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ST PiPoll: What book deserves a movie treatment, perhaps especially due to today's capabilities?

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jul 25 '12, 11:14

Dragonlance

Responses:

The Dark Tower, dammit. -- nm - Jim Jul 25, 11:37
Yankee in King ARthur's Court...at least one version that doesn't suck -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 11:34
Alas Babylon -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 11:29
I'll also add an answer for Mel: Starship Troopers but faithful to the novel -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 11:25 3
- this was going to be my answer before I saw your post. I refuse to acknowledge a movie version of SST that doesn't include... - Mel Profit Jul 25, 11:28 2
  - SST 3 did -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 11:28 1
    - Wast that one of the STV ones? - Mel Profit Jul 25, 11:32
Debt of Honor and Executive Orders. - Dr.Vermin Jul 25, 11:24 2 1
- I would watch the shit out of that. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 11:25 1
  - word. -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 11:25
Your IM is the only answer. - spamlet Jul 25, 11:18 9
- I am so scared for any Dungeons and Dragons type movie, because they ufcked up the last one so bad. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 11:19 1
  - yes, yes they did. -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 11:20
- I don't know this series, but the bf reads "Wheel of Time," and says he thinks it'd make a great series, but he doubts they could ever "make it work." -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 11:19 6
  - I haven't read DL in a while, but to me they are on par with the LotR series. - spamlet Jul 25, 11:23
  - is this series still going? Or did the writer finish it? -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 11:21 2
    - The writer died, but the last book (written by a different author) is coming out in the next few months. -- nm - Roger More Jul 25, 11:22 1
      - I thought this, but get it mixed up with other book series I only know a little of -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 11:23
  - It would need the Game of Thrones approach. -- nm - Roger More Jul 25, 11:20
  - it would have to get the Game of Thrones treatment - decline Jul 25, 11:20
Lucifer's Hammer -- nm - Max Jul 25, 11:18 1
- just for the surfing scene alone. nm - Jovian Jul 25, 11:18
For the love of Xenu, Rendezvous With Rama. nm - Dignan Jul 25, 11:17 1
- "CGI Dennis Hopper Reads The Book of Numbers" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 11:19
not a book, but the Metal Gear series does. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 11:17
Without Remorse. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 11:17
Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 11:17 1
- Clive Owen as Admiral Thrawn -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 11:21
and no doubt, Rob Zombie needs to direct Desperation. - groiny Jul 25, 11:17 3
- agreed -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 11:32
- the King book? - prayformojo Jul 25, 11:17 1
  - yes. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 11:19
The Stars My Destination -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 11:16
Infinite Jest -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 11:16
Devil in the White City needs a 10 episode miniseries on HBO - Jovian Jul 25, 11:16
Patrick Lee's The Breach. - Will Hunting Jul 25, 11:16
a little know sci-fi book called the Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran - decline Jul 25, 11:16 1
- or, alternately, Armor by Steakley -- nm - decline Jul 25, 11:18
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Rising Stars or Artemis Fowl. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 11:15
I would be okay with it if nothing were adapted for a while -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 11:15 1
- I would rather things be adapted than be rebooted. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 11:25
Matthew Reilly's "Ice Station." Holy crap that would be an action monstrosity. -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 11:15 1
- nods. Loved this book :) -- nm - decline Jul 25, 11:17
I would agree with the IM, reluctantly. And I would love to see a real version of the Hot Zone or Cobra Event. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 11:15 2
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- Contagion was enough for me. -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 11:15
WWZ -- nm - amoxy Jul 25, 11:14
Replay -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 11:14

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