| Stryderg | 23 Nov 2018 8:37 p.m. PST |
oooh, the Myth Adventures, that would be cool. |
| rmaker | 24 Nov 2018 9:24 p.m. PST |
Any of Brandon Sanderson's books/series. Ditto for Brian McClellan. |
| Winston Smith | 25 Nov 2018 8:38 a.m. PST |
I see that Glenn Cook's Black Company series is "in development" as a TV series, produced by and starring Eliza Dushku as The Lady.
So let's move on to his Garrett P.I. series. Doing the stories in order is only marginally important, since I've read them totally out of sequence. I would be interested to see The Dead Man and Saucerhead. |
 Parzival  | 25 Nov 2018 1:27 p.m. PST |
I'd love to see The Dresden Files series brought back, featuring some of the newer tales and books. I rather liked that series' take on Bob, not to mention the use of mundane objects for Harry's magical devices (the drumstick "blasting rod" wand was simple and inspired, as was the hockey stick staff). I think R.M. Meluch's Tour of the Merrimack series would be great TV/film. Very much in the feel of the lamented Space: Above and Beyond. Plus, space Romans! 8-D |
 etotheipi  | 25 Nov 2018 5:20 p.m. PST |
Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain. |
| Mooseworks8 | 05 Dec 2018 8:06 p.m. PST |
A faithful depiction of Starship Troopers. Trollslayer
The Children of Hurin
Grudgebearer
The Camulod Chronicles
The Legend of Drizzt Series
Space Vulture |
| Green Tiger | 10 Jul 2019 4:23 a.m. PST |
The BBC did an excellent adaptation of Silas Marner some years ago – so it has already been done… |
| joedog | 11 Jul 2019 10:40 a.m. PST |
"Starship Troopers (not the crap movie currently out there)"
And that, my friends, is the cautionary tale explaining why we should be careful about wishing for film adaptations of great books.
I would be much more hopefull for a longer format adaptation of some of these books – a single "season" TV series (Think "Band of Brothers"), which would give time to tell the story. Think about how much butchering was done to "The Watchmen" – which was adapted from a comic (so they essentially started with a storyboard for the whole movie), but compressed into "film length". If they had done a series of twelve one hour programs (matching the 12 issues of the comic), they might have donme it justice. There is no way you could properly adapt "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" into a 90-120 minute movie. You'd probably need 12-24 hour long episodes to even hope to get it right. |
| joedog | 11 Jul 2019 10:45 a.m. PST |
A series based on Heinlein's work – even just his "juveniles" would be good. Do it in the UK fashion – as few or as many episodes as needed per series (book), and then another series (book) when you are ready. "Tunnel in the Sky" would make a great series – probably need at least 4-6 hour long episodes, so you could have character development, showing the environment, etc. Keep in mind that the second LOTR film had to spend about two hours just showing the events covered in something like a half dozen pages of the book. |
| Mithmee | 11 Jul 2019 12:19 p.m. PST |
All of Glen Cook's books. Plus All of Larry Correia books. |
| Heedless Horseman | 11 Jul 2019 5:06 p.m. PST |
Various books by Joe Abercrombie or K J Parker as TV serials. 'Ash' by Mary Gentle for a miniseries! |
| joedog | 11 Jul 2019 9:44 p.m. PST |
"All of Larry Correia books." I can see the "Monster Hunter" books working well as a series – and there are many seasons worth out there. Evidently Larry sold the TV righst a few years back. I've also seen rumors about a film. |
| joedog | 11 Jul 2019 10:07 p.m. PST |
Allen57 I see you have Brazen Chariots on your list – the WW2 light tanks in North Africa memoir – right? Did you ever get the chance to read his account of the "fighting" in Greece? A good story, and eye-opening – but not a lot of combat. |
