Favorite Book into Film, Not Yet Done?
POSTED BY: Indigo
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 17:39
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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
I have a no excuse really; I grew up in Paraguay and as I was only three at the time Spanish was my first language, with the native guarani being me second. When we came back to England, I was nine, I spoke little English. However because I kept being teased at school I made a strong effort to learn English very quickly, and somehow somewhere along the way, my Spanish just left me, or I rejected it I don't know... :( It's kinda there but not in a good way.
That's a bit like with me and Korean..I moved to the states when I was 4/5 and learned English then and now I can speak both, but I'm way more proficient with English. I really wish I could be more fluent, especially now that we've moved back to Asialand.
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As for England - well I guess it's worth a visit... It has it's moments no doubt. I live in the countryside and I love it here, but it took me time to settle with England - the attitude is very different to what I grew up with in Latin America.
Yeah, I can see that...Also, I hear London is crazy crazy expensive. Not healthy for a wallet of my size.
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He, he. Yeah I'm excited about Serenity. I converted my two best friends to Firefly, and we're going together to watch Serenity on it's release. It's going to be a hoot!
That's pretty awesome! I've brainwashed some of my cousins and I had a friend randomly IM me from Hong Kong saying, "But what I don't understand is..Why do they all keep trying to speak Chinese?" :P Hopefully, I'll be able to convince some more of my friends once I go back to school in the fall..just in time for Serenity!
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Excellent!!! Wow I'm impressed. Have you stopped writing?
I started mine thirteen years ago. My approach is to just keep on adding to it. It's become, in it's own little way, quite dense. It's really a reaction to events I've expericed, that I then transpose onto make believe characters, creatures and landscapes through a muddle of poetry and prose and plain old simple storytelling. As I was quite young when I started it it initially began more as a jilted man's handbook, but it's moved on since then.
However as my influences were and are very much things like Hugo,Marquez, Cervantez and Galliano it's tragic for the most part.
Heh yeah, it was a lot of fun. I still write every now and then and plan to do a whole lot of it during the summer, when I have more time. Currently, I'm working on a couple of projects, one of them being a..well, I don't know how to describe it, really. I guess the premise is a bit like the Alchemist in that it's about just a boy, but in my story he grows up to be the historical Muslim ruler who built most of La Alhambra. It's a mix of history and fiction, with a lot of mythical/fantastic elements on the way. I think I may have to rewrite the entire thing though; I started it around last year and I only have the very beginning of it done, but so far, the writing is just kind of...bad. So yeah, more work on that is desperately needed. It does end quite tragically though. Haha yeah, I think all of this reading has influenced me way too much in the art of literary sadism/masochism.
Your project sounds really interesting...any chance of you posting it anywhere? I would love to read it. Dense mythology is always the best kind; just look at Tolkein.
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Friends have told me this - but I think there's too much hype presently for me to enjoy it just yet, so I'm waiting for some silence. Then I'll tackle them.
Haha that's actually quite prudent. I'm that way with a lot of things...I think because I grew up around Star Trek-crazy people, I've successfully avoided it my entire life.
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A farewell to Arms is just such an unusual book. It tells the story by the omission of words. That sounds crazy, but if you read it you'll see what I mean. The language of it is irregular, clipped even... Give it a whirl.
You know, that's a great way of describing Hemingway
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Originally posted by Astragynia:
Ooh, Neverwhere - I really, really like that book. I like the BBC series, too, but it - uh, how shall I put this - requires a fair amount of imagination and forgiveness to get around some of the low-budget-ness, terribly bad fight-choreography (to the point where you can't always tell that a fight was going on) and tacky music.
I heard a rumour somewhere that a movie of it was proposed, but the producers wanted to set it in New York City, so Neil Gaiman said no. I mean, New York!?!? Neverwhere without London just wouldn't be Neverwhere. It would be like doing Firefly without the ship.
I agree, but on the other hand, I wouldn't mind, if a first Neverwhere movie does well, a sequel heading for New York's Below or that of another city, since it did seem to be set up for it (hell, if they could make a Neverwhere TV series and they had to set it in NY Below, I'd be happy with that, so long as it was an actual sequel to the story that took place in London).
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I mean, New York!?!? Neverwhere without London just wouldn't be Neverwhere. It would be like doing Firefly without the ship.
I whole heartedly agree - I mean, you'd have to change the whole thing! Half (or more) of the charm of it is that there are so many London tube landmarks for names, etc. I totally support him standing by his creation just the way it is.
Although . . .
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I agree, but on the other hand, I wouldn't mind, if a first Neverwhere movie does well, a sequel heading for New York's Below or that of another city, since it did seem to be set up for it (hell, if they could make a Neverwhere TV series and they had to set it in NY Below, I'd be happy with that, so long as it was an actual sequel to the story that took place in London).
. . . I could also get into this idea, too! Always good to be forward thinking - I commend you, Star Pilot Grainger!
Speaking of his creations, I also really liked his book, [bold]Stardust[/bold]. Hmm . . . Another good idea for a movie right there!
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Originally posted by Anfa:
The BBC version - bless them, anyway - did it less than justice.
I'd been hoping for something as good as Hidden City http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095298/ -- that never came out on DVD.
HC's denouement seemed to allow for more stories. I thought it was an unsold pilot, but IMDB says it's a feature.
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My top choice would be the Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold. They are fabulous and would make a terrific set of films. I would love to see the title character/hero, Miles Vorkosigan, played by Kevin Spacey. I would have the books to script done by J. Michael Stracynski, director Stephen Speilberg and music by John Williams.
The 'Dark Matter' books from Wizards of the Coast (only four were put in print - "In Hollow Houses", If Whispers Call", "In Fluid Silence" and "Of Aged Angels", though a fifth "By Dust Consumed" went as far as an initial print before the series was cancelled by Wizards in favour of more profitable story-to-gaming titles and I couldn't get my paws on a copy for love or money). The books are based around the Hoffman Institute and all kinds of strange and weird phenomena and creepy stuff. Absolutely excellent story telling that should have been allowed to continue. This would be a mesmerising subject for a film. If you ever see any of the books on a shelf, nab them and read them!
Katherine Kurtz 'Deryni' books would be a terrific subject as would Mary Stewarts Merlin trilogy or Nigel Tranter's historical Robert the Bruce trilogy which reduced me to tears with the power of the writing.
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Originally posted by AMDOBELL:
Mary Stewarts Merlin trilogy
I hope they aren't even optioned for film, 'though I expect that's a doomed wish. The stories are wonderfully visual, but aach book would require hours to cover -- maybe a US-length-season of TV. I wonder if Peter Jackson would be interested? I think Richard Taylor would.
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Peter Jackson would be my preference.
"My days of not takin' you serious are certainly comin' to a middle" - Mal, "Firefly
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Originally posted by AMDOBELL:
Peter Jackson would be my preference.
Richard Taylor is head of Weta Workshop. PJ would definitely use Weta, but Richard also works with other directors.
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Piers Anthony's Apprentice Adept novels
Clive Barker's Weaveworld
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Quote:I agree wholeheartedly.
Originally posted by Jadehand:
I'd Love to see Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchet's GOOD OMENS: the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch. I think It'd make a great movie.
Quote:As much as I would like to see Alan's vision on the big screen, Hollywood would ruin it. Maybe I'm a cynic - okay, I am - but look what They've done to him so far. I imagine you've read the original The Watchmen screen play...? Dreadful.
Originally posted by TheUnblinkingKiller:Alan Moore's "Watchmen"
Quote:YT, YT, YT.... The mini-series was a valiant effort, but pales in comparison to the book (don't judge a book by its mini?). Find the BBC version of the novel (with all the good bits that the US version cut out) and forget you ever saw the mini.
Originally posted by YT:
Neverwhere is a 6-part miniseries http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115288/ . I bought it without having read the books, but didn't like it.
I wouldn't mind terribly if They would make a good version of Neil Gaiman's Murder Mysteries. Other'n that, I can't think of anything that hasn't already been mentioned.
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