corellian77 said:

2. The Odyssey

Due to my man-crush on Sean Bean, I've always thought a follow-up film to Wolfgang Petersen's Troy would have been cool.  I really liked Bean's portrayal of Odysseus, and I thought an entire film chronicling his adventures home would have made for a pretty enjoyable film.

Oh my yes.

Here's my wishlist.

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.

Quest for Lost Heroes and Legend by David Gemmell. 

althor1138 said:

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.

 

Especially if the David Fincher/Morgan Freeman version could get off the ground.

corellian77 said:

How did I miss this thread?  Thanks for bumping it greenpenguino.

 

ChainsawAsh said:

• Dune, done properly.  The David Lynch version looked the part (mostly), but failed in the script department, whereas the SciFi channel version got the script mostly right, but suffered from horrible set/costume design and acting.

 

Totally agree.  I love Lynch's visual style--it's totally what I imagined when reading Dune.  I didn't end up watching more than 10 minutes of the SciFi channel's version though.  I couldn't get past the terrible set design.

And I'll second that.  Seriously, if Lynch's version only changed three things, it would have been far more digestible: 1) The Bene Gesserit telepathy/weirding modules; 2) That obnoxiously disgusting portrayal of the floating Baron (not that the original Baron wasn't disgusting, but he was actually quite an interesting and intelligent character); 3) Conveying everything through internal dialogue.  Obviously there were other things that they didn't do well (i.e. acting, pacing), but visually it had so much going for it that it amazes me how significantly they blew it.  I'd love a true, faithful but somewhat creative interpretation of Dune with no Fremen butts or breasts and good visuals.

I agree, Lynch's Dune is not perfect in terms of its visuals.  Baron Harkonnen is a good example: having the character fly through the air on little jetpacks was a ridiculous departure from the novel.  Also, the characters' personal shields, while kind of cool in the film, were not depicted as described in the novel (as sort of a crackly, skin-tight electrical field, if I remember correctly).  However, elements such as the stillsuits, the sandworms, and the overall medieval look to the film was exactly what I had imagined while reading.

That being said, the Guild Navigator in Lynch's Dune, while a departure from how they are described in the novel, was a very cool interpretation, so I agree that some "creative interpretation" can be a good thing.

Can't remember if I posted this before but...

Would like to see a film adaptation of 'The Stainless Steel Rat'

and 'Lord Tedric'...

AND the 'Technicolor Time-machine'...

AND a live-action adaptation of 'Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds musical'.

A film adaptation of Black Fire by James Kidman.

A semi-reboot of the Friday the 13th that takes the original 1980 film as canon but ignores all the sequels along with the recent 2009 film. This revamped series would consist of at least four films, all taking place in the town of Crystal Lake yet made to stand alone, with their own seperate stories and characters. Jason Voorhees might make an appearance, but only once as a ghostly child who haunts the waters of Crystal Lake, not as a hockey masked serial killer. Furthermore, these "new" sequels would be made to look like they were filmed in the 80s; there'd be absolutely no CGI or digital cameras involved.

And finally, a biopic of Alanis Morissette.

georgec said:

I'm a big fan of PC adventure games and would enjoy movies based on the following:

Monkey Island

Gabriel Knight

Grim Fandango

Full Throttle

King's Quest

Space Quest

and so on

+1. Gabriel Knight and Quest for Glory probably have the most potential, in my opinion. Full Throttle is so cinematic already, it would undoubtedly make a killer feature film. King's Quest would be pretty  hard to pull off, IMO, without departing from the source material significantly.

I would also like to see the following:

-A seven-film adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia that doesn't suck. (This would necessarily entail, among other things, actually sticking to the books.)

-A film adaptation of War of the Worlds that actually bears some semblance to the book. (Y'know, like maybe set it in the right time period? And use the same characters that were in the books? And the same storyline? Novel concept, I know.)

-An adaptation of The Door into Summer by Robert Heinlein. This was such an intriguing, thought-provoking novel...it's a shame it's never gotten a decent film treatment. (And don't go conforming the year 2000-era technology to real-world technology today. That would ruin it. Just stick to the book.)

-I know the thread title says "Not SW," but I can't help myself. I've always thought that the original Thrawn trilogy would make an excellent sequel trilogy (Ep. 7-9). Obviously, the original actors are all too old now. But with today's technology, I'm sure you could do an animated CG trilogy justice and use the original actors for the voices. (Think Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, but with CG technology that is over a decade more advanced.) Obviously, it goes without saying that this would have to be helmed by someone other than George. In fact, he can't be involved at all. He already gave us an all-CG Star Wars trilogy, and look how badly that turned out!

Akwat Kbrana said:

georgec said:

I'm a big fan of PC adventure games and would enjoy movies based on the following:

Monkey Island

Gabriel Knight

Grim Fandango

Full Throttle

King's Quest

Space Quest

and so on

+1. Gabriel Knight and Quest for Glory probably have the most potential, in my opinion. Full Throttle is so cinematic already, it would undoubtedly make a killer feature film. King's Quest would be pretty  hard to pull off, IMO, without departing from the source material significantly.

I would also like to see the following:

-A seven-film adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia that doesn't suck. (This would necessarily entail, among other things, actually sticking to the books.)

-A film adaptation of War of the Worlds that actually bears some semblance to the book. (Y'know, like maybe set it in the right time period? And use the same characters that were in the books? And the same storyline? Novel concept, I know.)

-An adaptation of The Door into Summer by Robert Heinlein. This was such an intriguing, thought-provoking novel...it's a shame it's never gotten a decent film treatment. (And don't go conforming the year 2000-era technology to real-world technology today. That would ruin it. Just stick to the book.)

-I know the thread title says "Not SW," but I can't help myself. I've always thought that the original Thrawn trilogy would make an excellent sequel trilogy (Ep. 7-9). Obviously, the original actors are all too old now. But with today's technology, I'm sure you could do an animated CG trilogy justice and use the original actors for the voices. (Think Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, but with CG technology that is over a decade more advanced.) Obviously, it goes without saying that this would have to be helmed by someone other than George. In fact, he can't be involved at all. He already gave us an all-CG Star Wars trilogy, and look how badly that turned out!

I once commented in another thread, but I would love to see the Thrawn trilogy as well.  Mark Hamill's son is about the right age and bears a resemblance, and I once knew a guy who looked amazingly like Harrison Ford.  I think live action films could pull it off.  But I know it will never happen.

Bump!

Robocop: Rebooted

A sequel to the original first two films (not the third, screw that film, bleeeeugh) Robocop, after being frozen in ice, or a fridge or whatever wakes up 70 years in the future. In New Detroit, dozens of brand new Robocops run the city. Faster, Darker, gritter, shinier, sexier and, apparently, cooler than the original. The story would sort of be a physical representation of the argument for Original films vs Reboots, with the Original Robocop winning in the end, 'cos he's awesome. It would show both sides of the argument and try to be fair. The new Robocops represent the side of reboots, whilst the Original Robocop represents... err...the originals... The vast amount of New Robocops could represent the over-saturation of Reboots now. There could also be a point where they try and 'remake' Robocop.

Also, on a completely different note... there should be another Don Bluth film out.

But Robocop himself was a reboot...of Alex Murphy.

A new sequel to Poltergeist that completely ignores Poltergeist II & III. Ideally, such a sequel would revolve around a grown up Carol Anne dealing with a new supernatural threat completely unrelated to the one from the original movie.

A film adaptation of the '90s kids' horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark?. It'd be made in the same vein as Twilight Zone: The Movie, taking stories from the original series and remaking them for a new audience. Ideally, this take would be somewhat more mature than the show was, reducing the campiness, tightening the writing, making it somewhat more gruesome, etc.

DuracellEnergizer said:

A film adaptation of the '90s kids' horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark?. It'd be made in the same vein as Twilight Zone: The Movie, taking stories from the original series and remaking them for a new audience. Ideally, this take would be somewhat more mature than the show was, reducing the campiness, tightening the writing, making it somewhat more gruesome, etc.

Awesome, I used to watch that! I'd go see it! :)