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Which would you prefer hollywood to adapt for film, a favourite book?

or,

would you prefer they adapted a favourite comicbook of yours?

In either case, please detail your preference. Which book, or which comicbook would you most want to see depicted on the silver screen?

a series of books by roger zelazny called chronicles of amber. those friggin rocked.

im not even really into fantasy books, but those were awesome. if not those, then the diskworld series. terry prachet things are always classic.

course, i doubt hollywood would do very well with it.

Discworld is on DVD and it i liked what I saw and Hollywood should not touch it.

Though I don't it'd want to.

Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road'

There were rumors that Coppola would do this, I'm not sure if that was all just speculation - but if it ever did materialize I would be one of the first in line at the box office to see it.

also,

Stendhal's 'Le Rouge et Le Noir'

I'm sure not many people know of him, or of this book - but I am a huge fan. One of the greatest French writers ever, and in my mind this is his best work. If this was adapted properly it would be quite simply breathtaking.

I'll post more as I have time.
(You can bet they'll all be books though! ;))

I'm less offended if they screw up a comic book adaptation than a real book adaptation.

That being said, I think the best comic book candidate for the silver screen is the Silver Surfer.

Artemis Fowl for the big screen! w00t!
*starts waving banners and protesting at the lack of an Artemis Fowl film*

That being said, I think the best comic book candidate for the silver screen is the Silver Surfer.

Stay out of my head and stop stealing my ideas. I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

Edit: Saying that, I would rather see Axel Pressbutton and Laser Eraser hit the big screen, or the Warrior adaptation of Marvelman, but I am probably the only person who knows what they are. Hence my pref. for the Silver Surfer.

I'm less offended if they screw up a comic book adaptation than a real book adaptation.

That being said, I think the best comic book candidate for the silver screen is the Silver Surfer.

that would be pretty cool, but im still waiting to see my favorite super hero on the big screen. gambit.

Artemis Fowl for the big screen! w00t!
*starts waving banners and protesting at the lack of an Artemis Fowl film*

Squee! *steals a banner*

We want Artemis! More evil-overlord characters in positive roles! Rahrahrah!

I'm less offended if they screw up a comic book adaptation than a real book adaptation.

That being said, I think the best comic book candidate for the silver screen is the Silver Surfer.

Well, get off my neural net, you...I agree wholeheartedly with both your statements.

The Green Lantern would make easily adaptable fare.

Stay out of my head and stop stealing my ideas. I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

Edit: Saying that, I would rather see Axel Pressbutton and Laser Eraser hit the big screen, or the Warrior adaptation of Marvelman, but I am probably the only person who knows what they are. Hence my pref. for the Silver Surfer.

Nah, it's kind of comfortable in here. Spacious. :D

I also want to see a Lobo movie.

Lobo, beating the ever loving sin out of Superman:
http://members.cox.net/nowlanink/Lobo.jpg

Well, get off my neural net, you...I agree wholeheartedly with both your statements.

I was so thoroughly offended with Troy that I never want to see a book I like made into a movie ever again.

I'd like to see Basara (or Legend of Basara) turned into an American movie. Of course, they would need two long movies to do it

I would pick the "Satanic Bible" (no surprise there, hahaha).

They already have made a hell of alot of Jesus movies. It's time they made the true story of the good Satan, and his fight against the evil Jesus!

I bet most of you reading this think that I've lost my mind. Hahaha.

Posted by Satanist, Lord Medivh

You know, there's only been one adaptation that looked anything at all like I imagined it to look when I read the original - the last remake of '1984'. In fact, it looked so much like what I imagined it would look like that it spooked me.

I would pick the "Satanic Bible" (no surprise there, hahaha).

They already have made a hell of alot of Jesus movies. It's time they made the true story of the good Satan, and his fight against the evil Jesus!

I bet most of you reading this think that I've lost my mind. Hahaha.

Posted by Satanist, Lord Medivh

well, it could be entertaining so long as it just told the story instead repeadetly telling me: "SATAN IS GREAT - JESUS IS BAD!"

Well, what with Lord of the Rings...I would like to see either Magician by Raymond E. Feist or Wolf In Shadow by David Gemmil, they would be two excellent fantasy films, although you would have to split Magician up into two or three films...

I Would love to see the adaptation of "The Wheel of Time" of Robert Jordan. But it's impossible because it's too long (12 books of 700-800 pages)even a movie trilogy would not be enough .

well, it could be entertaining so long as it just told the story instead repeadetly telling me: "SATAN IS GREAT - JESUS IS BAD!"

Nah it wouldn't be that bad. It would be like... Satan is just chilling in his crib and all of a sudden Jesus pops out and starts claiming the world to be his creation. Then Satan pops up from Hell. And the two start duking it out. Godzilla style. Just like in Godzilla, but in this fight it would be Satan vs Jesus. Winner takes all. Hahahaha. That would be so damn funny!

Posted by Satanist, Lord Medivh

I still think 'The Stars My Destination' by Alfred Bester would make a terrific vehicle for (of all people) Vin Diesel to play Gully Foyle. I'm no fan of Vin Diesel, but read the book and it's impossible to see anyone else (except maybe a younger Ron Perlman) play that character onscreen.

that would be pretty cool, but im still waiting to see my favorite super hero on the big screen. gambit.
Good old Remy Lebeau. He should be in the next X-men film. Is that supposed to be only a trilogy?

I Would love to see the adaptation of "The Wheel of Time" of Robert Jordan. But it's impossible because it's too long (12 books of 700-800 pages)even a movie trilogy would not be enough .
*shudders* I'd rather read the dictionary, thanks.

Good old Remy Lebeau. He should be in the next X-men film. Is that supposed to be only a trilogy?

i believe so, i didnt even watch the second one cause it didnt have him.

Nah it wouldn't be that bad. It would be like... Satan is just chilling in his crib and all of a sudden Jesus pops out and starts claiming the world to be his creation. Then Satan pops up from Hell. And the two start duking it out. Godzilla style. Just like in Godzilla, but in this fight it would be Satan vs Jesus. Winner takes all. Hahahaha. That would be so damn funny!

Posted by Satanist, Lord Medivh

only with the cheesy japanese extras

"its jesrus christ!! nooooooo!"

i believe so, i didnt even watch the second one cause it didnt have him.
There's a reference to him though. You should watch it and see if you can catch it.

I still think 'The Stars My Destination' by Alfred Bester would make a terrific vehicle for (of all people) Vin Diesel to play Gully Foyle. I'm no fan of Vin Diesel, but read the book and it's impossible to see anyone else (except maybe a younger Ron Perlman) play that character onscreen.

So how likely do you think it would be, if they ever made a Hollywood version, for them to lose the rape scene and change the storyline with your women to a romantic interest subplot?

*shudders* I'd rather read the dictionary, thanks.
Actually, the dictionary really isn't all that boring, compared to other possibilities...
You actually learn new, possibly useful things from a dictionary.
Of course, it's still mind-shatteringly boring, but anyway...

I think we need to see all of the Chick tracts compiled into one movie.
The ultimate in, ummm, Jack Chick-ness.

There's a reference to him though. You should watch it and see if you can catch it.

eh, i have it downloaded. maybe sometime. is it any good?

So how likely do you think it would be, if they ever made a Hollywood version, for them to lose the rape scene and change the storyline with your women to a romantic interest subplot?

They'd loose the cellar christians before the rape.

I was so thoroughly offended with Troy that I never want to see a book I like made into a movie ever again.
'Great Expectations' almost did it for me. I can't understand how anyone would think of ruining one of the greatest novels of all time like this. The movie was such a hack job it made me want to cry, it was as if in filming it they had raped the soul of Dickens. I was mortified.

That said, there are some movies that have been well adapted from books. 'The Last of the Mohicans' for instance, was a great adaptation of another favorite classic of mine. The story remained true to the literature, and though it was not as good (they never are of course) it was dangerously close.

So I am not at all opposed to adapting books - it just has to be gone about very carefully and well thought out. :)

I personally want to see a movie - a GOOD movie - adapted from Neuromancer. Ideally best if Gibson himself had a hand in it (how likely would THAT be, though)...

And if they stoop to getting the team from Johnny Mnemonic to do it I'm going to be paying the studio some visits....

eh, i have it downloaded. maybe sometime. is it any good?
It's pretty good. It gets down to business in a lot of places unlike the first, although it looks like they're gonna rush the Dark Pheonix storyline. If it's only a trilogy I can understand why though. Collosus is introduced. Jubilee makes an appearance as one of the kids, I think, but you don't get to see her powers.

They'd loose the cellar christians before the rape.

...and change the scum of the galaxy at the end of the book to a noble cast of guardians of order, no doubt. Face it: any novel which involves giving the power to jape to the most depraved and perverted and amoral people in the universe isn't going to get made in the US for a while post-911.

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. But only if he was highly involved and had final say over the script.

I think we need to see all of the Chick tracts compiled into one movie.
The ultimate in, ummm, Jack Chick-ness.I'd like to change my vote. Screw Legend of Basara. I want to see some Jack Chick movies

a series of books by roger zelazny called chronicles of amber. those friggin rocked

They would make an excellent series of films! Granted, they would probably be better as a lower-budget mini-series....as long as they get better actors than the Dune series!!!

I wouldn't mind seeing Calvin'n'Hobbes if it was done by Watterson, and was a short film in 2D. That would be amazing. :)

It's pretty good. It gets down to business in a lot of places unlike the first, although it looks like they're gonna rush the Dark Pheonix storyline. If it's only a trilogy I can understand why though. Collosus is introduced. Jubilee makes an appearance as one of the kids, I think, but you don't get to see her powers.

ah i'll watch it tomorrow. thanks, and hopefully i catch the gambit bit.

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. But only if he was highly involved and had final say over the script.

American Gods would be pretty good too, whole new kinda road movie...

American Gods would be pretty good too, whole new kinda road movie...
Be too long to do properly. A good adaptation would have to be at least 4-5 hours. More likely 6.

Be too long to do properly. A good adaptation would have to be at least 4-5 hours. More likely 6.

Yeah, but there are a good few parts where you could break it up if needs be...still would be a good movie...i don't mind long films so i could cope with a 4-5 hour film.

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. But only if he was highly involved and had final say over the script.

Ummm...you do realise Neverwhere was written for the British TV show which was then made. It was released as a book afterwards. Bloody fantastic story and good on screen. Although the girlie who played Hunter was a tad annoying.

Oh. And how about books and comics that should NEVER have been made into a film....I vote for League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.....absolutely fantastic story by Alan Moore, turned into an absolutely shite film! I lost all respect for Sean Connery for fu**ing that one up!

Yeah, but there are a good few parts where you could break it up if needs be...still would be a good movie...i don't mind long films so i could cope with a 4-5 hour film.
Wouldn't be feasible because it would be a complete money loss. To do it correctly you would have to have a top-notch FX crew that could restrain themselves. The actors would have to be right for their positions etc... A 4-5 hour movie would not bring in the revenue to cover that. People have too short of an attention span.

Plus, if Hollywood got it's hands on American Gods they would probably cast Vin Diesel as Shadow <shudders>

Now. The Sandman would make an excellent series...probably a series of animated shorts would be better. Think Hollywood FX would completely ruin the ambiance.

CJ Cherryh's Cyteen or Foreigner series.
I liked the Chronicles of Amber too.
Karen Wehrstein's Lion's Heart and Lion's Soul.
Or Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series. But it's very long and a little X-rated.

Wouldn't be feasible because it would be a complete money loss. To do it correctly you would have to have a top-notch FX crew that could restrain themselves. The actors would have to be right for their positions etc... A 4-5 hour movie would not bring in the revenue to cover that. People have too short of an attention span.

Ah, but this thread is only about the books/comics we would want turned into a movie...stuff the reality, i know its not gonna happen!

Plus, if Hollywood got it's hands on American Gods they would probably cast Vin Diesel as Shadow <shudders>

:eek: NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!

But you're right... :(

Feesable? Peace on Earth by Stanislaw Lem

Never gonna happen but would be cool? Scepticism, Inc. by Bo Fowler.

Butt kissing answer? Jennifer Government

Ooo...got another one. Preacher. That would make an excellent TV adaption. Again, though, I think mini-series over film series. Films take too much out of a story, and Preacher is one story that needs everything in :)

Or Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series. But it's very long and a little X-rated.
A little? Well maybe the first one, However they get progressively more so.

Ooo...got another one. Preacher. That would make an excellent TV adaption. Again, though, I think mini-series over film series. Films take too much out of a story, and Preacher is one story that needs everything in :)
You don't do the whole arc in one film, just the little ones, like him getting the voice or going home, etc.

And while it could happen, it seems unlikely-imagine the picket that monkey would get? Be worth it just for that, really....

A little? Well maybe the first one, However they get progressively more so.

A porn movie with more than one type of action and a plot?

A porn movie with more than one type of action and a plot?

Like in the 70s.

A porn movie with more than one type of action and a plot?
It's hard. Bonin' takes a lot of time away from the narrative. Usually they only have enough to barely justify the next scene. Of bonin'.

Of course, they could cut that down by making every shot in those scenes half as long....really, it starts to lose all meaning....but that's another topic that no one wants to discuss...

It's hard. Bonin' takes a lot of time away from the narrative. Usually they only have enough to barely justify the next scene. Of bonin'.

Of course, they could cut that down by making every shot in those scenes half as long....really, it starts to lose all meaning....but that's another topic that no one wants to discuss...
You could probably get away with making the first two books into movies with actual plots, but after that they would get really hard to do right. And if you see any sexual euphemisms in that last sentence, you have a dirty mind. :p

Why doesn't someone re-make Plan 9 From Outer Space? No one is going to complain they ruined the first one...this is a good idea, dammit.

Wait, I'm a filmmaker-oh yeah, I'm broke...but that didn't stop Ed Wood...hmmm, see you all in obscurity!!!

They're remaking Reefer Madness, which should be awesomely hilarious. especially as it seems to be a musical.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404364/

It's hard. Bonin' takes a lot of time away from the narrative. Usually they only have enough to barely justify the next scene. Of bonin'.

Of course, they could cut that down by making every shot in those scenes half as long....really, it starts to lose all meaning....but that's another topic that no one wants to discuss...

I'd be willing to watch it as a ten part movie. Too bad I can't type left handed, 'cause I'm dreaming of who I'd want to play Jean-Claude.

They're remaking Reefer Madness, which should be awesomely hilarious. especially as it seems to be a musical.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404364/
I had this idea. To do a staged version of Reefer Madness. It was genius. Sure fire, especially since it would premiere in Northern California. And I was flying, for twelve hours. I was brilliant, it was going to be huge. Then I got home. And tried to Google a script of the movie. And saw the musical. That had played in LA and was playing in New York. And was being made into a movie.

In the rollercoaster of lifes hopes and dreams, this was one of those suck ass ones that goes straight up and straight down.

Bulgakov's Master and Margarita. (has been filmatised, never seen it)

my favourite comic would be too hard to adapt. (Mark Antoine Matthieu, 4 books about Julius Corentin Agfag)

oops...Marc-Antoine Mathieu and Julius Corentin Acquefacques. (Agfag in finnish translation)

Butt kissing answer? Jennifer Government
Butt kissing or not, but that could actually be a pretty could film.

Bulgakov's Master and Margarita. (has been filmatised, never seen it)


Ooh, that would be cool. If not done by Hollywood though.

I agree with quite a few suggestions here: -

Lobo - coolest, most violent comic book character ever.
Or how about 2001's Slaine, Rogue Trooper or even Judge Dre... uh maybe not.

Chronicles of Amber I'd go for that, but as a TV series a la the latest Dunes.

Also as a TV series Stephen Donaldson's Gap series. Fantastic SF, I'd suggest the Thomas Covenant chronicles but I don't think they would translate well.

R. E. Feist's Magician, definitely! Definitive Fantasy but didn't it go downhill after that. Still good reads, but he never reached the pinnacle again.

Wheel of Time? Maybe, but they're pulp fiction (i.e. not very good) along with Dragonlance. But I bet they'd make a decent TV series.

How about Alastair Reynold's Inhibitor trilogy, or Peter Hamilton's Night's Dawn?

I believe there's a new adaption of John Christopher's Tripod Trilogy in production which were my favourites when I was a wee bairn.

I'd like to see one/some of the Discworld books turned into a film.* There's always been speculation about it happening but it never seems to happen. Some would be more conducive to filming than others I think; ironically, Moving Pictures would probably work well because it's so visual, and some of the City Watch books could make decent mysteries, I think.

*I know that Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters were animated, for the record. :) I own the Soul Music video, as it happens.

Lika a couple of people have said before, R.E Feist's Magician is amazing and is the only book I would truly love to see get onto the big screen, as long as the author had supervision over the filming.

Finally! A non-political/religous/etc(you get the idea lol) thread!

Armed Bookworms-The X-men movies are ok but I don't like how they've re-written the story;like pretty much every Marvel movie that's come out so far. I could go on but it would end up with me bashing Ben Affleck(the first role I've ever seen him in was O'Bannion in "Dazed and Confused" so I've always associated him as being an asshole in real life...I'm probably wrong). BTW, I guess I missed the Gambit ref in the 2nd movie; my e-mail is djtrunks@cox.net. Please write and enlighten me on this; Gambit is one of my all time fav X-men.

Dobbs Town-Hell yeah! 1984 rocked!...if you're referring to the John Hurt one with the Eurythmics-produced soundtrack.

Sdaeriji-I'd much rather see the "Death Of Superman" storyline made into a movie(actually...I've heard rumors that its in pre-production;let's hope Hollywood doesn't decide to cast "The Rock" as Superman/Clark)

Kelleda-Any William Gibson book would make an excellent movie if done right(aka not like Johnny Mneumonic). My personal pick, though, would be "Idoru".

And now for my own two cents**drumroll**.....

"The Dragonriders of Pern" series by Anne McCaffrey(at least up through when they get rid of the rogue planet/Thread in "All The Weyrs Of Pern")

Pretty much anything by Piers Anthony. My personal picks would be the "Incarnations of Immortality" series or, better yet, the "Mode" series(hey, I'm from Oklahoma and the main character from that series, Colene, is from OK so that one's REAL hard to figure out :D )

AND...

Pretty much any Isaac Asimov Robot story(but done like "The Bicentennial Man" and not "I, Robot"). Perhaps, "The Robots of Dawn" if they were to make another movie or the Susan Calvin stories if they were to make a TV series.

Lika a couple of people have said before, R.E Feist's Magician is amazing and is the only book I would truly love to see get onto the big screen, as long as the author had supervision over the filming.

I was trying to think of that. I remembered really loving the book. But all I could think of was "Oh, that book I liked with that , uh...guy. The one, uh... you know...that that one guy wrote."

Terry Pratchett's stories wouldn't work in a film that used live actors, but the animated versions of Soul Music (fab soundtrack) and Weird sisters are good. I think Hollywood tends to have a habit of changing the appearance of the characters to suit who they want to appear in the film, Bridget Jones had dark hair in the book as I recall...could be wrong of course, I often am!!

I would love to see the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy in film form but I think that would have to be done by a British film company as it is more relevant to the UK, I think Hollywood would change the location from Arthur Dent's house and local pub to a Mall in downtown LA where Jennifer Lopez's character works!!!!

Perhaps I am just cynical! I think it might be that I just read too much!

Bitch Kitten-You wouldn't happen to be one of the customers from "Clerks", would you? :p jk, jk

i'd like to see the Dragonlance novels by Wies and Hickman turned into a movie, however that's a lot of pages to turn into a movie....

I don't want any, because Hollywood destroys them, or at least that's the trend.

Pretty much any Isaac Asimov Robot story(but done like "The Bicentennial Man" and not "I, Robot"). Perhaps, "The Robots of Dawn" if they were to make another movie or the Susan Calvin stories if they were to make a TV series.
See, I've figured something out. I, Robot was not a movie at all. It was just a really, really, really long commercial. That's why it sucked ass so badly.

would you prefer they adapted a favourite comicbook of yours?

Hmm, I'm not in love with comic books they way some people are (at least not since I was a kid), but honestly, I think Spiderman, the first Men in Black, and the second Superman (maybe) are the only examples of comic books that have been adapted into good (or at least half-way decent) movies. The rest - Batman, X-Men, Electra, Hulk, Howard the Duck - ugh, - just aren't very good.

However, they aren't nearly as bad as movies adapted from video games.

I absolutely hate every adaption of a book i've ever seen. My views are mainly tainted by stuff like Dahl adaptations as a kid, which are over-hollywoodised and cheapened, and always have interesting parts of the storyline missed out.

Atm the only adaptation i can think of which impressed me was the Godfather trilogy.

Sin City will come! And robert rodriguez is the director! And Mickey Rourke is Marv! This movie will be the greatest of all time! I can´t wait! Can´t wait!!!!!!11!!!!111!!!!!!!!!1111shiftoneshiftone

As I haven't read comicbooks for ages, I'll have to go with favorite book, although my favorite book would be one hell of a film to make...

I absolutely hate every adaption of a book i've ever seen. My views are mainly tainted by stuff like Dahl adaptations as a kid, which are over-hollywoodised and cheapened, and always have interesting parts of the storyline missed out.

Atm the only adaptation i can think of which impressed me was the Godfather trilogy.

To Kill a Mockingbird was as good a movie as it was a book. However, in general, bad books make better movies than good books because with good, and especially great, books the director is often trying too hard to remain true to the book instead of making a good movie.

That was the problem with Dune. Books and movies are different art forms.

Gnostikos-Preach, my brotha(or sista), preach!! lol BTW, keep up the good fight in the other threads. People like you make me believe that the human race still has some potential left.
Armed Bookworms-You make me feel even better about not watching "I, Robot" yet. Thank you sir(or madam, whichever the case may be). :) AND, on the subject of commercialization...is it just me, or do the previews before movies seem as nearly as long as the movies themselves nowadays?

Edit: Saying that, I would rather see the Warrior adaptation of Marvelman, but I am probably the only person who knows what they are.
Just to prove to you that I'm as big a geek as you are (off the top of my head):
Marvelman, written by Alan Moore and drawn by Alan (D'oh! can't remember his last name - on the tip of my tongue too. Started out in 2000AD drawing Harry Twenty. Eventually got snaffled by Marvel - as usual - and did some good work on X-Men among others).
Warrior magazine - very short-lived (8 or 10 issues) b/w mag in the 80's. Last issue showed Marvelman in his human counterpart unable to turn into his superhero guise and about to be devoured by a gigantic mutant 'Marveldog'.
Years later an American company bought the rights, changed the name to 'Miracleman' (Marvel threatened to sue) and got Alan Moore to finish the story off. Unfortunately, they coloured the story with a house brush by the looks of it and so you lost a lot of the subtly Alan Whassisname did and got a crap artist to do the rest.
Bloody good story at any rate.
How's that for pure geekiness?

However, considering the blasphemies and indignities that are heaped upon anything Alan Moore writes (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell) I would wager that Hollywood would do it's best to totally screw up.
'Watchmen' would have been awesome. Terry Gilligan bought the rights just after it was published, but never got the backing to go ay further with it. Damn shame. I would have loved to see Rorsharch and the Comedian on the big screen. Wouldn't really work now, as the series was very much a product of paranoia and fear that abounded during the eighties.
Another good one that would surely be impossible to fuck up would be the 'Buttonman' series in 2000AD. Harry was just a cold-blooded psycho who killed everyone who got in his way, usually as brutally as possible.
Slaine would be a good choice, especially when he does the warp spasms.
Also Stromtium Dog would be cool to see. Especially if they did the 'Journey into Hell' series, which rates as possibly the trippiest series ever done in 2000AD.

Then there's the 'Preacher' series. But that would be an R18, minimum.

They're showing 'Constantine' (Keanu Reeves as Hellblazer) here next Tuesday. Who wants to bet it's shit?

Discworld books.

They are making Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy as a movie. It comes out this summer.

They WERE making Dragonriders of Pern as a TV series, but it got canned before production started. Sets have been made, and are in storage somewhere, however, as they're still trying to shop around and get backing.

Now, my personal wish is to see the Honor Harrington series, the 1632 books and the Legacy of the Aldenata series. I'm a Baen whore, I guess. The Triumvirate are my gods!

All hail Weber, Flint and Ringo!

They are making Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy as a movie. It comes out this summer.

They WERE making Dragonriders of Pern as a TV series, but it got canned before production started. Sets have been made, and are in storage somewhere, however, as they're still trying to shop around and get backing.

Now, my personal wish is to see the Honor Harrington series, the 1632 books and the Legacy of the Aldenata series. I'm a Baen whore, I guess. The Triumvirate are my gods!

All hail Weber, Flint and Ringo!
I'd say The Philisophical Strangler or Pyramid Scheme. Besides, like it or not, anyone who saw Angelina Jolie in SCaTWoT knows she would have to play Harrington, and Weber would throw a massive hissy fit.

I Would love to see the adaptation of "The Wheel of Time" of Robert Jordan. But it's impossible because it's too long (12 books of 700-800 pages)even a movie trilogy would not be enough .

So they should make it a TV show. After the crimes against humanity that were Herculese, Xena, and Robin Hood those Canadian/New Zealand studios owe us something.

So they should make it a TV show. After the crimes against humanity that were Herculese, Xena, and Robin Hood those Canadian/New Zealand studios owe us something.
There was a Robin Hood TV show?

they should make a movie out of Candide

I'd say The Philisophical Strangler or Pyramid Scheme. Besides, like it or not, anyone who saw Angelina Jolie in SCaTWoT knows she would have to play Harrington, and Weber would throw a massive hissy fit.

Actually, fans chose the woman who played Ivanova from B5, Claudia Christian.

Here's a link if you're unfamiliar:

http://www.claudiachristian.net/home.htm