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Miscellaneous Chatter => Literature => Topic started by: SilentRoamer on February 19, 2015, 11:38:01 am

Title: Which novel would you like to see made into a movie and why?
Post by: SilentRoamer on February 19, 2015, 11:38:01 am

Hey guys,

Was thinking about this recently and thought I would start a topic.

So which of your favourite novels would you like made into a film and for what reason?

I have quote a few that I would like to see visually but I will start with just the one - I nominate Rendezvous with Rama. I think it would be a phenomenally good looking visual, the interior of the craft with the "polar seas" and the great towers, the octospiders and the metallic sharks would be very interesting. Film would be slow moving with little action and stay true to the novel - I think the size and scale of Rama would allow some 2001: Space Odyssey type exterior shots and the interior could be fantastic.

Morgan Freeman has been trying to get this off the ground for a long time - hopefully this will eventually be made.

Title: Re: Which novel would you like to see made into a movie and why?
Post by: Madness on February 22, 2015, 02:51:48 pm

Hmm... to start of slow then, as it is a difficult topic - not to be taken without consideration, SR ;) - I'll say I'd like to see one-off Orson Scott Card short adaptions like have been done with Philip K. Dick's short fiction (basically, Hollywood SF's granary: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly, Next, The Adjustment Bureau, and, of course, Total Recall's reboot).

Title: Re: Which novel would you like to see made into a movie and why?
Post by: mrganondorf on February 25, 2015, 06:00:02 pm

i second Rama and nominate The Half-Made World - steampunk/western/magic/adventure and some really cool gun-fighting stuff

Title: Re: Which novel would you like to see made into a movie and why?
Post by: Francis Buck on March 06, 2015, 06:08:38 pm

Shogun, as an HBO miniseries.

I would also sacrifice at least one of my fingers (not a thumb) to create it myself.

Title: Re: Which novel would you like to see made into a movie and why?
Post by: sologdin on March 11, 2015, 01:31:41 am

mieville's bas-lag because awesome.

Title: Re: Which novel would you like to see made into a movie and why?
Post by: Wilshire on March 11, 2015, 03:09:12 pm

Quote from: sologdin on March 11, 2015, 01:31:41 am

mieville's bas-lag because awesome.

A lot of awesome, but a lot of terribly gruesome scenes. Don't know if I could watch a PSS screen adaption, but what a great book.

Title: Re: Which novel would you like to see made into a movie and why?
Post by: SilentRoamer on March 11, 2015, 04:04:18 pm

Must remember to add Meiville to my reading list :)

Title: Re: Which novel would you like to see made into a movie and why?
Post by: Garet Jax on March 11, 2015, 08:13:27 pm

Quote from: SilentRoamer on March 11, 2015, 04:04:18 pm

Must remember to add Meiville to my reading list :)

I second that notion.

Title: Re: Which novel would you like to see made into a movie and why?
Post by: Royce on March 14, 2015, 07:12:44 pm

I would love to see "Nova swing" by M John Harrison made into a movie by David Lynch. Or maybe a collaboration between Lynch and Chris Morris.
The overall strangeness and level of absurdity would suit both Lynch and Morris very much. The characters too, with their unpredictability and weird motivations.

The main character is named Vic Serotonin:) Such a great name!, and a perfect fit for a miserable character:)