Agreed
>The Dragon riders of Pern series. Man would that be cool.
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Good Omens! alright.
>> I'd like to see either Larry Niven's Ringworld or Man/Kzin War series made
>> into a movie.
>
>, that reminds me of another couple of Larry Niven and Jerry
>Pournelle novels:
>
>The Mote in God's Eye and The Gripping Hand.
>
>Decent scifi with lots of stuff for the CG/p
Only one of the best Sci Fi/satire series ever written.
Tim
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The really strange part of the whole thing is that Hubbard published
more novels after he died than before. Neat trick that.
That said, he did one thiing that was really brilliant, establishing a
prize for previously unpublished SF writers that gurarenteed
publication.
larry
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It's more Hubbard crap.
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> Earth? Too lazy to look it up.
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> Matt wrote:
> It's too bad that Battlefield Earth was such an abortion. The ten books of
> Mission: Earth are still out there...
>
Yeah, Battlefield Earth was one of my favorite books. What's Mission:
Earth? Too lazy to look it up.
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> You didn't like "Greystoke"? That was one of the best.
I d
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> Yeah, but the game would be all flash and no substance. I
> want a game made with love and dragonfire!
>
> --Ben
>
> Tim Heald wrote:
> > For me her keeping such tight control over
Yeah, but the game would be all flash and no substance. I want a game
made with love and dragonfire!
--Ben
Tim Heald wrote:
> For me her keeping such tight control over the universe has really sucked.
> No RPG, no video game, no comics, I mean nothing.
>
> Hopefully your right about them makin
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> I read that there is a movie in the works for Dragonriders of
> Pern and Dragonsdawn. It was on her site, but she is mum
I read that there is a movie in the works for Dragonriders of Pern and
Dragonsdawn. It was on her site, but she is mum about it now. She is also
really protecting her IP there and not permitting any fan fiction in that
universe. That makes me think a movie is in the works. I would like to se
> BTW Whose going to see underworld 2 this weekend?
I just saw Underworld the other night...I think I'll wait for the DVD,
should be ready to go in a couple months...
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> Oh man, how could I have left those off of the list.
>
> For the fanta
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> If they were done with some effort to stick to the story and
> not "Hollywooditized" (new verb meaning stick in created just
> for
Doorways in the Sand, Zelazny.
The Man Who Counts, Anderson.
Who was it that had a world with the Slan?
>So we've been talking about how bad (or, rarely, good) a job hollywood's
>done with many sci-fi movies based on books. But as bad as they get there's
>always that one story that you still j
the puns (and the books) get old but you could still do some good slapstick in
that world :) whoever said Hollywood had to be educational?
>> Xanth was great for me as a 13 year old. I tried reading some of that last
>> year and couldn't get through it. I think I outgrew the simplistic
>> chara
you could make a very amusing Xanth movie. Or how about Terry Pratchett?
Dana
>now my brain is clicking...
>
>A decent version of Poul Anderson's The High Crusade.
>
>'cause there was a crapfestival made a few years ago that I wasn't
>able to get all the way through... and that novel has always h
If they were done with some effort to stick to the story and not
"Hollywooditized" (new verb meaning stick in created just for the movie
action scenes with lots of explosions) , I would like to see the first three
Foundation books done.
I'd like to see Ringworld too. Or one of Joe Haldeman's books, The Forever War
perhaps.
>I'd like to see either Larry Niven's Ringworld or Man/Kzin War series made
>into a movie.
>
>Also the Kushiel series made into several movies...
>
>Scott A. Stewart
>ColdFusion Developer
>
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> OMG, I watched Starship Troopers 2 when I was in Afghanistan. It was
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I'll second that.
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I'd love to see Ender's Game well done.
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>I don't think so - the original work was a short story that was later
>expanded into a novel. Just working from the short story would give you a
>nicely condensed script I think.
>
>I'm just talking about the first story - n
Scott Stewart wrote:
> I think an adaptation of Ender's Game is in pre-production
It is. Guess who would be OSCs favourite screenwriter:
http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2005-09-30-extra.shtml
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It was a trilogy with a kind of forced ending, but still awesome.
Molly Millions (or whatever she goes as) was in Neuromancer and Mona Lisa
Overdrive. The AIs were in Neuromancer and Count Zero (the fragmented selves
of Wintermute and the sad artist of Neuromancer).
Russel
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I liked his early short stories. Unaccompanied Sonata was quite nice.
Most sci-fi turned into movies ends up like crap, which is why I like
anime so much. By breathing life into drawings, the sky's the limit in
how it's presented. No pesky s/fx budget and trying to sign decent
screen actors.
For
the yattering is a scary little demon...
great short story
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i was thinking of the series of stories.
just listend to a ton of them from our library download area
The Worthing Saga
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Somebody mentioned Clive Barker.
I've always thought that "The Yattering and Jack" would make a great
animated short.
Jim Davis
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> enders game is sucha h
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> If done well it could be like the first three star wars movies.
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imajica by clive barker would be good.
or the great & secret show
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If done well it could be like the first three star wars movies.
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enders game is sucha huge story.
i doubt it could be made into a single film.
3 maybe. but not 1
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The Kushiel series (http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/books.htm) would be a
great movie.
Either Kate Beckinsale or Jessica Alba as Phaedra
Although given the sub plot subject matter It could easily turn into a porn
flick... :)
sas
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Yeah, I think "Ogre, Ogre" was the "Jump the Shark" book.
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> Now another good one for the screen would be the Neuromancer trilogy..
Wait. What? Trilogy?
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> year and couldn't get through it. I think I outgrew the simplistic
> characters and the puns were just awful.
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I didn't either!
But now I really want to re-read them.
>Ah. I've read all 3, but didn't connect them as a trilogy so much as 3
>separate stories in the same universe.
>
>--Ben
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>>>
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> I know you're probably right... but I have to admit that I -really-
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> http://www.frescopictures.com/movies/ender/endersgame_update.html
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>> Chesty Puller wrote:
>>> characters and the puns were just awful.
>> *eyes burn with fanaticism*
>> Heresy!
Sounds like you've got some catching up to do son:
Neuromancer
Count Zero
Mona Lisa Overdrive
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I was waiting for that.
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>I know you're probably right... but I have to admit that I -really- like
>the idea of movies ba
Scott Stewart wrote:
> Now another good one for the screen would be the Neuromancer trilogy..
Wait. What? Trilogy?
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I know you're probably right... but I have to admit that I -really- like the
idea of movies based on this series. The only things Orson did that I
really enjoyed.
>You know they would screw up Enders Game, make it some Harr
Chesty Puller wrote:
> characters and the puns were just awful.
*eyes burn with fanaticism*
Heresy! There is no such thing as an awful pun! You must be punnished,
blasphemer!
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I know you're probably right... but I have to admit that I -really- like the
idea of movies based on this series. The only things Orson did that I really
enjoyed.
>You know they would screw up Enders Game, make it some Harry Potter crap,
>and the liberal left would really focus on the anti-war
ssage-
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I don't think Cyber Punk has really been translated well to the big screen
in any case other than Blade Runner, and that was fa
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> Bio of a Space Tyrant, wow that would be awesome.
>
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> OMG, I watched Starship Troopers 2 when I was in Afghanistan. It was
> s
Bio of a Space Tyrant, wow that would be awesome.
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> It's too bad
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> I think an adaptation of Ender's Game is in pre-production
>
> Although I hated the book He just takes to long to build a story.
>
>
> OMG, I watched Starship Troopers 2 when I was in Afghanistan. It was
> s bad, so bad.
I will take that as a recommendation against.
:-P
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> now my brain is clicking...
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> A decent version of Poul
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> > I'd like to see either Larry Niven's Ringworld or Man/Kzin
> War series
> > made into a movie.
>
> , that reminds me of another couple of Larry Niven and
> Jerry Pournelle novels:
>
>
> David Drake, Hammers Slammers series.
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> Xanth was great for me as a 13 year old. I tried reading some of that last
> year and couldn't get through it. I think I outgrew the simplistic
> characters and the puns were just awful.
Haven't read any since I was about that age, was thinking about it
because my son is starting to get into S
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>
> I'd like to see either Larry Niven's Ringworld or Man/Kzin
> War series made into a movie.
>
> Also the Kushiel series made into several movies...
>
> Scott A. Stewart
> ColdFusion Dev
OMG, I watched Starship Troopers 2 when I was in Afghanistan. It was
s bad, so bad.
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> how about some of Terry Prat
The Dragon riders of Pern series. Man would that be cool.
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> I'd
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> now my brain is clicking...
>
> A decent version of Poul Anderson's The High Crusade.
>
> 'cause there was a crapfestival made a few years ago tha
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> I'd like to see either Larry Niven's Ringworld or Man/Kzin War series made
>
now my brain is clicking...
A decent version of Poul Anderson's The High Crusade.
'cause there was a crapfestival made a few years ago that I wasn't
able to get all the way through... and that novel has always held a
dear place in my heart (it was one of the first Scifi books I read).
Xanth anyo
> I'd like to see either Larry Niven's Ringworld or Man/Kzin War series made
> into a movie.
, that reminds me of another couple of Larry Niven and Jerry
Pournelle novels:
The Mote in God's Eye and The Gripping Hand.
Decent scifi with lots of stuff for the CG/puppet guys.
Also I'd like to s
According to a niven piece I read a while ago, Ringworld was optioned,
but the producers let it lapse a few years back.
larry
On 1/18/06, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd like to see either Larry Niven's Ringworld or Man/Kzin War series made
> into a movie.
>
> Also the Kushiel seri
I'd like to see either Larry Niven's Ringworld or Man/Kzin War series made
into a movie.
Also the Kushiel series made into several movies...
Scott A. Stewart
ColdFusion Developer
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> Did you ever see the animated series? It's actually quite good - it was
> computer animated and used the bug-models from the movie but much of the
> story was from the book.
Yes I did see the series, and I enjoyed it quite a bit, I especially
like the addition of the Skinnies and the conceptual
> Great picks man.
thank you :-)
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how about some of Terry Pratchett's work, such as Guards Guards. Given
the characterization, the diskworld, etc., that would make a great
movie.
larry
On 1/17/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So we've been talking about how bad (or, rarely, good) a job hollywood's
> done with many sci-fi
>> What's yours? It doesn't have to be sci-fi.
>
>1. A non-Verheoven (e.g. faithful, worth watching, non-campy)
>adaptation of Starship Troopers. One with Heinlein's Powered Armor of
>the M.I. not sleeveless t-shirted "marines"
YES! Please remake this one! I rate this version with the adatation
t i checked, but there have been a lot of
rumors. The plot on IMDB is actually a fake plot someone got up there to
prove that IMDB doesn't check
sources. <http://www.gotfuturama.com/Futurama/News/1124958295,67994,/>
At 08:05 AM 1/18/2006, you wrote:
>Subject: So what story SHOU
Call of Cthulhu
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> > What's yours? It doesn't have to be sci-fi.
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>
Great picks man.
Tim
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> > What's yours? It doesn't have
> What's yours? It doesn't have to be sci-fi.
1. A non-Verheoven (e.g. faithful, worth watching, non-campy)
adaptation of Starship Troopers. One with Heinlein's Powered Armor of
the M.I. not sleeveless t-shirted "marines"
2. A faithful adaptation of Star Rangers by Andre Norton, for my money
one
Its already a movie, but would make a great live action piece would be
Myazaki's Castle of Cagliostro. How about Tom Hanks as Lupin III and
Johnathon Frakes as the Count.
larry
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> So we've been talking about how bad (or, rarely, good) a job hollywoo
Futurama. I hear there is a movie in the works, however.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0471711/
M!ke
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So we've
> The chances of it being awful are really high but dammit I'd also love to
> see an animated "Calvin and Hobbes" movie done by a responsible studio. The
> strip is so kinetic and energetic I think it could really work as an
> animated work.
I'd agree with this. I miss that strip. :(
So we've been talking about how bad (or, rarely, good) a job hollywood's
done with many sci-fi movies based on books. But as bad as they get there's
always that one story that you still just want to see on the big screen,
isn't there?
What's yours? It doesn't have to be sci-fi.
For me I would l
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