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!