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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 127543" data-attributes="member: 23">It&#039;s interesting you picked up on the disaster film element. One of the books I&#039;ve read includes an analysis that Jaws nicely bridged the gap between the disaster movies of the early Seventies and the slasher films of the late Seventies, with elements of both.Spielberg has always steered clear of categorising Jaws as a monster movie, choosing instead to treat it as &quot;an A-Z adventure story&quot;.Indeed. But I guess the conflict comes from the element summed up by the Mayor: &quot;Amity is a summer town. We need summer dollars&quot;. The people that live on the island year round (less than 1,000) are relying on the income generated by the summer tourists (when the population expands to over 10,000) to see them through the winter. The book goes into more depth with this, firstly by painting a picture of previous poor summers and the disastrous effect it&#039;s had on the townspeople, and then by letting the reader know that once word of the shark got out the majority of accommodation was still empty at the height of summer where it would normally be packed to capacity.It&#039;s still not a disaster in the sense of an earthquake or volcano heading towards the town, but they definitely have to deal with it or quality of life would suffer hugely.Yes - that would almost definitely happen today.There was a love affair in the book between Brody&#039;s wife and Hooper the shark expert which really affected the dynamics between the three men on the boat.Interesting. I&#039;ve only seen it once and am hoping to rewatch it this summer, so I&#039;ll look out for the water.Re-reading the first two books recently, I was thinking how Amity: The Series would make a great vehicle, in the same way that Psycho gave us Bates Motel. There&#039;s so much more detail in the books - so many different characters and angles. The aforementioned affair, mafia subplots, sexual tension between the younger characters in Jaws 2. Plus some of the victims are expanded on. It would make a great ongoing series I&#039;m thinking three seasons at around ten episodes a pop.Oh - no need to say sorry, Willie. If it&#039;s not your cup of tea, then it&#039;s not your cup of tea. But good for you giving it another shot. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 127543, member: 23"] It's interesting you picked up on the disaster film element. One of the books I've read includes an analysis that [I]Jaws[/I] nicely bridged the gap between the disaster movies of the early Seventies and the slasher films of the late Seventies, with elements of both. Spielberg has always steered clear of categorising [I]Jaws[/I] as a monster movie, choosing instead to treat it as "an A-Z adventure story". Indeed. But I guess the conflict comes from the element summed up by the Mayor: "Amity is a summer town. We need summer dollars". The people that live on the island year round (less than 1,000) are relying on the income generated by the summer tourists (when the population expands to over 10,000) to see them through the winter. The book goes into more depth with this, firstly by painting a picture of previous poor summers and the disastrous effect it's had on the townspeople, and then by letting the reader know that once word of the shark got out the majority of accommodation was still empty at the height of summer where it would normally be packed to capacity. It's still not a disaster in the sense of an earthquake or volcano heading towards the town, but they definitely have to deal with it or quality of life would suffer hugely. Yes - that would almost definitely happen today. There was a love affair in the book between Brody's wife and Hooper the shark expert which really affected the dynamics between the three men on the boat. Interesting. I've only seen it once and am hoping to rewatch it this summer, so I'll look out for the water. Re-reading the first two books recently, I was thinking how [I]Amity: The Series [/I]would make a great vehicle, in the same way that [I]Psycho[/I] gave us [I]Bates Motel[/I]. There's so much more detail in the books - so many different characters and angles. The aforementioned affair, mafia subplots, sexual tension between the younger characters in[I] Jaws 2.[/I] Plus some of the victims are expanded on. It would make a great ongoing series I'm thinking three seasons at around ten episodes a pop. Oh - no need to say sorry, Willie. If it's not your cup of tea, then it's not your cup of tea. But good for you giving it another shot. :) [/QUOTE]

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