Lol - I'm not around for a week and there are like... whole threads at multiple pages that I've never read
. Strange times. Apologies for the post size:
I'm not confident in Bakker's (or his agent's) contract negotiating skills, based on how botched his Overlook books have been through the years, and how terrible the rollout of TGO has been in Canada (still not in the shelves as of this posting, even though its been out for 3 months).
Still haven't seen it on a shelf... in Canada. Thankfully, I just drove all the way to Ohio with Camlost just to get a copy
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- How do you present Kellhus POV? With voice-overs? Sherlock-esque text overlays? Just great acting?
The bold, hopefully
. And skillful writing, maybe?
Most rights deals involve some money changing hands just for sitting on the rights. So Scott got paid even if they end up doing nothing with it. Now it won't be big Hollywood money (that might happen if they make a series and it is successful), but it will be real money. A lot of these things end up never getting made, so don't get your hopes up yet, but this is an entry in the plus column on whether or not Scott can continue to be full time writer and support his family. Even if no series comes of this, it is a good thing.
I'd almost prefer if he was just paid for options over and over again indefinitely.
However money in Bakker pocket means easier life finishing the novels, so it does have an upside.
+1
Prince of Nothing just doesn't have the soapy elements required, unless they drastically re-write this stuff.
The first time I tried reading ASOIAF, I put it down in the middle of ASOS because I felt it was basically a soap-opera in a fantasy setting and I was having none of it (I've since decided I want to try again at some point).
No writing it properly is going to be a concern.
+1
Given the long scope of the story, I think three 10-episode seasons on something like HBO (or even Netflix) would be perfect to cover the PON trilogy.
You got any thoughts on pacing? TDTCB especially doesn't lend itself well to being broken up in to ten episodic arcs but also TTT doesn't even seem like a full season. You could really play up the Consult aggression against Kellhus in TTT, utilize more on-screen time with the Synthese and Cnaiur, maybe, maybe (!), make the battle at Joktha a climatic mid-season battle (and fucking Joktha... is like the Vietnam of Earwa).
Cartoons only have to be for children as long as people expect cartoons to be for children. There are counter examples. Despite being based on a comic book, HBO's animated Spawn was not only great, it's something most children should probably never be allowed to watch.
+1
Bolivar brings up
Spawn later and it's a damn, damn shame that it seems to be one of the only examples of NA adult animation (though,
Sausage Party seems to be opening eyes to the possibility again).
TSA will never be mainstream without losing everything that makes it good in the first place.
I think there's room to be authentic to the story.
If not, then more to my point - TV/Film adaptations are NOT for the book fans.
Yeap, +1.
I think this thread took an odd turn. To try and change the topic to something more constructive:
What would you do to adapt TSA into a TV series? How far would season 1 go? How many seasons total?
What would you take out of TDTCB to make it more filmable, or more palatable to the audience - to keep them hooked from the start?
You tried
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Back to PoN: As a compromise on the animation issue, how would folks feel about CG? Think Beowulf.
Never even watched it because I thought the CG overlay was awful.
I just think animation has the best chance of being something special that the book readers would want to own and come back to. MSJ I recommend checking out HBO's Spawn if you ever get a chance as it might change your mind. At the very least it's a recommendation that I think you would like it a lot.
+1
Starz might be a player, too. Spartacus, Outlander, Black Sails, Ash vs. the Evil Dead... mash 'em all up, what do you have?
EDIT: That was a joke. You don't get PON, but you do get a network willing to do genre, portray complicated, fucked (literally) characters and situations, and prove that they can run with the big kids.
Lol - I haven't watched any of the newest season of
Black Sails or any (!!) of
Ash vs. the Evil Dead, though I followed io9's review series. I need to take that time.
I feel like Man in the High Castle by Amazon was done well enough. Also I want people who did Hannibal to work on it. I feel like their writing and directing team has the right stuff to tackle these themes.
Damn, this is another one I've been meaning to watch. Was it good, JR?
Yeah the Jeremy Irons one. It was great. Much better than the Netflix version. I was disappointed it was cancelled. Jeremy Irons would be a fantastic Eli.
I'm almost positive he was brought up in the Film thread as Eleazarus or Iyokus.
