Scifi/Fantasy Book You'd like to be turned into a movie

Definitely? As in, without doubt?

And they'd have to be to the point where children could film in space too. Which...damn that's pretty far don't you think?

 

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I hope not.

 

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i'd go for any Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. although it takes a pretty good director to maintain the magic & jokes of the books..

 

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"enders game" is going to be good only if they get the technology to do it properly. and the child actors. What COULD really get interesting though is if they expand it to include the others... particularly "Xenocide".

 

I'm more inclined to Speaker for the Dead myself.

 

Hey Frieda, a Discworld movie would be great!

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Which book do you think should make it to the big screen? I liked The Fifth Elephant, just because it had vampires and werewolves, The Scone, and Sonkies, lol!

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The only one I wouldn't like to see in a theatre would be Maskerade, because it's too much like The Phantom Of The Opera. The Last Hero would be good too, because I think they could make the world on the back of four elephants riding on the back of a giant tortoise cruising through the universe look pretty cool...

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There has been a Discworld cartoon series, it ran on ABC here a while ago. ABC here is the government station, they get all the cheap shows and documentaries.

 

I'd go for The Last Continent. Rincewind, the Unseen University, the librarian, the bursar and his dried-frog-pills, the luggage, Roo Beer.. it's so much fun, but hard to do i think.

Who'd be suitable to play Rincewind?

 

Hmmm..haven't read The Last Continent yet...though The Librarian would be hard to play, considering that he is -ahem- an oranguatan (however you spell it).

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But the Bursar and his dried frog pills would be hilarious!

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Rincewind, eh? Well, I've seen the illustrations of him in The Last Hero, and someone like Kevin Spacey might be able to pull it off, since he can look kind of goofy. I'm wondering who can do Lord Vetinari though...and Captain Carrot.

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yeah Kevin Spacey could definately be Rincewind.. that's a good one! the librarian shouldn't be that hard though.. all he says is " ook " ! orang utans can be trained pretty well i guess!

ummm.. the other characters.. no idea! any other discworld readers around here?

 

the rama series by A. Clarke
the war against the chtorr by D. Gerrold
enders shadow
there is others I just can't think of them right now.

 

The Rama series, or at least the first one, is being made into a movie.

 

Ohhhh yeah, but it's going to be quite some time before we can see it.

 

Discworld

I like the ones where death is a main character. (either Reaper Man or Hogfather would be best) He'd be digitaly animated and have James Earl Jones for voice over. (only actor i can think of who naturally talks in ALL CAPITOL LETTERS)

The Last Cotinent would be great.

The Truth is good.

Maskerade was a great book but it is too close to phantom to do a movie. (same with Weird Sisters, it's too much like McBeth)

Now here's a tough question, who wold be able to play Nobby?

 

Nobby? Mike Myers

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How about Cohen the Barbarian?

 

Nobby would have to be someone short, yet bursting with energy....OH!! I know! How about Danny Devito? He's always yelling loudly or near spazz-mode, lol

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Cohen is old and leathery...tough and still sharp in the mind..I don't know many old actors who could pull of a warrior style character. (I only know Cohen and his gang from The Last Hero.)

And I agree with you, Neutrino_Albatross, Death is one of the best characters.

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There's Thief of Time, where he and his buddies Chaos, Famine, Disease (or whatever) are going one last time into the Apocalypse, but it backfires, heh heh

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"It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the
One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocralypse."


-- The Four Horsemen of the Apocralypse encounter
unexpected difficulties
(Terry Pratchett, Sourcery)

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Blue,

I agree, danny DeVeto would be good.

I think I think Hogfather would be a good one to do as a christmas special. Its got Death as a main character (playing the role of Santa Clause), and the Unseen University wizards. Its the perfect combination!

 

lol@Frieda's quote!

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Death as Santa Claus! lol!

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Now all the bad little boys and girls will really have to fear being on the naughty list.

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"Ho ho ho, Happy Christmas!"

Oh man, I've got to catch up on my Terry Pratchett reading, I don't know what you guys are talking about!

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What he said. Raistlin is your God! Well, he almost was anyway, damn Caramon had to stop him. Oh well, I guess the world being a blasted wasteland would have kinda sucked. Still...Raistlin is your God!

Hmm, who could play a convincing Raistlin?