re: Stories you wish were movies

"A Walk Across America" ~ Peter Jenkins

The Last Question by Isaac Asimov.

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The Hollywood Brats were a British glam rock and protopunk band in the early 1970s. They found little commercial success at the time, and split up in 1974, but are regarded as influential on the later punk rock scene

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The band became noted in London for their flamboyant make-up and clothes, and aggressive musical approach, influenced by, and in many ways parallel to, the New York Dolls... The group was championed by Keith Moon, who said they were the best band he had ever seen,

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This is by far the funniest music book I have ever read (written by the band's lead singer)

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Rules for a Rock ’N’ Roll Band
~ The Template ~

1, Four or five members maximum. No sax, no horn section, no keyboards, no Moog-synthesizer boffin, no backup chanteuses, no nothing. Two guitars, a bass, drums, and singer, that’s it. Think the Beatles, Kinks, and Who for four, Stones for five.

2. The singer sings. That’s it. No hanging a guitar around his neck mid-show and strumming a few cowboy chords to show he can play, no sitting at the piano for a poignant ballad or two, and definitely no tambourine bashing. And for Christ’s sake, no standing on one leg and sucking and wheezing into a flute like that hobo in Jethro Tull. At a pinch a shake of maracas but just for a portion of a song then toss them aside. If a singer can’t think what to do with himself during a bandmate’s solo he should consider a career as a bank teller.

3. Great hair, straight hair, is a must and is nonnegotiable. If a member starts going thin on top put an ad in the Melody Maker immediately. If he has too tight a natural curl or, saints preserve, a perm, well, shame on you for hiring him in the first place. Be firm about this; a hat won’t work.

4. No facial hair. Girls, or at least girls you’d ever deign to paw, do not swoon over the Grateful Dead. Jerry Garcia is no sane, recently showered girl’s idea of a pinup.

5. No girlfriends. They are cancerous for the esprit de corps. They lower the band’s collective sexual currency and can twist a measly bass player’s brain until he thinks he should get a triple-album solo deal and headline Vegas.
Two words: Yoko and Ono.

I still believe in these rules but as fate would have it we broke most of them.

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The Last Question by Isaac Asimov.

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Great book

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Are there any stories from established movies or universes that you would have liked to see?

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Well, first off there's the required "not like they're making things now" disclaimer... there are great stories that I wouldn't want to see mangled and "re-imagined".

That said, Tolkien's Silmarillion has the basis for at least 3, maybe 5 or 6 epic stories, each potentially as big as the LOTR trilogy. That's what makes Rings of Power so disappointing... the groundwork is done. You have these tales laid out in outline form, all you need to do is fill in the dialogue. There was no need to make up (significantly lesser) stuff, when the storyline is there and so many love it.

The prophet Elijah

Imagine the contest with the prophets of baal being handled by a great director and acting crew. That alone would be spectacular.

Battle of Castle Iler

The attempted coup in the imperial palace at end of WW2. Yes there's an old movie of it but needs a new retelling

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Have you watched the '90s Hornblower series?

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I have not but certainly will now.

Travis McGee series