Ghost Rider: Official Novelization

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

This actually makes me feel a little better about the movie. I aqppreciate it when filmmakers hold back and actually try to explore the characters a little more.

Yeah me too, films that do that stand up to repeat viewings as well also.

 

[FlameHead]

I'm mergin' this with the novelization thread. Just givin' you a heads up.

 

[3dman27]

I'm mergin' this with the novelization thread. Just givin' you a heads up.

not to question your authority flamehead ,but why not leave the two threads seperate the don't seem to have that much to do with each other besides involving gr

 

[FlameHead]

You're talking about the novel aren't ya? Am I wrong?

I have no problem reversin' it but, if it's novel talk, why not keep it in the novel thread?

 

[3dman27]

You're talking about the novel aren't ya? Am I wrong?

I have no problem reversin' it but, if it's novel talk, why not keep it in the novel thread?

yes i refer to the novel thread
from post 51 on its discussing the movie itelf not the novel

 

[webhead731]

I got the novel Wednesday night and I'm almost done with it now. It's hard to read when you have other work to do.

It's REALLY good so far. The only problem I have is some lines may be corny if not done right.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Man, im trying REAL hard not to read any of the novel before i see the movie, lol. t:

 

[Josh Bond]

I can't wait for this movie! I actually love movies with origins. This sounds really cool, I really want to see GR kick the hiddens' a$$'!!

 

[webhead731]

I finished the novel early this morning. It was friggin' fantastic. The story was good and the action seemed nice. I have a few worries though, hopefully this book was based off an earlier version of the script and there were changes made for the movie.

 

[3dman27]

I finished the novel early this morning. It was friggin' fantastic. The story was good and the action seemed nice. I have a few worries though, hopefully this book was based off an earlier version of the script and there were changes made for the movie.

in most cases the novels AREbased on earlier script versions thats why they someime enclude parts not in the movie said scenes were scrapped or rewritten after the book went to press

 

[Tempest19]

Some of the dialouge will hopefully be changed or edited out. Overall the story was GREAT!!!! It was just a couple of one liners that made me cringe, such as "I'm going to get you Johnny Blaze!", etc.

But, one thing that I found- isn't there a fight with a helicopter on a rooftop? I either forgot about reading that or that wasn't even in the book...

 

[webhead731]

It's based on an earlier version of the script. So no, it wasn't in there. A piece from that scene is in the trailer though, at the end.

The part of Ghost Rider riding on top of the arch of the bridge wasn't in the novel, and

Spoiler

when he road into the water, instead of flipping the cops off he smiled.

But those have changed, thank goodness.

 

[Tempest19]

/\ Yeah, thought so. Thank god. Because the screenplay was great and now knowing that was just an earlier draft- can't wait to see the final product. That whole city GR scene is going to be AWESOME!!!!

 

[FlameHead]

Just found this pretty good review of the novel:
http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/ghost-rider/

While all signs indicate the movie may be a stinker, the GHOST RIDER novelization is anything but. Quick and painless, Greg Cox’s adaptation of Mark Steven Johnson’s screenplay revs things up from the start and moves as fast as its hero’s Satanic motorcycle.

Sticking fairly close to the origin outlaid by the comics, Ghost Rider comes to be when stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the devil in exchange for his father (rather than father figure) being rid of disease. Mephistopheles does just that, then pulls a fast one by having the elder Blaze expire in a nasty crash. A crafty one, that devil!

A deal’s a deal, meaning that when night falls, Blaze is putty in Satan’s hands and his head becomes a flaming skull. Making this most inconvenient is the return of the one true love of his life, TV reporter Roxanne Simpson. Long ago Blaze had to leave her in order to save her; now he may have to save her all over again, as Ghost Rider is dogged by a supernatural enemy appropriately named Blackheart and his team of elemental warriors.

Having already penned several other genre novelizations, Cox knows how this game works: in speed. Waste no time setting up the plot, sustain that momentum and most transgressions of narrative can be forgiven. Those include Simpson’s unrealistic on-air dialogue (which movies and TV never get right) and a rather predictable, routine finale (likely more the fault of Johnson than Cox).

With Ghost Rider such a visual-dependent character, the jury was out on whether a pure-text treatment could do him justice. Cox delivers, with an enjoyable fantasy-laden adventure of demons and dirt bikes. –Rod Lott

 

[Fantasyartist]

About the only thing that i didn't much care for was Latino actress Eva Mendes getting the role of Johnny Blaze's lover Roxanne Simpson- for the same reason I opposed African American actor Michael Clarke Duncan being cast as Daredevil's nemesis the Kingpin( in the original comic, the Kingpin was clearly cast as white) and Jessica Alba getting the role of Susan Storm Richards in the movie version of "The Fantastic Four" ( Ms Alba is of course Latino as well. This is NOT a matter of racism( I myself am black- I just feel that the movie version of a comic book character should stay as faithful to the original as possible!)

Terry

 

[crazy sock]

eh. yer right about alba n mendes,ESPECIALLY alba. even though shes hot n a good actress, the invisible woman is just like so WHITE in the comics, shes like wonder bread white. n they tried to make it like she was white with the contacts n the hair, and also human torch was actually white. michael clark duncan as the kingpin was alright with me though. made kingpin GANGTA. he coulda been bigger though,like more kingpin size.