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RevantheJediMaster Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 2/11/06 8:19pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	NYCitygurl posted: Yeah, I think they're making Eragon . . . I think Troy was well done from the Iliad, though it didn't totally stick to the story, so I would see an adaptation of the Odyssey from the same people. I like the guy who played Odysseus-I believe he was also Boromir in LOTR. Yes Sean Bean played both Odysseus and Boromir. I would love to see an adaptation of the Odyssey too. -----signature----- 2009 or 2010 Star Wars LAS featuring Boba Fett! Fall 2008 Clone Wars 3D Animated Series comes out! *August 15, 2008 Star Wars returns to theaters!
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DarthGizka Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 2/13/06 1:41pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	Yay, Eragon! I should have researched this before posting... ~DarthG -----signature----- The force is like duck tape; It has a dark side, a light side, and it binds the galaxy together. www.kiwimarine.deviantart.com "He cannot kill what he cannot see, and power has blinded him long ago.."
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RevantheJediMaster Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 2/14/06 8:02am Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	Two other young adult fantasy book series that are being turned into a movie series are the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman and the Dark is Risng Sequence by Susan Cooper. -----signature----- 2009 or 2010 Star Wars LAS featuring Boba Fett! Fall 2008 Clone Wars 3D Animated Series comes out! *August 15, 2008 Star Wars returns to theaters!
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RevantheJediMaster Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 2/25/06 3:17pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	Like people said on the King Arthur Discussion Thread on this board, they should adapt The Once and Future King into a trilogy. Although, Excaliber was a good movie it felt like they were trying to fit too much into one movie. -----signature----- 2009 or 2010 Star Wars LAS featuring Boba Fett! Fall 2008 Clone Wars 3D Animated Series comes out! *August 15, 2008 Star Wars returns to theaters!
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sidious618 Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 2/25/06 4:33pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	I'd say ASoIaF but they'd end up being rated NC-17 and no one would see it. -----signature----- But in purple, I'm stunning!- Londo Mollari, Babylon 5
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NYCitygurl Title: Generally Out to Lunch Manager: SFFBC, C&G, NSWFF Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 2/26/06 10:47am Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	RevantheJediMaster posted: Two other young adult fantasy book series that are being turned into a movie series are the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman and the Dark is Risng Sequence by Susan Cooper. Yeah, I heard about the Pullman books, and I'm a little sad. Those were good books, and I don't think the movie will live up to them. -----signature----- "Not till the moon falls. Not till the world ends."
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Syntax Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 2/26/06 11:27am Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	Something 'Warhammer 40,000'. Please. Seriously, if they can make the Lord of the Rings trilogy and have it do justice to the source material, then they can make a WH40k movie. -----signature----- Lieutenant Colonel 9-LOM "Syntax" Corsair Squadron Commanding Officer CRS Vigilant - http://www.bhorizon.com/renegade/1024.html "That's me, the life of the party" -- 9-LOM, 'One for the Money' "Flying is for droids" -- Obi-Wan Kenobi, 'Revenge of the Sith
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JediTrilobite Registered: Nov '99	Date Posted: 2/26/06 11:56am Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	NYCitygurl posted: RevantheJediMaster posted: Two other young adult fantasy book series that are being turned into a movie series are the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman and the Dark is Risng Sequence by Susan Cooper. Yeah, I heard about the Pullman books, and I'm a little sad. Those were good books, and I don't think the movie will live up to them. How can you think that if you haven't read them? -----signature----- Ever wonder what happened during the clone wars? Visit: http://www.theclonewarz.net My Blogs: http://carryyouaway.blogspot.com , http://jeditrilobite.wordpress.com , http://tk3220.wordpress.com TK-3220, NEG VT Rep
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BENSKYWAKER Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 2/26/06 12:38pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	droideka27 posted: I am going to have a mini attack when Ender's Game finally gets on the big screen. Me too its long overdue... -----signature----- "He will be alright, Master Skywalker is...Master SKywalker!"-Saba "Your arrogance is your weakness."-Luke "And your faith in your friends is yours!"-Sidious
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RevantheJediMaster Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 2/26/06 12:42pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	NYCitygurl posted: RevantheJediMaster posted: Two other young adult fantasy book series that are being turned into a movie series are the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman and the Dark is Risng Sequence by Susan Cooper. Yeah, I heard about the Pullman books, and I'm a little sad. Those were good books, and I don't think the movie will live up to them. It's too early to tell if the movies will live up to the books. -----signature----- 2009 or 2010 Star Wars LAS featuring Boba Fett! Fall 2008 Clone Wars 3D Animated Series comes out! *August 15, 2008 Star Wars returns to theaters!
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JediNemesis Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 2/26/06 12:47pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	HDM: The Movie(s) will not do the books justice. There's just no way it could be done. On the other hand, they could conceivably fall into the "dubious adaptation/OK film" bracket, like the Harry Potter franchise. However I still think that adapting them is a bad idea - there's so many places the filmmakers could go horribly wrong. Also, if they try and get the religion out like they did with Hitchhiker's, there's no book left. HDM is about these kids taking on an incarnation of the Christian Church that has descended into unChristian tyranny and cruelty, not religion as a whole, but it'd be incredibly hard not to upset certain people. Elsewhere, I'm similarly dreading any Discworld films, although there at least there might be fewer problems with the script. It's just the nature of the books that would be difficult - the digressions, allusions, random authorial comment and the way Pratchett describes things could never be reproduced on film. Of course, neither of the above means I won't go and see the films in question. -----signature----- BeTS Best Author '08 NEW Eleven Summers - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29657584 Lightning and Diamonds - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29251762 Into The Shining Day - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29224914
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JediTrilobite Registered: Nov '99	Date Posted: 2/26/06 12:51pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	Well, considering that they did Lord of the Rings, I'm pretty sure that they can do His Dark Materials. With the right writers and director, they can do a good job. Hopefully they will. -----signature----- Ever wonder what happened during the clone wars? Visit: http://www.theclonewarz.net My Blogs: http://carryyouaway.blogspot.com , http://jeditrilobite.wordpress.com , http://tk3220.wordpress.com TK-3220, NEG VT Rep
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JediNemesis Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 2/26/06 1:06pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	Yes, but there's always an element of doubt. And the thing about the LOTR movies is that they've now set a very high benchmark for fantasy adaptation, which is going to be very hard for HDM to equal. Unless they get Peter Jackson in to direct. -----signature----- BeTS Best Author '08 NEW Eleven Summers - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29657584 Lightning and Diamonds - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29251762 Into The Shining Day - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29224914
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RevantheJediMaster Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 2/26/06 1:36pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	JediNemesis posted: Yes, but there's always an element of doubt. And the thing about the LOTR movies is that they've now set a very high benchmark for fantasy adaptation, which is going to be very hard for HDM to equal. Unless they get Peter Jackson in to direct. I don't think HDM will equal the LOTR movies but I think the HDM movies could come very close if done right. Like almost every movie there will be doubts and the majority of movies turn out to be bad or okay and a somewhat low minority of movies turn out to be good or great. -----signature----- 2009 or 2010 Star Wars LAS featuring Boba Fett! Fall 2008 Clone Wars 3D Animated Series comes out! *August 15, 2008 Star Wars returns to theaters!
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Genimay Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 2/26/06 4:51pm Subject: RE: Which books should be made into movies?
	I can't wait for Ender's Game. If they do it right that could be a greatmoive,but there are alot of places they cold mess up too. I would really like to see the NJO is moive format. A triology maybe but that will never happen. -----signature----- (\_/) Everyone is alone in some way. That dosen't mean you have to stand alone. I'm trapped here,so I might as well go insane too. destinysdomain2.proboards98/index.cgi
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