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Old 08-19-12, 09:28 PM   #8
Kaye T. Bai
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Right now, I'm worried about it being shown on TNT. The original book had some very dark subject matter (and some juicy subject matter, if I may add), and being shown on a cable network would require a lot of it to be edited for television.

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Well, since in the book the US DDG is not the "last ship" but the Soviet Submarine Pushki, I would imagine a bunch would need to be changed.
I thought submarines were considered boats, not ships? Oh, and spoiler alert!

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Sounds a bit like On The Beach to me, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Agreed. I haven't read On The Beach yet, unfortuately (I know, silly me), but I really liked the movie adaptations of it.

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It's only two weeks old. Necro requires a bit longer than that.
Okay, thanks for the info. I was worried because on some of the more busier forums I've been on, even one week was considered a necro. Thanks.

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