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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 11:14:32 AM   
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"Stranger in a Strange Land" would be a good one too.

If they fuck it up like Starship Troopers, I'd be REALLY pissed.

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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 11:21:27 AM   
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"Stranger in a Strange Land" would be a good one too.


I have such an emotional attachment to that book, I would actually be upset if someone tried to make a movie out of it.  I'd be afraid they'd miss the point.

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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 11:21:30 AM   
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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 11:55:38 AM   
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Uller the Shyne!!!!!

This book by an obscure yet up and coming author just rocked my world.

Written by Wulfgar (link in my sig line) this character is the epitome of male, a dominant polygamous big meat hanging OMG I want to do this character in the worst way, hunk of male.

Um....where was I? Oh yes, this book is one of a series, all of which I'd love to see turned into an epic set of movies. They have everything, three worlds, nine moons, dragons, gorgeous women, demons, assassins, intrigue, intrigue, intrigue and some of the hottest sex, plain sex, group sex...did I say sex, you've ever seen.

Coming from this Wulfgar next (I saw on the website) is Vol the Outlaw. I can't wait.


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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 11:59:21 AM   
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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 12:28:26 PM   
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Yayyyy!!!!! Greedy smooches....gives da Greedy bunches of Hen peckins back allover her fine self.!

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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 1:20:12 PM   
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Henry Cavill is the new superman, and coming out in a few weeks is Immortals also with Henry Cavill and Mickey Rourke
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/04/27/immortals-trailer-henry-cavill-tarsem-singh/?xrs=share_fb
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I would like to see Clive Barkers Weaveworld made into a movie
and
Brian Lumleys Necroscope series, made into a series or two, mega special effects blockbuster would be just fine,



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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 1:45:00 PM   
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I LOVE Harlan Coben!! ~Greedy


The only thing I *don't like about Coben is that sometimes he writes novels w/o Win !! WTF is up with *that*?

Have you read his latest, Live Wire? There's an hysterical mini subplot around Win's trysting with a pair of Asian beauties named Me and Yu. (The man has a sick sense of humor !!)

Speaking of a sick sense of humor, who on earth would manage to pull off playing Big Cindy ? Now that does boggle the mind !!




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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 2:13:15 PM   
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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 2:37:37 PM   
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I wouldn't mind seeing Christopher Nolan take a crack at Neuromancer


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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 3:58:53 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Just as an aside for the Sunshiney one
Henry Cavill is the new superman, and coming out in a few weeks is Immortals also with Henry Cavill and Mickey Rourke
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/04/27/immortals-trailer-henry-cavill-tarsem-singh/?xrs=share_fb
He is yummy very yummy purrrs
I would like to see Clive Barkers Weaveworld made into a movie
and
Brian Lumleys Necroscope series, made into a series or two, mega special effects blockbuster would be just fine,




Oh my! *fans self* Yes, the G*ds DID choose well...


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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 5:46:53 PM   
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The Dragonriders of Pern series.   Yes, I'm that kind of geek.


(laughing) You are smart to hide behind that couch!

When I was 9 or 10 I loved hard sci-fi. But fantasy was difficult for me to get into, except for the King Arthur legend books. I forget what that series was called, but I remember its placement in the public library: to the right and a shelf or two above the Pern books (which I turned up my childish nose at--although, for all I know they were great stories--I just didn't like the synopses). When I became adult I grudgingly started to accept a little sword play and magic into my machine worlds. Did they ever make Zelazny's Amber series into movies? I think those would have been interesting to watch.

I would nominate a Laurell Hamilton Vampire novel, maybe Obsidian Butterfly (I love the ones with her scary psychopathic bounty-hunter friend, Edward--he's my idea of a hot date), but they couldn't make one of those that was true to the story without it getting a beyond NC-17 rating.

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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 5:50:51 PM   
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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 7:37:22 PM   
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I'm one of those pedantic bastards who gets annoyed when adaptations change really important and meaningful bits of plot into trivial bullshit. I maintain that if a book can't translate directly to film without simplification or embellishment, it has no business being a film.

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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 7:39:30 PM   
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I agree with Da Chickie!  I have started reading "Uller" and it is awesome so far.
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Yay, a second vote for Uller!


ps.Foxy one, I loved the Drogon Riders too.

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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 7:43:24 PM   
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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 8:02:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, how about The Kabbalah? They've made countless shows and movies about The Bible and i hear The Kabbalah has mystic secrets too.
So it would be a good choice for a movie or TV Documentary or who knows maybe a TV Series.

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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 8:24:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have to agree with a few and state that I would like to see none made into movies. The few movies I HAVE seen that have been made from books were horrible. For some reason, most 'book into movie' situations seem to lose alot in the transfer from one to the other.

On the other hand, the few movies I have seen BEFORE reading the book ended up the same way. I found that the book sucked after having seen the movie first.

Don't figure.

/shrug

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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 8:26:13 PM   
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RE: What books would you like to see made into TV shows... - 5/3/2011 9:00:02 PM   
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None. I never like movies made from books. The books are always better and the characters never look the way they look in my mind.


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Crap books, ones I'll never bother to read. Especially ones that have a nice idea behind them but are poorly written. Good books shouldn't be subjected to that.

I'm one of those pedantic bastards who gets annoyed when adaptations change really important and meaningful bits of plot into trivial bullshit. I maintain that if a book can't translate directly to film without simplification or embellishment, it has no business being a film.


In fact I feel so strongly that Hollywood usually destroys a good
book that I started a thread about "Best Book into Worst Movie"

http://www.collarchat.com/m_1729003/mpage_1/tm.htm

I am afraid of what would happen to some of the best books
in this thread. 




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