What do y'all want to see?

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STRANGEBIRD

Monday, February 18, 2008 11:17 AM

Ok, now we've all seen the threads where we discuss and rant about what upcoming films we just can't wait to see. This one here is for what movies or series we'd love to see that just aren't happening yet. Don't matter if it's scifi, fantasy, remakes, drama.... whatever.

So... What y'all want to see? Describe the book/comic/series/other and why you'd like to see it on the big screen or making a comeback on TV. Firefly/Serenity goes without saying.

I'll start us off with one. Might do a list later.

"The Word/Void" book series by Terry Brooks.
They've started on his "Elfstones of Shannara" but frankly I think that's one of his more overrated stories. The Word/Void is a contemporary, small-town fantasy series about a girl of unusual talent and a haunted, prophetic dream ravaged Knight. It begins with "Running with the Demon" continues in "A Knight of the Word" and comes to a tragic, exciting end with "Angel Fire East". Even if only a made for TV series on Hallmark or something it would be nice.

I strongly suggest reading this book series if you haven't already. I'm sure you'd agree with me that it would make a fine film series.

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ECGORDON

Monday, February 18, 2008 12:28 PM

I've been waiting for David Fincher and Morgan Freeman's production of Rendezvous With Rama for more years than I would like. It better happen one of these days.

Also, I would love to know what the status is on Tim Minear's screenplay adaptation of Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

Lastly, I think Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun would make an awesome mini-series or movie franchise.

MUGGI

Monday, February 18, 2008 12:29 PM

Ugh they choose Shannara? That series was so-so after book 2..don't know why it stayed popular for so long. I haven't read the series you mentioned, but Landover is much better than Shannara, though tongue-in-cheek.

If I had to see a stand-alone movie made in the fantasy genre, I'd like "Faerie Tale" by Raymond Feist. I loved the book for the fact that it shows the darker side of the cute little sprites and such always seen in print and film.

SPACEANJL

Monday, February 18, 2008 12:31 PM

C J Cherryh - the 'Atevi' sequence. Though they'd have to animate. Or 'Paladin'.

W Gibson - 'Neuromancer'. We have the tech to do it properly now.

N Gaiman - 'American Gods'

S Cooper - 'The Dark is Rising'. Not that bastardised abhomination they spawned a while back. What the bloody hell was that rubbish about? V Nasty.

I'm interested to know how they are going to do the 'Shannara' stuff - I only ever read the first three. After a while, the unremittingly grim massacres began to get to me. But the Ellcrys would be something to see. I'm surprised nobody has bagged the 'Belgariad' yet - that seems ripe for fabulously epic mini-series with magical special effects. I mean, cod-Arthurian overtones aside...

edit: I forgot the Landover stuff. That, I could see. Heinlein - how about Citizen of the Galaxy?

edit2: R Holdstock 'Mythago Wood'

edit3: If we're doing Feist, how about the 'Magician' sequence?

MYGOODEYE

Monday, February 18, 2008 1:12 PM

there was mention awhile back of a film adaptation of the Metroid series (Nintendo). i honestly wouldn't know how they'd do it without completely removing any faithfulness to the game. likely it would turn out awful (like Resident Evil/ Doom etc) but I'd like to see it anyway. without wanting to fallinto a bottomless pit of geek, Samus Arran is a big damn hero of mine heh

I'd like to see a remake of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and not to wuss out of all the gore/ explicitness of the comic. i refuse to even watch the original film. they really should just leave Alan Moore alone, and im very nervous about the Watchmen adap. least its not in the hands of a complete idiot.

MUGGI

Monday, February 18, 2008 1:29 PM

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Originally posted by SpaceAnJL:

W Gibson - 'Neuromancer'. We have the tech to do it properly now.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037220/

It was announced early in 2007. Will it happen? Who knows. Supposedly it has a $70m budget.

If you haven't read it, you can find Gibson's screenplay (from like 1990) on the 'net. It's..not bad. He cut quite a bit out of the book, obviously.

DARKFLY

Monday, February 18, 2008 1:35 PM

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Originally posted by mygoodeye:
there was mention awhile back of a film adaptation of the Metroid series (Nintendo). i honestly wouldn't know how they'd do it without completely removing any faithfulness to the game. likely it would turn out awful (like Resident Evil/ Doom etc) but I'd like to see it anyway. without wanting to fallinto a bottomless pit of geek, Samus Arran is a big damn hero of mine heh

I'd like to see a remake of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and not to wuss out of all the gore/ explicitness of the comic. i refuse to even watch the original film. they really should just leave Alan Moore alone, and im very nervous about the Watchmen adap. least its not in the hands of a complete idiot.

I was totally gonna say Metroid too. Not much of a Nintendo fan but God I love those games & Samus, have to get Samus out of the suit at the end of the movie

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Wing Commander (video game) sequel or remake, loved the film adaption being a big WC fan, and would die for another Wing Commander film. Think realistic sci-fi about a squadron of space pilots, similar to the show Space Above & Beyond.

I want a film adaption of the hugely popular RTS video game series Command & Conquer, more importantly Red Alert. Red Alert was my first proper PC game I ever played at the tender age of 6 & remains one of my favourite games to this day. And Nadia, they have to get the same actress who played Nadia in the live action cutscences in between missions.

Half Life is begging to made into a movie, the lead designer on the game has even said they have had loads of Hollywood offers but they've turned them all down since the scripts were shit. Half Life 2 is the best PC game of all time & is the closest a game will ever get to being like a film.

I would love to see the teen book Mortal Engines & its 3 sequel (Hungry City Chronicles) turned into movies. The book is set in a postapocalyptic steampunk world, ravaged in ages past by a nuclear holocaust known as the "Sixty Minute War,". To escape the earthquakes, volcanoes and other instabilities, English inventor Nikolas Quirke designed a system known as Municipal Darwinism, where entire cities essentially become immense vehicles known as Traction Cities, and must consume one another in order to maintain themselves in a world deprived of most natural resources. Although the planet has since become stable again.

My most wanted movie would be of a film adaption of one of the greatest graphic novels ever made, "The Dark Knight Returns". It would be so perfect if Tim Burton & Michael Keaton got back together & made The Dark Knight Returns with Keaton now the perfect age to play Batman (in The Dark Knight Returns Batman is a lot older). And only Burtons direction could make this film work, & obviously get Danny Elfman to do the music once again & get Michelle Pfeiffer to play Selina Kyle.

EDIT: Here's a gif I created a few months ago which I managed to find.

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REGINAROADIE

Monday, February 18, 2008 1:48 PM

I'm not totally up on sci-fi and fantasy books, but one kind of sci-fi title that is being made that I'm concerned about is THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy. If treated with the same love and care a reverence for Cormac's writing style that the Coen Bros. gave to NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, I think this movie has the opportunity to reinvent the "post-apocalypse" sub-genre and be a truly amazing movie.

Anyone whose read McCarthy knows he's not your typical author. For starters, he's a notoriously reclusive author. He's only done a handful of interviews, two of them only recently. He's a minimalist author who spends tons of time describing the world around him which you could describe as horrifically poetic. There's very little dialogue, and his characters don't even have real names. They're just The Old Man or The Boy. And it's just very bleak. I gave THE ROAD to my Dad for Xmas thinking he'd really dig it. He understood it and got on it's wavelength. But I don't think he'll be reading it again or rush out to get his other books.

So if the filmmakers who are making THE ROAD take the same approach the Coens did with NO COUNTRY, then I think there could be another cinematic masterpiece courtesy of Cormac McCarthy.

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STRANGEBIRD

Monday, February 18, 2008 3:14 PM

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Originally posted by Muggi:
Ugh they choose Shannara? That series was so-so after book 2..don't know why it stayed popular for so long. I haven't read the series you mentioned, but Landover is much better than Shannara, though tongue-in-cheek.

The Word/Void is worlds better than anything else Brooks has done. I enjoy most of the Shannara series but it's definitely not Tolkien.

There's been a Landover film in the very early stages for over five years now. I think everyone from Tim Allen to Tim Robbins has been connected to the roll of Ben Holiday.

Also should add the same dweeb who screwed Harry Potter in The Goblet of Fire is helming the "Elfstones of Shannara". Ofcourse so far nobody has made a decent Potter film.. would have helped if the books weren't overrated angsty crap. I've read them all, enjoyed them to a degree then realized JK Rowling has very little writing talent. Lady sure can sell books though.

Anyway, Metroid would be nice. I remember hearing some rumors awhile back. Hopefully it will get made. And hopefully by someone good like Del Toro or maybe someone lesser known but classy... and never Uwe Bol. I'd rather a new movie never be made again then to even hear he's doing one.

What do y'all think about a movie based on that 80's series "Tales of the Gold Monkey"? It would be a nice change from all the fantasy films and superhero flicks we've been getting lately. Especially if they could get the original Goose and film down in the South Pacific. Hawaii is always nice but lately after so many films it's getting far to familiar... atleast to me.

On a similar note a movie adaptation of Jimmy Buffett's novel "Where is Joe Merchant?" would also be interesting. They could even use the same Grumman Goose for the Hemisphere Dancer.

One of these days they'll get around to "Ender's Game" hopefully they'll not try for a Harry Potter in space. I doubt Card would let go of the reins unless he was absolutely sure it would be treated right.

And lastly I'd really love to see a movie continuation of "Quantum Leap". You cannot possibly believe that Sam's altering the timeline by making sure Al never became involved in the project made it cease to exist. Even if it set it back a few years it'd still happen. Oh well I've heard Belisario has been working on scripts and shelving them for years so if he hasn't thought anything up yet I doubt he ever will. Hopefully he'll atleast do another fantasy/scifi type series again someday. There are atleast 4 of his series in my top 20 list.

Edit: I can't believe I mentioned "Where is Joe Merchant" and forgot "A Salty Peice of Land". It would make an amazing series of movies, maybe made for tv movie series or a couple for the big screen. No one too famous in the roles except maybe Cheech Marin making a cameo as a Mexican Fisherman or something. And maybe Jimmy Buffett as Bucky or somebody. Oh and John Cleese as Archie Mercer.

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MYGOODEYE

Monday, February 18, 2008 3:46 PM

i feel the exact same way about Harry Potter/ JK Rowling, Strangebird. i cannot understand the response her books got. i used to be a fan of the Worst Witch books when i was a kid, so Harry Potter was nothing short of big fat rip off to me.

and yeh Del Toro would be good for Metroid. i havent thought about who would be good to direct it, just those i didnt want to direct it!

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