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Annael
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Dec 23 2014, 5:52pm
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My wish is that SOMEONE finally makes a "Wizard of Earthsea" movie that does justice to the book
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As both Syfy & Studio Ghibli made versions in which only the names were the . . . wait, Syfy even messed up the names.
I'd love to see a movie or series that followed the actual books, starting by casting brown actors to play Ged & all the other Archipelagans.
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Otaku-sempai
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Dec 23 2014, 8:15pm
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Most of the fantasy books/graphic novels that I would like to see adapted would be a bit grittier than Tolkien's works. They would include (among others):
- The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock
- The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by Fritz Leiber
- ElfQuest by Wendy and Richard Pini
- The Elenium (the first Sparhawk trilogy) by David Eddings
- The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
- Bone by Jeff Smith
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Eruonen
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Dec 23 2014, 8:22pm
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Some of the books we have listed have had movie options but
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whether or not they ever get made in another thing.
I am still waiting on Devil in the White City which has been "in development" for 5+ years.
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Belegdir
Lorien
Dec 23 2014, 8:55pm
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I'm still waiting for a Conan film that embodies Robert E. Howard's Conan. That last one was pure pish.
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn books by Tad Williams
I'd second Elric of Melnibone and Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser.
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Dame Ioreth
Tol Eressea
Dec 23 2014, 9:09pm
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I wouldn't mind seeing Bujold's Sharing Knife series as a movie either.
Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
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Eruonen
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Dec 23 2014, 9:26pm
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Bernard Cornwell's The Saxon Tales would be good but is
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covered somewhat by Vikings on tv. Uhtred is a good character.
Note..film or tv serialization works for many of these books.
Game of Thrones has shown it can be done.
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malickfan
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Dec 23 2014, 9:38pm
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I haven't read alot of Fantasy Series that would be suitable to be adapted into films i.m.o.
But I'd dearly love to see The Forever War and Hyperion Cantos adaptations move into production eventually...
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Eruonen
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Dec 23 2014, 9:51pm
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I have not read much sci fi lately but I agree, other works besides
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Star Trek and Star Wars should be televised. I know there have been other attempts with more or less average results.
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Annael
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Dec 24 2014, 1:00am
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third vote for Curse of Chalion
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would make a fabulous movie.
Since evidence can be adduced and interpreted to corroborate a virtually limitless array of world views, the human challenge is to engage that world view or set of perspectives which brings forth the most valuable, life-enhancing consequences.
- Richard Tarnas, The Passion of the Western Mind
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Dame Ioreth
Tol Eressea
Dec 24 2014, 1:15am
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by George MacDonald Fraser. It's a hilarious book. I'd love to see it done well as a movie.
Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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squire
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Dec 24 2014, 3:20am
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It's a hilarious book. Fraser, I just learned, wrote the screenplays for Richard Lester's very funny Three Musketeers films in the 1970s, so the adaptation would probably go pretty smoothly. On the other hand, according to IMDB, The Pyrates been done once already as a TV movie for BBC. The lack of user reviews, and the fact that it was never issued on tape or disk, seems to say something about its quality!
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Dame Ioreth
Tol Eressea
Dec 24 2014, 3:29am
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I found one article about that movie.
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It looked dismal even by TV movie standards and he was the one to do adapt the book to screen play so go figure.
Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 24 2014, 5:21am
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I'd like to see "The Dark is Rising" done right.
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Also more Terry Pratchett. The ones so far have been really good.
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Annael
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Dec 24 2014, 3:09pm
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I've thought about the Hyperion books as movies
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He has so many great ideas - I just want to see that culture brought to life on film. Like the house where every room is on a different planet, and the treeships.
My problem with Simmons is that his books have a lot of horror in them (the Shrike for instance) and I have no taste for horror (I skim those bits in his books). If they could dial that down & concentrate on the sci-fi I'd want to see it; if they went the other way, not so much.
Since evidence can be adduced and interpreted to corroborate a virtually limitless array of world views, the human challenge is to engage that world view or set of perspectives which brings forth the most valuable, life-enhancing consequences.
- Richard Tarnas, The Passion of the Western Mind
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NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967
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Otaku-sempai
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Dec 25 2014, 1:58pm
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Speaking of Elric, I've sometimes fantasized about the creation of a music video of Blue Oyster Cult performing "Black Blade," animated by Ralph Bakshi.
I am hopeful about the big-budget (moderate-budget?) movie supposedly in development based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Bombadil
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Dec 25 2014, 6:33pm
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The "Gormenghast" trilogy by Mervyn Peake...//
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Mikah
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Dec 26 2014, 2:58am
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I have been looking for my latest fantasy fiction book to read...
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I just finished Patrick Rothfuss' series of books, as well as Joe Abercrombie's First Law Trilogy. I have been all over Goodreads and nothing really grabbed. me. I saw your recommendation here as a movie, read the reviews and think this may be just what the doctor ordered!
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Darkstone
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Dec 26 2014, 6:57pm
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Earthsea
Riverworld
Witch World
Thursday Next
Legend of Paksenarrion
Lovecraft’s Dream Cycle
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
The Tamir Triad (though probably no studio would touch this story without major changes to the hero/heroine, in which case, what's the point?)
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Darkstone
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Dec 26 2014, 6:58pm
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And a remake of SyFy's other atrocity, Riverworld.
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Meneldor
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Dec 27 2014, 4:31am
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I haven't read Paksenarrion in ages.
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Really should dig it out and have another look. I liked Moon's take on Paladins.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. -Psalm 107
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