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Given the two plot summaries, does it even make sense to say that the 1992 film was "loosely based" on the King story? As far as I can tell, all they share is a title - no elements of the plot of the story seem to appear in the movie. john k 18:54, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
- The title is not the film's only Stephen King connection. Two scenes from King's version of The Lawnmower Man were in the movie, though in different contexts. The first is the remotely-controlled lawnmower chasing Harold Parkette through his house, smashing furniture before chasing him outside and killing him. The second is the police officer, after Harold's death, talking about "schizo-fucking-phrenia" and people being "crazy with the heat", telling another cop that the world is full of nuts and not to forget that, mentioning someone reporting Parkette being chased through his house with a lawnmower, and saying "birdbath" when a paramedic asks him where "the rest of him" is. There are a few other bits and pieces; the lawnmower man in both stories wears overalls and uses an "aged red power mower", and some of King's names were used (Harold, Carla, Parkette, Smith, Cooley, etc). Also, Dr. Angelo works for an organization called "The Shop" in the film. While never mentioned in King's version of The Lawnmower Man, The Shop was the organization featured in King's Firestarter novel and Golden Years miniseries. (FICT, 12 May 2006)
[edit] Computer Graphics
I've often seen this film included on lists of landmark movies in the development of CG. But there's no mention of that on the page. Would be interesting to see a more detailed description of the effects that went into the film. Would have to be written by somebody who knows more than me, though. --Lurlock 18:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- First time I ever remember seeing bump mapping in a commercial film.
- Although I'm sure the algorithm goes back to blinn circa 1978. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.143.136.60 (talk • contribs) 03:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC).
