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subrob1967 -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/13/2007 8:36:40 PM)
Well, they made Point of Impact, called it Shooter, and blew it, which is no suprise to me.

Sinergy -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 12:52:33 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TheHeretic "When the Going Gets Weird." The life of Hunter Thompson would make a great movie or HBO mini-series. Johnny Depp got "The Rum Diaries" greenlighted... Sinergy

abeyant -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 1:12:55 AM)
Wheel of Time is too big to work as a movie, but a miniseries with good production values would be great. Now I need to get around to adding a few of these to my list of books to read...

servilecat -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 1:37:13 AM)
i will always prefer the books to the movies but.... The entire Xanth series by Piers Anthony..... i consider it All My Children meets Lord of the Rings. i'm only on book 12 Gerald's Game by Stephen King just to see if they can do it.

shynewboy -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 7:29:31 AM)
More Gaiman movies! A good Star Wars movie. Maybe based off the Bounty hunter wars? A good Harry Dresden movie would be cool. (No idea if the series works or not)

CrimsonMoan -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 8:05:58 AM)
"Lions Tigers and Bears " Published by Ellora's Cave features three stories by Kit Tunstall , Jodi Lynn Copeland , Kate Steele I don't know if anyone else has read any of the works publishe dby this company but considering the huge colelctin of SMBD titles i wouldn't be surprised. This particular bookw ould make a very VERY hot movie.

Elorin -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 8:33:51 AM)
Heinlein books would be great, I think it would be difficult to get some of his made into movies though considering current social values. Having said that. Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Cat who Walks Through Walls, Stranger in A Strange Land, I Will Fear No Evil, Friday, Sixth Column, Podkayne of Mars, The Rolling Stones, To Sail Beyond the Sunset are all books I'd love to see made into good movies. Thanks to the Heinlein Foundation, there is a pretty good possibility some of them might actually get made into movies. I don't think The Number of the Beast would be easy to translate into movies considering the world as myth theory and everywhere it takes them. I'd love to see the Barsoom books by Edgar Rice Borroughs made into movies. Laura Antoniou's Marketplace series would make DELICIOUS movies. I'd like to see the sequels to Clan of the Cave Bear made into movies. Just because of the variety of cultures and details in them, some of the Gor novels would make great movies. The nomads with the kaiila, and the Nordic episode with the fjords and boats and that culture. The pirates version was a good culture that would be fun to explore too. Fred Saberhagen's Sword novels were great and the trilogies would make good movies. Especially w/ the dramatic intro as the swords are forged.... Diana Gabaldon's Voyager series would make a good set of movies. Yay Scotland and time travel! The Myth books by Robert Lynn Asprin would be a fun set of movies to enjoy. I agree that Wheel of Time and Sword of Truth both are rather far reaching for movies, but it's nice to dream.... Zenna Henderson's books about The People were good. Children of the Atom was a good book too, though I think it might be considered a little too close to Children of the Damned for most. If I had the entire library here I could peruse and find more, but that's a good start off the top of my head. ~E OH! Edited to say if they could make the two Lady Callahan books into a movie, I would so fall in love with them!! Lady Callahan's whorehouse is somewhere that I'd love to work, despite the puns....

Sinergy -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 8:53:29 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Elorin Heinlein books would be great They made such a mess of Starship Troopers, though. The book was about societal values and the price of citizenship. Hollyweird made it into a schlock kill-aliens B movie. Sinergy

Elorin -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 2:12:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sinergy They made such a mess of Starship Troopers, though. The book was about societal values and the price of citizenship. Hollyweird made it into a schlock kill-aliens B movie. At least Hollywood gave the societal values a nod during the first portion of the movie. The Puppet Masters movie rather sucked too, but at least they gave it a try. Like I said at the beginning, I don't think Heinlein movies really work in our current society because of values that aren't compatible. But it is nice to dream. ~E

Griswold -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 3:39:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FelinePersuasion I'd like to see anita blake Vampire hunter series turned into a movie I'd like to see Toyota figure out a way to make an 8 ounce glass of 2% milk allow me personally to run for 16 days with one small asian pear being my ancillary fuel resource.

iwannapullurhair -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 4:37:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: shynewboy More Gaiman movies! A good Star Wars movie. Maybe based off the Bounty hunter wars? A good Harry Dresden movie would be cool. (No idea if the series works or not) Did Harry Dresden, the wizard thing on Scifi channel, start as a book?

iwannapullurhair -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 4:41:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sinergy quote: ORIGINAL: Elorin Heinlein books would be great They made such a mess of Starship Troopers, though. The book was about societal values and the price of citizenship. Hollyweird made it into a schlock kill-aliens B movie. Sinergy You forgot to add that they mocked Heinlein with all the Nazi imagery too. The way Doogie Howser's uniform was, right out of a Nazi movie. They crapped all over the ideas of the book.

TheHeretic -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 5:20:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: iwannapullurhair quote: ORIGINAL: Sinergy quote: ORIGINAL: Elorin Heinlein books would be great They made such a mess of Starship Troopers, though. The book was about societal values and the price of citizenship. Hollyweird made it into a schlock kill-aliens B movie. Sinergy You forgot to add that they mocked Heinlein with all the Nazi imagery too. The way Doogie Howser's uniform was, right out of a Nazi movie. They crapped all over the ideas of the book. And they cast a hottie to play Diz...

iwannapullurhair -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 5:26:06 PM)
One of those love interest characters was a man in the book. Wasn't it Dizzy Flores? Was he the one that bought the farm at the beginning, in the first raid on the Skinnies? What did everyone think of Interview with the Vampire? I loved the Atmosphere. It really had a great look and feel. Queen of the Damned kinda sucked a bit though-Stuart Townsend made an okay Lestat though and I liked him in Nightstalker.

Elorin -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 7:01:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: iwannapullurhair One of those love interest characters was a man in the book. Wasn't it Dizzy Flores? Was he the one that bought the farm at the beginning, in the first raid on the Skinnies? Yes, Diz was a man in the original book, and apparently Hollywood didn't think America could handle two men with such a strong relationship, so they made Diz a woman. While the actress is divine, it sucked that they changed the book so much for the movie. Much of Heinlein is far too subtle for today's Hollywood, which is why I'd rather see his juvenile fiction made into movies than his adult fiction. ~E

mythi -> RE: Books made into movies I'd like to see if made (4/14/2007 11:29:25 PM)
Seconds to Ender's Game (supposed to come out 2008 per imdb), Screwtape, and the rest of Jean Auel's Earth's Children Series (Clan of the Cave Bear sequels). Would also like to see The Eight & Sacajawea (if they could somehow not screw it up!)

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