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Ring books and movie question

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So like i didnt know this.

Q: Aren't the movies based on some books?

A: Yes, the trilogy of Ring, Rasen, and Loop by author Suzuki Koji. A fourth book, Birthday, is a series of short stories that includes "Lemonheart," the basis for the movie Ring 0. While the movies Ring and Rasen were adaptations of the novels, Ring 2 was an original story by director Nakata Hideo and screenwriter Takahashi Hiroshi, and portrayed events wildly different from those of the books. For more on Loop, which has yet to be adapted for the screen, see the question near the end of this page.

Got it from here- <a href="http://ringworld.somrux.com/faq.htm" target="_blank">http://ringworld.somrux.com/faq.htm</a>

So anyone seen Rasen? Is it any good? I was reading the latest Rue Morgue and the book (and from reading the facts on the other books, somewhere else)seem to be better than the movies.

i might check out that first book and hope they release the rest. it'd be interesting for the american sequel to be based more on the second book.
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Well, Rasen is the red headed step child of the Ring movies. It came out basically at the same time as the original Ring appeared in theaters. It was basically a direct sequel to the original tale, but going for more of a Robin Cook medical horror tale. Ultimately it was completely ignored when Ring 2 came out, sorta like the way Elm Street 2 is ignored. It has a great premise of dissecting the body of the last victim of Sadako and realizing that she is infecting herself into everyone that reads this manuscript that was left behind. The manga that I read got really trippy at the end...but it sounded good. The movie was supposed to be horrid though, but the book I would most certainly read.
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