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re: With GoT winding down, pick a source work that you'd like to see get the HBO treatment.
Posted on 4/20/19 at 11:49 pm to Methuselah
Posted on 4/20/19 at 11:49 pm to Methuselah
If by the HBO treatment, you mean stories not filtered and sanitized to remove offensive matter, and given the budget to create a believable setting and tell the story over 50+ hours, then I'd say: I'm a big fan of early 20th century pulp fiction, and some of those would be fantastic (pardon the pun).
ERB's John Carter series would be epic if done right. I know they made a Pixar/Disney film that failed (although it was actually quite fun), but that was very watered down. Remember, JC was the subject of various Vallejo paintings, and if you stick close to that, it would be great.
Another that could be interesting would be the 'original' Buck Rogers story, Armageddon 2419. That, ironically, got cleaned up early on by the comic strips, while the original story was much different.
ERB's John Carter series would be epic if done right. I know they made a Pixar/Disney film that failed (although it was actually quite fun), but that was very watered down. Remember, JC was the subject of various Vallejo paintings, and if you stick close to that, it would be great.
Another that could be interesting would be the 'original' Buck Rogers story, Armageddon 2419. That, ironically, got cleaned up early on by the comic strips, while the original story was much different.
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Posted on 4/21/19 at 12:02 am to jg8623
Hell, you can have an entire episode be the movie Ninja Mime, starring Johnny Cage.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 12:14 am to Methuselah
Elric
But, it would be really dependent on the Elric casting. It would have to be a home run casting on the order of Gandolfini as Tony Soprano.
But, we could get 6 or 7 great seasons of dark, gritty, swords and sorcery. Dark shite (for it's day), but really solid storytelling.
But, it would be really dependent on the Elric casting. It would have to be a home run casting on the order of Gandolfini as Tony Soprano.
But, we could get 6 or 7 great seasons of dark, gritty, swords and sorcery. Dark shite (for it's day), but really solid storytelling.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 12:15 am to DreadDub
Posted on 4/21/19 at 12:17 am to TygerTyger
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Piers Anthony
I could also see the incarnations of immortality, too. A season for each one.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 12:31 am to Methuselah
The Running Man mini-series. 10 episodes. Pull directly from the book so we can erase the Arnold movie from our national psyche. The book was awesome.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 1:22 am to Stonehog
a dark version? absolutely
Posted on 4/21/19 at 4:21 am to SLafourche07
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The Red Rising series would be amazing as a big budget show.
Every time I hear about it getting adapted I get worried.
IF done right it would be incredible, but it would require such an incredible budget to do it correctly. Idk if anyone would ever green light the budget it needs from day one, and if it doesn't get that then it'll come off as super wonky.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 7:19 am to LSU Coyote
Turn Tom Clancy’s “Red Storm Rising” into a 5 episode limited series.
It’s a fictional story set in the 80’s. USSR sets out to conquer Western Europe. Lots of great storylines
You can also make a series out of
Debt of Honor, Executive Orders, and The Bear and The Dragon
It’s a fictional story set in the 80’s. USSR sets out to conquer Western Europe. Lots of great storylines
You can also make a series out of
Debt of Honor, Executive Orders, and The Bear and The Dragon
Posted on 4/21/19 at 7:43 am to Ace Midnight
Elric would be badass!!!
Tom Hiddleston would be perfect for the role.
Tom Hiddleston would be perfect for the role.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 7:44 am to Esquire
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Was picked up by Amazon if I’m not mistaken.
They’re not doing the books unfortunately, looks like young Roland nonsense.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 8:19 am to Methuselah
For me, Dune.
I'm excited for the upcoming Villeneuve film, but I feel to do the original book series true justice you'd need a series. With a series you can tell the full story without tons of exposition, and you could easily get six seasons from Dune through Chapterhouse, perhaps more.
I'm excited for the upcoming Villeneuve film, but I feel to do the original book series true justice you'd need a series. With a series you can tell the full story without tons of exposition, and you could easily get six seasons from Dune through Chapterhouse, perhaps more.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 8:22 am to minimal
I'm scared the new Dine will just look pretty with pretty people talking and no substance.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 8:47 am to Methuselah
Hitman or Transmetropolitan
Both were Vertigo (DC) titles from the mid-90s. Contemporaries of Preacher.
And like Preacher, Hitman was written by Garth Ennis.
Both were Vertigo (DC) titles from the mid-90s. Contemporaries of Preacher.
And like Preacher, Hitman was written by Garth Ennis.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 8:57 am to Methuselah
Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series set in WW2. There's so much going on and so many different story threads in those books that it could never be a movie. Only a series like that given enough time would have a shot at covering it, and even then it would be a challenge.
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Posted on 4/21/19 at 9:44 am to Methuselah
The Dresden Files. Syfy butchered it.
Posted on 4/21/19 at 9:46 am to Methuselah
TV-MA Sword of Truth series
Make everyone forget the abysmal Legend of the Seeker nonsense
You could do a season per book
Make everyone forget the abysmal Legend of the Seeker nonsense
You could do a season per book
Posted on 4/21/19 at 9:47 am to Byron Bojangles III
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The Dresden Files. Syfy butchered it.
and/or Odd Thomas
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