Gone Girl On The Train...Celebrity Death-Match. Are both Powerball and Celebrity Death-Match copyrighted? Besides the obvious book titles. Gone Girl On The Train In One Epic Therapy Session. Or a Phil Donahue show with the characters as panel guests. I remember seeing a video of Deepak Chopra, as a guest of Conan O'Brien, advising Conan about Jordan Schlansky. What would Mr. Chopra say about these story characters? What would a panel of Super Soul Sunday talking heads say?
Home is where my books are. In one week I read both Girl On The Train and Gone Girl (Not to mention, The Casual Vacancy the week before). Lucky me, I guess. I don't read suspenseful books. Allow the paranoia to set in. Blackouts, smiling redheads, marionettes, a jar of vomit and truly despicable characters. Do I know an Amazing Amy in real life? Oh, God people are mad. I need to read a book about decent people with happy endings, even if it's a children's book. I recently read "Dragons Love Tacos". I'm going to read Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict next or Life of Pi. Will these books be able to erase the chalk outlines of tales of woe?
Has anyone created a reader fiction of Gone Girl and Girl On The Train? God help these characters, man.
Imagine being Rachel's sober buddy. Or, a girl road trip comedy staring Megan and Amy. Or, Scott and Nick having a conversation. Maybe someone will edit a video of both movies on Youtube? Batman meats Owen Shaw (Fast and Furious). "Go Get 'um Batman".
I haven't watched the movie Gone Girl. No way is the movie better than this book. Though I do like it that the author, Gillian Flynn, wrote the screenplay. However, if the movie is playing on basic cable in two years, I'll watch the edited version for at least two commercials. Or, until a car commercial comes on.
I know someone who is reading Girl On The Train right now. They also read Gone Girl. I can't wait to compare notes. I can't wait to start on my next book.
I can't wait until the Patriots game starts.
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What would happen if all these characters won the Powerball? Would they seek therapy? Would their lives change for the better? Would they all end up killing each other?
I hope Rachel would find sobriety. I hope Megan wouldn't have died, I hope she would have been in therapy. I hope Amy would be a Batman super villain.
I hope Gillian Flynn writes about Amy having the last word with Greta and Jeff. Like the end of Silence of the Lambs when Dr. Lector, hangs up the phone with Clarice Starling, and follows Dr. Chilton in some warm climate town.
The Patriots are winning 14 - 6 at the half. God Speed.
