The Movies You Would Like To See Made (Not SW) — Page 3

CP3S said:

thejediknighthusezni said:

The greatest misconception about '1984' is that GO was warning us about what could happen. That is true, but only part of the truth. <snip>

Oh man, I just fell in love with you... a little.

 Alright...

Greenpenguino- care to join Gaffer and me on our date?

I'd like to see a series of short adaptions of HP Lovecraft that are true to the originals.  His were short stories, they should be short movies.  Done that way, they could be really scary.  Something like "Trilogy of Terror" but with all Lovecraft.  A whole series of such trilogies would be awesome.

Also, a decent film about really early jazz.  I hear a movie is in production called "Bolden", which sounds promising.  One on King Oliver would be great too, if done right (which would almost be impossible... very few movie makers would get the music or the ambiance close to correct).

Marty Reisman's "The Money Player".

A decent depiction of Bobby Fischer (also not likely, but some bad ones are certain to be made -- one already has).

xhonzi said:

CP3S said:

thejediknighthusezni said:

The greatest misconception about '1984' is that GO was warning us about what could happen. That is true, but only part of the truth.

Oh man, I just fell in love with you... a little.

 Alright...

Greenpenguino- care to join Gaffer and me on our date?

Sorry, can't I'm already booked. :(

You both have a good time without me though.

Who knows? Maybe you two will get into a bit of split-screening later. ;)

I would like to see a Retro-Futuristic/Cyberpunk version of Flash Gordon set in 1936. Scenes on earth would be set in the retro-futuristic world whereas on Mongo the scenes would be Cyberpunk/Neo-noir type place, to create a very sharp contrast between the two.

If that makes sense...

BUMP!!

I want to see a film about Dr Watson's experiences in Afghanistan, before he met Sherlock Holmes. The plot would pretty much be an adaptation of the first few paragraphs of 'A Study in Scarlet', except more fleshed out.

On second thoughts... Forget what I just said. I'm gonna write it!

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

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.