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.

RedFive said:

I've been waiting for something more to come from this since I first saw it a couple years ago. It's so awesome, whatever it is.

What's In The Box?

That was awesome :) It completely felt like a live action, first person RPG.

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Films I'd love to see made:

1. The Starlost

Based on a screenplay by Harlan Ellison (later adapted to the novel Phoenix Without Ashes), it's a story about an Amish guy named Devon who one day discovers a mysterious door. He enters it and finds himself in the corridors of a gigantic spaceship. He quickly learns that he's aboard the "Earthship Ark", and that the world he knew is just one of dozens of biospheres on board, each preserving a different culture from a now-dead planet Earth. He also finds out that some catastrophic event occurred years earlier, killing the crew, and that the now-unmanned ship is on a collision course with a star. With the help of two other people from his village, he goes from biosphere to biosphere, seeking help from the inhabitants while trying to warn them of the impending destruction of the ship.

The screenplay ended up being adapted for TV, and 16 episodes aired here in Canada in the early 70s. However, the end result was pretty poor, even by 1970s standards, and the show was soon cancelled. However, ever since learning about this, I always thought the premise was amazing and, if well-produced, could make for an awesome movie franchise or modern day TV series.

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.