-2613 Bruce Mon, 29 May 2006 20:01:21 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=604#comment-2613 Just be thankful Rod you did not have to endure that awful song The Morning After. Just be thankful Rod you did not have to endure that awful song The Morning After.

]]> By: Rod Lott http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-poseidon-adventure/#comment-2605 Rod Lott Mon, 29 May 2006 18:01:11 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=604#comment-2605 I'll grant you there are some soapy moments at the end, with the way the rape situation ties up being absoultely bizarre. The novel is very much a product of its time in terms of attitudes, but as an engaging story, I think it has aged well. I’ll grant you there are some soapy moments at the end, with the way the rape situation ties up being absoultely bizarre. The novel is very much a product of its time in terms of attitudes, but as an engaging story, I think it has aged well.

]]> By: Brian M. Thomsen http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-poseidon-adventure/#comment-2600 Brian M. Thomsen Mon, 29 May 2006 16:30:04 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=604#comment-2600 When I read this years back I was kind of taken aback by several "plot twists/character revelations" at the end. The book in many ways was more in the Arthur Hailey soap opera behind the scenes mode than the Scortia/Robinson (THE GLASS INFERNO) disaster unfolds genre. Still it is leaps and bounds beyond BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (where the book and movie are closer related ... and both obviously solely done for the $$$$) When I read this years back I was kind of taken aback by several “plot twists/character revelations” at the end. The book in many ways was more in the Arthur Hailey soap opera behind the scenes mode than the Scortia/Robinson (THE GLASS INFERNO) disaster unfolds genre.

Still it is leaps and bounds beyond BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (where the book and movie are closer related … and both obviously solely done for the $$$$)

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