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The Life and Mind of DamnBlackHeart
This is to help me stay actively writing. So expect to see rants, tips on writing, thoughts on subjects, me complaining of boredom, reviews, anime, movies, video games, conventions, tv shows and whatever life throws at me.
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Book Review: The Mummy Returns by Max Allan Collins |
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Nine years after their adventure in the desert, daring ex-legionnaire Rick O'Connell and archaeologist Evelyn Carnahan are happily married, with their precious son accompanying them on a dig in the desert.
What they accidentally discover is the key to locating the Lost Oasis of Ahm Shere, where the undead army of Anubis awaits the order to destroy mankind, and the hideous Scorpion King awaits those who will challenge his power.
Now, Rick and Evelyn find themselves in a deadly race against Imhotep and his sinister minions, with the fate of all humanity—and the life of their son—hanging in the balance…
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Sequels will never match up with greatness of the original, but this was decent because I know it could’ve gone much worst. Even so, I would much rather watch the film, then read the novelization again. The novel wasn’t terrible because it does follow most of the film’s plot, but there were some notable differences.
We get the backstory of Anck-Su-Namun and Nefertiri, extra information that fills in some of the blanks (such as why didn’t they look for and use the Book of the Living to kill Imhotep again) and more characterization of the characters like knowing that Imhotep isn’t completely heartless. He was lenient with Alex’s antics and never allowed any physical harm. He was even reluctant to kill him, but his desire to cause Rick pain outweighed his moral value, which is why he ordered Lock-Nah who was far more eager and thrilled to do it.
The film and as a result the novel too, felt rushed and the lack effort in keeping things consistent is quite noticeable. There’s some silly mistakes like how could Evelyn be the curator of Cairo Museum in 1925, when that’s a year before The Mummy even started? At the time she was a librarian and Dr. Terence Bey was still alive. And for Alex to be 8 years old, his parents would have had to have him in 1925, possibly conceived in 1924, but Evelyn and Rick hadn’t even met.
There’s also a few very obvious plot holes that for some unknown reason were completely overlooked. The major one is in the beginning, because if the twelve tribes of the Medjai number in the thousands, why weren’t they able to stop the excavation of Hamunaptra in the first place? If the cultist was too much for Ardeth’s tribe to handle, why not get Horus, his beloved bird companion to summon the others for assistant?
It’s not all bad, there were some parts that I enjoyed that weren’t in the film such as when Rick mispronounced the ancient Egyptian, “Mi Phat Ahs!”, which is ‘I am your disciple’ to “My fat a**!”
There’s also the ending in which Rick and Imhotep were hanging at the edge of the crevice. It’s mostly the same as the film, but the difference is that in the novelization before Imhotep lets go, he gives the couple parting words. I feel like it makes the scene even more tragic when you find out what he said.
“Imhotep—before he fell. He said something in ancient Egyptian.”
She nodded. “He said…'Love that lasts longer than the temples of the gods.'”
Note: I made a post listing the differences between the film and its novelization, as well as include some information that the audience doesn’t know about the characters, and/or scenes.
 DamnBlackHeart · Fri Mar 25, 2022 @ 03:22am · 0 Comments |
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