What do y'all want to see?

POSTED BY: Strangebird
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 17:56
VIEWED: 8939
PAGE 3 of 4

PREV PAGE 1 2 3 4 NEXT PAGE

CAPTAINDAN

Monday, February 18, 2008 7:55 PM

how about "The Diamond Throne" with Chiklis as Sparhawk and Johnny Knoxville as Kalten? Also, "The Riddle of Stars" trilogy would be fun with todays technology in filmmaking.

cd

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:27 AM

They finally made Point of Impact into "Shooter" so that takes one of the list.
They've been holding the rights to John Sandford's "Prey" series for over a decade, be nice to finally see it made.
Elizabeth Moon's Heris Serrano/Esmay Suiza series.
They kinda ruined Clancy's Jack Ryan with Ben Affleck, but making the John Clark stories from the 70's would be cool - who to replace Willem Dafoe?
More Due South.
If they hadn't mucked up "The Destroyer" with that Fred Ward attempt, be interesting to see more of the early entries. By Sapir and Warren.
Dean Koontz's Strangers. but it's sorta dated, most of that is no longer news.
Dean Koontz's Dark Rivers of the Heart - still pertinent. Or maybe more so.
The Good Guy, from Koontz.
Six Million Dollar Man, or other similarly based upon Cyborg, but not that comedy stuff with Jim Carrey!
More Batman with Christian Bale.
More Die Hard.

BADKARMA00

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:47 PM

I'd really like to see R. A. Salvatore's Drizzit Do'urden, the Dark Elf, trilogy, made into a movie series.

If done right, it'd be awesome, I think.

I think I'd also enjoy John Ringo's series about the Posleen invasion, beginning with Hymn Before Battle, being made into movies as well. It's gritty, and funny.

If not that one, then Ringo's Into the Looking Glass.

Bad_karma
Great and Exalted Grand Pooba, International Brotherhood of Moonshiners, Rednecks, and Good Old Boys.

MONKSDAD

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:30 PM

Ok, I would like to see (obviously) a firefly/serenity movie again but i want it like this.... I want a 7 episode mini-series to lead into another theatrical release movie, then I want another 7 episode mini-series to lead into the third and final movie. you can spread these out over the next 10 years for all I care.

I would also like a StarWars Knights of the old republic movie penned by Mr. Joss Whedon... I would love to see his writing in that Verse.

More christian bale batman, A Superhero movie with Mr. Fillion in the leading role (pick one have joss write it)

"And I think calling him that is an insult to the psychotic lowlife community."

STRANGEBIRD

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:17 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by badkarma00:
I'd really like to see R. A. Salvatore's Drizzit Do'urden, the Dark Elf, trilogy, made into a movie series.

If done right, it'd be awesome, I think.

I agree. R.A. Salvatore does action better than most other writers. He's no Tolkien but for a fun, action-packed, sometimes surprisingly deep read, he's not bad.

A Drizzt book could be a bit difficult. The universe isn't owned by Mr. Salvatore, even if the characters are. I can see it being done, just that the legal stuff could be complicated.

His Demon Wars series would be a more likely bet. I actually count the original trilogy among my favorite books and the subsequent continuations are pretty good. "The Highwayman" is definitely the weakest book in the setting. It's not bad it just doesn't flow right to me. I haven't read "The Ancient" yet but I'm not as excited about it as I would be another book taking place after the Demon Wars series. So much happened in the last book however, that it felt rushed and unfinished. Kinda disappointing.

<------<<< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~(*)~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>------>

"When you can't do something smart, do something right." -Jayne quoting Book

2% of teens have not smoked pot, if you are(or were) one of the 98% that have, copy this into your signature.

BADKARMA00

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:41 PM

I agree about the Highway man. I was terribly disappointed. It had great potential, but was frittered away, I felt.

And good point about the ownership thing. Hadn't thought on that.

Bad_karma
Great and Exalted Grand Pooba, International Brotherhood of Moonshiners, Rednecks, and Good Old Boys.

KIRKULES

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:42 PM

I heard in 2004 that Tonic Films http://www.reeltonicfilms.com/ had aquired rights to film a movie based on Karl Edward Wagner's "Death Angels Shadow". Since then I haven't heard a peep about it. They still have it on their web site as a current project so I haven't given up all hope.

STRANGEBIRD

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:40 AM

Rights are acquired all the time. Sometimes the studios just buy them to keep someone else from making it first. Sometimes I think they even forget the bought them.

On a similar note "The Hobbit" may not be happening after all. With the Tolkien Estates lawsuit against the filmmakers it'll at least not be happening anytime soon. Part of me understands WHY they are filling a lawsuit but the other part just wonders why the hell they are doing it now. I know Christopher Tolkien doesn't fully approve of the films. I believe he commented on Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn. That I can see. Viggo did a good job but really didn't look the part. He wasn't tall enough, not to mention his blue eyes. Anyway seems we won't be getting "The Hobbit" in 2010 like we thought. So I'd like to add it to my list of movies I think should be made. "The Lord of The Rings" films didn't come close to how great the books where but at least they captured the essence better than any other fantasy adaptation ever made. A film is such a different media from books that no movie will ever be what a book can be. It's simply not possible. The Tolkien Lawsuit may be about money but I think it's also about stalling the movie until the rights default. Of course I don't think they like who the rights go to then either.

<------<<< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~(*)~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>------>

"When you can't do something smart, do something right." -Jayne quoting Book

2% of teens have not smoked pot, if you are(or were) one of the 98% that have, copy this into your signature.

KAYNA

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:55 AM

To jump on the Neil Gaiman bandwagon, Neverwhere. I know it started life as a BBC show but I just felt so limited when compared to the book. I can just imagine it with Hollywood's resources. Oh and Stardust the real story. Not the super mega positive love and light will always triumph monodimensional film that they made. The existing movie is enjoyable but shallow.

Mercedeys Lackey's Vows and Honor books would make good movies. The first one is mostly a collection of stories about Tarma and Kethry but the first part would do well in Hollywood and leave an opening for a series as everyone seems so into doing recently (how many Shrek films do we need?). Revenge stories usually do well. Actually, thinking about it, I could see these as a TV show. There are plenty of ready made storylines in the books plus room to create more.

Also The Hunter's Moon by O. R. Melling. Faeries, magic, and a grand quest in a contemporary setting. And I just found out that this is actually the first in a series of four books. I've had it for years but never knew the others existed. I should remedy this...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

STRANGEBIRD

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:39 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kayna:
Also The Hunter's Moon by O. R. Melling. Faeries, magic, and a grand quest in a contemporary setting. And I just found out that this is actually the first in a series of four books. I've had it for years but never knew the others existed. I should remedy this...

I'll have to read those. After reading the Word/Void series half a dozen times I need good new contemporary fantasy.

Also another one I'd like to see be made into a film is "I Dream of Jeannie". I'm not sure of the status of the one previously in the works. It would be really interesting if they started in ancient Persia. If done well and built upon I could see it not only being enjoyable but interesting and meaningful. Dealing with womens rights and moral choices with power and greed.... hmmm does anyone else think of Joss when I mention that? Him doing "I Dream of Jeannie" would be awesome. Kinda funny though, my Mom always calls Inara Jeannie since she thinks her little shuttle with all the drapings and cushions looks like the bottle.

<------<<< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~(*)~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>------>

"When you can't do something smart, do something right." -Jayne quoting Book

2% of teens have not smoked pot, if you are(or were) one of the 98% that have, copy this into your signature.

PREV PAGE 1 2 3 4 NEXT PAGE