Victor's Law of SF-Film Adaptation

The imminent release of the movie Surrogates provides the latest corroboration of Victor’s Law of SF-Film Adaptation:

The best way to get your work adapted into a science fiction or fantasy movie is to:

1. Do a graphic novel.
2. Be Philip K. Dick.

Surrogates falls into the former category. As for the latter, I also believe (call it a corollary) that somewhere there exists Federal regulation that mandates that at least fifty percent of all SF movies made must be adaptations from the works of Philip K. Dick. I mean, Jesus von Humperdinck, they’re remaking Total Recall!

(Don’t actually bother clicking that link; it only runs you head-first into imdb‘s attempt to monetize their site by making all their cool news available only on a paid-subscription basis.)

Clearly my work’s cut out for me: it’s either find and ingratiate myself to a mad-talented comic artist (other than the one I already had onboard, who’s sadly dropped off the planet), or reincarnation.

I’m planning to try them in that order. Which you may or may not find felicitous news.

Final, gratuitous thought: when people tell you, “Don’t be a Dick,” it may not be good career advice!

Indeed, it occurred to me, for SEO reasons, to rename this post “Who Says Don’t Be a Dick?” In a rare outbreak of good judgement, or perhaps good taste, I decided to refrain.

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