what books are you waiting for to be in turned into SF-films
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- KVRist
- 185 posts since 12 Mar, 2002
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- KVRAF
- 4738 posts since 20 Feb, 2004 from Gothenburg, Sweden
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Yeah, I know, it's being done. Good for me
... If it ever gets finished. Terry Gilliams kick ass too.
Yeah, I know, it's being done. Good for me
... If it ever gets finished. Terry Gilliams kick ass too.Stefan H Singer
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35449 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Ubik : PKD
The Sheep Look Up : Brunner
Dead Girls : Richard Calder
The Sheep Look Up : Brunner
Dead Girls : Richard Calder
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 3723 posts since 17 Apr, 2002 from Scotland
Too many big wordsSARcazm wrote:and any of Iain Bank's Culture books which are fascinating, tho at times a hard read (but what do you expect from a Scot)
I am a huge fan of Banks' SF work - but the one I think would make the best movie is a non Culture work - "Against a Dark Background"
I also agree with a few of you who think Rendezvous with Rama would make a good movie. It would be quite a challenge to bring the epic scale of Rama itself to the screen.
Finally, Ian Ainslie has nailed a cracker. Alfred Bester's book (although I know it as "Tiger Tiger") is a true classic of SF (and also Iain Banks favourite SF novel
) - however I think Hollywood would have a problem with a character as complex and downright unpleasant as Gully Foyle.
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- angelboy
- 4586 posts since 21 Aug, 2001 from Larnaca, Cyprus
It's obviously in development hell territory. Come on producers, let us know!!!stefancrs wrote:Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Yeah, I know, it's being done. Good for me
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- Banned
- 6127 posts since 1 Apr, 2004 from Et in Arcadia Ego
Anything from Cordwainer Smith..
I would die happy for a movie based "The game of Rat & Dragon", "A Planet named Shayol", or "The crime & Glory of Commander Suzdal"
If you haven't read any of Cordwainer's work, you owe it to yourself.
I would die happy for a movie based "The game of Rat & Dragon", "A Planet named Shayol", or "The crime & Glory of Commander Suzdal"
If you haven't read any of Cordwainer's work, you owe it to yourself.
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- KVRAF
- 3964 posts since 31 Aug, 2003 from In a foreign town, in a foreign land
They should really do Eon, even if the cold war is over (1).aMUSEd wrote:Blood Music by Greg Bear would make a superb film if not done by the usual Hollywood idiot.
Most of his other stuff would too.
Groet, Erik
(1) sorta.
Pop music delenda est.
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- KVRAF
- 8114 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from Darkest Kent, UK
now i'd pay to see that!aMUSEd wrote:Blood Music by Greg Bear would make a superb film if not done by the usual Hollywood idiot.
I'd like to see a few films remade true-to-the-book: a nice retro-victorian 'War of the Worlds' could look great with todays CGI. 'Roadside Picnic' (Stalker), I, Robot (don't remember the car chases in the book...
), 'Martian Chronicles' (though loved the TV version with Rock Hudson as a kid, so atmospheric)'The Stainless Steel Rat' series could be worth a shot (though could be horrible too...)
Something else that could be good would be a channel/vehicle for short sci-fi stories. I think all the stories that have stayed with me have been from compendiums, magazines (Interscope was (is?) great) etc. Maybe they'll be a 'home publishing' revolution in film making like there's been with music making, fans putting their interpretations on the web for all to see.
Could be cool.
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- KVRAF
- 3266 posts since 22 Sep, 2003 from under the sun
the works of Dan Simmons
but it'd be so difficult to transpose the depth of the books - it might be a blasphem
but it'd be so difficult to transpose the depth of the books - it might be a blasphem
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- KVRian
- 541 posts since 19 Jun, 2002 from London, UK
"The Fifth Elephant" by Terry Pratchett.
No, seriously, I like most of the casting for "Hitch-Hiker's guide", especially Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast and Martin Freeman (genius casting!) as Arthur Dent. This should be good.
No, seriously, I like most of the casting for "Hitch-Hiker's guide", especially Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast and Martin Freeman (genius casting!) as Arthur Dent. This should be good.
Three shall be the number of the counting
And the number of the counting shall be three.
And the number of the counting shall be three.
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- KVRAF
- 3266 posts since 22 Sep, 2003 from under the sun
oh yeah!Trojan Badger wrote:Terry Pratchett.
but it should be a cartoon.
there is a big potential for cartoons movies in Pratchett's work.
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- KVRAF
- 8700 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
the bible
no wait.. that's fictional drama
no wait.. that's fictional drama
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- addled muppet weed
- 111293 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
Wopelka wrote:oh yeah!Trojan Badger wrote:Terry Pratchett.
but it should be a cartoon.
there is a big potential for cartoons movies in Pratchett's work.
soul music and one of the witches ones have already been done
bet you cant guess what book id like to see made into a film
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- KVRAF
- 3588 posts since 13 May, 2004 from montreal
Apparently Neuromancer has been a no-go since 2002. Seems to have been scrapped. Hopefully someone else will pick it up - Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive too, maybe?deastman wrote:Yeah, whats the hold up with Neuromancer?!?
This is too bad... ! Then again, some of the concepts might not translate to the screen very well. Ditto for most of Stephenson's work. But it would have been cool anyway! (As would The Diamond Age...)Snow Crash would be nice too, but I attended a Neal Stephenson book signing last year where that question was posed, and he said it'll never happen.