10 Sci-Fi Movies That Deserve To Be Made

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

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Originally posted by MacBaker:
Sorry Jongsstraw, but I beg to differ. Joss himself has admitted that Mal and the ship Serenity was inspired by Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon.

Granted, Joss brought more to the Malcolm Reynolds character and his ship Serenity, than George ever did with Han.

Joss also gave his character a far better crew to fly with, than George's idea of a "Walking Carpet" and "Farm Boy" as side kicks.

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

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So now you're using Joss as an authority on Firefly? That t'aint fair!
I would love to see a sequel for Galaxy Quest.

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LOL! Well, he wasn't the only genius writing that show, but it was his baby, so YEAH!

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

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Originally posted by MacBaker:
Well, other than Serenity II and Halo, the other choices suck.

Here's my picks!

1. Serenity II
2. Halo
3. Ghost in the Shell (as a live action movie)
4. Cyborg (An updated version of Martin Cadin's book, that the Six Million Dollar Man series was loosely based on).
5. Galaxy Quest 2 (You know you want it!) :)
6. Buffy, the movie. (with the series cast, and Angel included)
7. Doctor Who the Movie (With current Doctor, David Tennet, and bring back Rose)!!!
8. The Day the Earth Stood Still (A modern remake)
9. Space Balls II
10. Serenity III

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Great Thinkin' MacB ! A naughty man you are , to slip in Serenity 3 like that !

Also , 'Cyborg' is an inspired choice...Marty's books were great ! Might as well make the sequels to Cyborg , also...'Operation:Nuke' and 'High Crystal'...both were great reads !

Seein' that the next Indy film will be called 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' had gotten me thinkin' back about the 6Mega-buck Man books , 'High Crystal' particularly...

I'd love to see Clarke's 'Rendezvous With Rama' added to any top-ten list...The movie could not be made without CGI , but it would be a 'trip' like 2001...Morgan Freeman owns the rights ; wish he'd get busy with that !

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I'd like to see Joss make David Webers "Honor Harrington Series" into a major motion picture. It would suit Joss nicely with the strong female lead. The spaceship battles depicted in the books would be the most awesome thing ever seen on screen.

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Ok here goes,


Angel: His Girl Friday (based on the Misty Flores fanfic, updated would make a killer movie)

Dark Angel (we do need to see how the transgenics go out and begin to fix Max's broken world)

Serenity 2 (Please bring in Tim Minear to help out this time Joss)

Reboot

Roughnecks: Starship Trooper Chronicles Finale (The dialogue was recorded years ago, Sony could start prodution today if it wanted)

Captain America (something that completely throws political correctness out the window and introduces us to a soldier from the forties, I have a script in the works)

Deus Ex (based on the first Warren Specter game)

Full Throttle (this tale of bikers in a dystopian future with its dark and quirky sense of humor would be really entertaining)

XMen: The Age of Apocolypse ( An animated franchise reboot with a new and very large cast including Jim Carey as the voice of Abyss)

Star Trek: Semper Fi (couldn't resist:)


Honorable mention:

Birds of Prey: The Series (another extension of the DCAU started by Bruce Timm/Paul Dini... again, I have a few ideas:)




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The fellow only gets points for putting Serenity II on top of that list. But the rest is pathetic. He's basically putting vidio games on the screen.

The Matrix does need a prequel, though. The first one was awesome, but 2 and 3 ruined it.

There is one movie that I can think of that needs a serious re-do, and that's The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy. I haven't even finished reading the book yet, but I know that the movie does the story no justice.

My list (not stictly sci-fi, don't read alot of the stuff):
1~Serenity II
2~Fantastic Four III
3~Men in Black III
4~Ghostbusters III
5~Serenity III

And I can only think up five. Pathetic, I know, but I'm not a big movie buff. More like a reading buff. Now, I could give you a good-sized list of all the books I'd want... LOL.


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yes yes this has the right idea

Serenity/Firefly has so many, no no not the right phrase. Has got "too" many stories not to get a sequel

Halo and Starcraft should get a movie cause they need one and they'd be just fun tio watch. They maybe just shoot them up no stop explosions but a movie like that now and then is healthy

and Doom needs to be done right, plain and simple

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I'm all for Honor Harrington & Galaxy Quest II!

I'd also add Elizabeth Moon's Vatta's War series to my list. Great strong female lead with plenty of space travel, intrigue & action to make into a series of movies (too much info for just one, and you couldn't leave it at just one!).

Oh, yeah, and Serenity II & III (natch)!!!

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Totally agree, as opposed to SERENITY 2, the rest I could live without. Not a video game person so movie versions of HALO and other games I could care less about. Never cared for THE MATRIX, so the ten minute prequel was enough for me. And I'm starting to think I'm the only person on the planet that doesn't consider the SW prequels blasphemy. Jeez, is there so much sour grapes in the STAR WARS fanbase that it's spilled over into the original trilogy?

As per the ones suggested, GALAXY QUEST 2 is iffy, since both GHOSTBUSTERS 2 and MEN IN BLACK 2 sucked. Sci-fi/fx comedies are incredibly tricky and very rarely work. The originals do, but the sequels don't, so as cool as it would be to see GQ2, I know it might not work. And as per BACK TO THE FUTURE 4? I would have the same vehemence to it that all the STAR WARS fans have with the prequels. That's where all my prequel hatred would go towards. BACK TO THE FUTURE is my Holy Trilogy, and one of the reasons I like it is because the creators have said that 3 is enough. After filming Part 3, lightning struck the Hill Valley 1885 set and it burnt to the ground. They took that as a sign that they should never make a 4.

So, what sci-fi flicks would I like to see? Well, aside from SERENITY 2, RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA definitely as a Freeman/Fincher reunion. I've never read any of the JOHN CARTER OF MARS books, but I'm excited by the Pixar adaptation that's in the works. But the one book that I'd be very impressed if it were to actually get made, even if it were a poorly made version, is UP THE LINE by Robert Silverberg. Anyone whose read that book knows that it is an almost impossible book to adapt, what with the jumping to various centuries of the Byzantine era and the paradoxes that it's filled to the brim with, as well as tons of sex (and not good sex too. One character boasts about having sex with his grandma in the past. Ewww.)

Oh, and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is getting re-made with Keanu Reeves as Klattu. I know one guy wants this remade, but to me this would be like remaking 2001 or PLANET OF THE APES. Complete blasphemy. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is one of the few absolutely perfect science fiction movies ever made. It's almost 60 years old, yet it hasn't aged a day. So in terms of this remake, I am proceeding with extreme prejudice.

I dunno. I'd be more impressed with an original science fiction movie that's not based on a book or video game. You know what I'd like to see? A sci-fi version of GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? You know, a normal boy meets girl, both like each other, but families butt heads type story, but it would be between humans and an intergalactic race. I mean, you could see that on maybe STAR TREK, but by the original series, various species from across the universe were already fucking.

If someone were to do that, they'd have my respect as a storyteller. I know it's a simple story, but usually the simplest stories are the msot revolutionary.

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