hamlet wrote:Maybe I'm one of the few, but I simply dread some of my favorite old Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories getting "the treatment." Not least because Peter Jackson's versions so obviously missed the point of the original stories at so many intervals that I simply dread the coming of the Hobbit films.
Sometimes, I love to see an adaptation. Most times, though, I'd really be happy if the two media could stay separate. Books and movies are separate entities, with different capabilities, and when the two rub up against each other, major problems are going to surface.
The Nameless Thing wrote:Totally disagree.
Back in 2000 when TORC started we had many disagreements over this. The dismissing of Bombadil, the ‘Zen-Arwen’ character, and the elves at Helm’s Deep most prominent.
He knew Bombadil lent nothing to the main story (considering the 3 movies and their extended versions are already over 12 hours long).
He argued that no women in the FOTR would limit his audience.
And the elves at Helm’s Deep were just damn cool.
Jackson is a film maker and he had to make a movie that would sell (3 $-Billion and an academy award sweep).
Jackson’s ‘adaptation’ was a masterstroke!
Aldanor wrote:I would love to see Lian Hearn's "Tales of the Otori" or any of Gibson's work, especially "Neuromancer".
Not bad that they're doing "The Hunger Games".
BlackCompanyGuy wrote:Hey guys,
With the Game of Thrones being a smash at HBO and a new Hobbit movie in the works, the time is ripe for some great scifi and fantasy books to enter the world of television and movies as well. What do you guys think? What books do you want to see become movies in the near future?
For my part, I want to see Glen Cook's "The Black Company," Lian Hearn's "Tales of the Otori," Kim Stanley Robinson's "Red Mars," Greg Bear's "Blood Music," and Trudi Canavan's "Magician's Guild." I love them all so much! Oh yeah, and of course a Halo movie, as long as it's good. Big if, I know.
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