Talk:The Martian Chronicles (miniseries)

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Who vulgarly vandelized this page! Honestly I am really tired of fixing vandelism! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pegasus33 (talk • contribs) 01:56, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 00:57, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect characterization of book
The following sentence -- The script (by Richard Matheson) differs significantly from Bradbury's original novel from the 1940s;… -- incorrectly refers to Bradbury's book as a novel. It is a collection of short stories -- very similar to The Illustrated Man, which was also made into a film.

I suggest that the sentence be replaced with that information. Perhaps something like: Richard Matheson based the script on several stories from the original Ray Bradbury short story collection, The Martian Chronicles. (At least one story -- The Fire Balloons -- from Bradbury's The Illustrated Man was also used in the mini-series. That info could be added as well).

I see there's another sentence with the same error... Like Bradbury's original novel from the 1950s, the television series employs the concept of suspension of disbelief.

This sentence should just be ditched. Two problems: the writer does not seem to understand what "suspension of disbelief" means. And even if you accept that usage, there's nothing unique or unusual about "Martian Chronicles" with respect to "suspension of disbelief".

The word "novel" is also used in a link: "Television programs based on novels". Changing that would involve changing the referenced article I presume.

So this is just talk. If someone wants to make those changes, go for it. If you think I should, let me know and I will.

Take care,

Bdbluesman (talk) 01:42, 29 October 2015 (UTC)


 * The error is inherited. The credits for the series at the beginning of each episode say "Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury". There is no novel, as you say. Wastrel Way (talk) Eric

Interestingly, in one of his interviews, Matheson says that his goal was to "follow the original as closely as possible, which I did with few exceptions. I have seen what some people have done to ruin some otherwise marvelous projects, and I was not going to be guilty of that. The sole major change I made was to give it a sense of continuity by taking one of the characters from the third expedition and making him the main character throughout most of the stories." Also, the page says to "see episode summary below" in reference to these significant differences, but there are none explicitly listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gjcigarroa (talk • contribs) 06:55, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

I have removed this statement. It is unsourced and having read the book and watched the films, it is my opinion that there is little to no difference. The dialog is often lengthy direct quotes from the book. The series of events have been slightly changed and some small stories left out. I honestly think this is the most true to a book film adaptation I have ever seen. If anyone wants to source this and rewrite the sentences to a more neutral tone I welcome it. 71.47.127.32 (talk) 11:36, 17 July 2023 (UTC)