A film that stars both Nicolas Cage and Adam Sandler. I don’t care if it’s a comedy, action flick, or serious drama. Seeing those two go ballistic together would be amazing.
An adaption of Philip K. Dick’s The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, but with no “streaming production” bullshit.
Synopsis:
The novel takes place in a future 2016 where humankind has colonized every habitable planet and moon in the Solar System. To cope with the difficult life away from Earth, colonists rely on the illegal hallucinogen Can-D, secretly distributed by corporate head Leo Bulero. New tensions arise with the rumor that merchant explorer Palmer Eldritch has returned from an expedition in possession of a new alien hallucinogen to compete with Can-D.
Either make it follow the novel closely or make it a truly creative take where it’s set in a completely different setting but follows the spirit and the themes of the novel.
I would argue the The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch in particular has a lot of potential for a full re-interpretation structured as commentary on our current reality. The synopsis does read like a pulp scifi novel, but there is a lot to it and the Can-D psychedelic (very cool description of how it works in the novel) and “difficult life away from Earth” motifs can be adapted for modern challenges. I don’t think the novel was meant to be interpreted literally, the outline is more of a foundation for other questions/points.
A well made adaption of John Brunner’s The Sheep Look Up. The Shockwave Rider would probably be a better fit for modern issues, but I think The Sheep Look Up would be more unique. Stand on Zanzibar would also be a good target but I feel the over-population concept (as described in 70s western media) hasn’t aged that well. You stand the risk of making a campy movie like Soylent Green (I like it, but it’s more a 70s scifi experience for me). That being said, I would probably be fine with any good adaptation of Brunner’s famous works.
A proper adaption of Isaac Asimov’s The Gods Themselves. Asimov was often criticized for not including aliens in his novels/series. Well he did include aliens in this one and they are nothing like your typical scifi movie. It’s not as well written as Solaris (perhaps the most intense depiction of alien life that I’ve experienced in any media), but it’s pretty damn good. The Gods Themselves is probably the easiest one to adapt into a movie since the high level plot is pretty straightforward. The lunar parts would look great and then there is the alien world and society…
All of these would probably not pass the mass market adaption requirement. And I am not cool with “fanfic for the mass market” type adaptions. Make your own creative take, but make it crazy, make it live up to the main magic of the novels.
No Poul Anderson??
Anderson’s books are perfect for filming. You’ve got an established history, fantastic characters like van Rijn and Flandry, plus scores of well researched planets with credible aliens.
Joanna Russ’s “Picnic On Paradise” could be done on a low budget.
Roger Zelazny, Philip Jose Farmer, Judith Merrill…
I would go with works by Jose Farmer and Roger Zelazny. The shortlist just reflects my personal favourites.
I actually haven’t read anything by Poul Anderson, although I am aware of his contributions. :)
I love Zelazny, and while these are not movies, there are adaptations of his books in the works… sort of… maybe.
A Chronicles of Amber series is apparently under development headed up by Stephen Colbert, though I’ve seen no more recent news than this. Also, George R.R. Martin has written about producing a series adaptation of Roadmarks. Again, this is the most recent news I’ve heard about this effort.
Both of these are older articles ('23 and '21 respectively) and I can’t say for sure that the efforts continue, but it does show that people with money, influence, and a love of the material have been trying to make these things happen.
Interesting, although the lack of recent news does not inspire confidence.
War Of The Wingmen is a pretty good start.
Nicolas Van Rijn is a fat Dutchman who runs a Galaxy wide food and beverage corporation. Imagine Harry Mudd if he was actually as smart as he thinks he is. Van Rijn is trapped on a planet where the natives look like winged leopards and all the native plants are poison to humans. He’s got to talk his way through a war.
My dream series was wheel of time but that kinda became a nighmare. meh. more a blahmare.
I never read the books, but… yeah.
What happened? The books are not so zombified, right?
Part of it is they changed aspects that messed with how the magic system is viewed by the characters which sorta makes the later surprise nonsensical. They really had a hard time with the reincarnation aspect with the dragon referring to himself as the dragon reborn which can’t happen until after he is reborn. They skipped over a bunch of stuff like the group going through Caemlyn and then spent a bunch of time on character interactions that never happened. It went so quickly and yet so slowly at the same time due to their weird choices. Not sure about zombified. Can’t say jordans characters are the most complex I have encountered.
Can’t say jordans characters are the most complex I have encountered.
I don’t remember anyone charismatic except rosamund pike’s character, but I figured this was the series’s doing.
If the fantasy systems are more of the appeal, which I get, that did come off as confusing too. It sounds like they sacrificed that to try and force more character interaction from what you’ve said, which… didn’t work.
Mine was Mayfair Witches. They ruined that one too.
A “side” movie set in the Avatar (Airbender) world. Maybe Republic City detective noir, or an adventure in some Kyoshi Era (or even more ancient) new place.
Bending, spirits, the cultural flair, the setting’s just too awesome and is begging for side stories.
Larry Niven’s Ringworld.
Yeah they made a halo TV show that should cover you. I wanna see something real weird like Mote in God’s eye turned into a movie.
A Star Wars movie that invalidates the sequels. Preferably based on the old EU.
No, because then we’d get the timey whimey bullshit that infects Star Trek way too much.
I’ll be honest. There’s no way to rescue Star Wars unless a big risk is taken. And no way Disney will upset their cash cow.
They just need a big timejump. Go back KOTOR era, or go to the far future.
Honestly part of the problem is that fans want original trilogy nostalgia. I couldn’t believe how much they raged over Andor.
‘Skywalker’ shouldn’t be uttered in newer stuff, but it’s required, and Disney knows it too well.
You know, I’m just going to say it: I like the Star Wars video games more than the movies. They’ve been way more consistent in quality than the movies.
I have great memories of Star Wars: Dark Forces.
+1
I am not a uber fan of the original movies TBH. They’re historical, and they’re fine. The games are littered with gems though.
It could begin with Lando waking up from a terrible dream. No need for timey wimey stuff.
But that’s even more cliche. And it will make Star Wars even worse. Because where does it stop? Did he dream the prequel trilogy too?
Besides, someone out there likes the sequel trilogy. Just like some people like the prequel trilogy.
No, Star Wars needs something bold—their equivalent to a Deep Space Nine. But I doubt that will happen because Disney just doesn’t want to take a risk.
They’ve already done that with Ahsoka though.
They need to do it for a mainline movie entry.
They do? I thought you just said you didn’t want them to.
Sorry, got your comment confused with something else. I don’t want timey whimey bullshit.
Truce at Bakura or bust, everything else after rotj was a dream c3p0 had
Grey Jedi Noir. Solving a case for the light side while using dark side talents would be amazing.
+1
More fantasy noir in general, please.
On that note, I’d love a straight up KOTOR II movie (or trilogy?)
And it would be the absolute last thing Disney funds. The whole thing’s literally a deconstruction of Star Wars.
I would like a Star Wars that’s not from the perspective of Rebels or Empire but one that’s about the arms dealers who sell to both of them.
They hinted at this during the sequel trilogy but the idea was never developed further.
Just play Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.:3
An actual adaptation of Jumper, directed by Daren Aronofski.
Edit: The whole series really. With 4 years between Jumper and Reflex, then 17 years before Impulse and Exo are made back to back. Doing it that way all the actors will age properly.
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Again that wasn’t really an adaptation.
Like the movie, it was more Inspired by the books.
Unlike the movie, the show was fantastic! I’ve watched it several times.
I want a Superman movie that’s based off the comics where he beats the shit out of the KKK. It’ll never happen but it would be awesome.
You’d probably enjoy Superman Smashes the Klan.
Plus, Superman will enter the public domain in 2034, so maybe eventually it will happen on the big screen.
Discworld - Guards! Guards! Honestly done, with the Pratchett estate approval. With Paul Blackthorne as Vimes, John Cena as Carrot, DJ Qualls as Knoby, Kathy Bates as Lady Sybil, and of course Charles Dance as the Patrician. Sorry I’ve put way too much thought in to this idea.
I always pictured Alan Rickman as Vetinari, but Charles Dance is a great pick! And, you know, still possible…
Dance played the Patrician in the Sky TV production of Going Postal and he just as great as you would expect.
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This is a great game if you’re with some really creative folks.
One person picks two actors who never worked together and the other player/team has to come up with the plot of the movie. Actors can be any age they appeared on film, so someone like Helen Mirren can be anywhere from 18 to 81 years old.
Here are a few of the better combinations we came up with.
Bruce Lee and Marlene Deitrich
Leslie Howard and Gary Coleman
Christina Applegate and Christina Ricci
James Earl Jones and Marlon Brando
Christina Applegate and Christina Ricci
I’d put them both fresh out of high school age in a film like Adventureland, mashed up with a Breakfast Club theme. Just a bunch of young adults figuring out where to go next in life.
The one we came up with was Ricci as the daughter of James Garner. He’s a Texas oilman and she’s a Yale/Harvard MBA who is super focused on being the next CEO. Applegate is Daddy’s hot new wife. We were playing teams and there was a lot of back and forth as to whether Applegate should be a total airhead, a scheming psychopath, an eco-freak who hates oil, or some combination…
Bruce Lee is fresh out of law school but is questioning what direction to go in life and whether or not he really wants to become a lawyer. He meets Marlene Dietrich on one of his more existential days and it leads to a strange journey through space and time…
Gary Coleman is a very inconspicuous process server and Leslie Howard sure as shit has a lot of cases against him. See the zany ways of Gary Coleman outsmarts Leslie Howard in ‘Dinner Is Served’ rated X.
Christina Applegate and Christina Ricci star as two hockey players fighting for a spot in the NHL.
James Earl Jones plays Kevin James playing Doug in ‘King of Queens’ and Marlon Brando plays Frank Constanza playing Arthur and then it’s just like them going to work and then Jerry Stiller is Frank Costanza in this universe.
I spent too much time on this and vaped a decent amount of weed. Not a ton but a sizable amount.
What we came up with.
1930s Shanghai. Bruce was high up in the Hong Kong underworld but killed the boss’s son in a sparring match gone bad. Marlena runs a casino. He becomes her bodyguard enforcer, but he finds out she’s spying for both the British and the Japanese.
English Civil War. Howard is a cavalier. Well bred, well read, a swordsman, a lady’s man, a poet, a scholar, and a soldier. He’s blinded when a cannon explodes in a battle and is captured. Coleman is another prisoner of the roundheads. He’s a travelling one man circus who does whatever he has to. The warden makes Coleman be Howard’s ‘seeing eye dog’ They eventually become friends and when Howard’s eyes begin to improve they plan an escape
Marlon is an English lord exiled to the American colonies circa 1700. He’s losing his mind due to an STD. Billy Bob Thornton owns a small plantation and hopes to improve his lot by catering to the lord’s family back home. Thornton has promised to keep Brando happy and out of trouble. Jones is an elderly slave that Thornton brought cheap. He was his old master’s lifelong companion. He secretly knows how to read. Thronton assigns Jones to Brando, tellign his to keep the Englishman safe. When Brando proves to be uncontrollable, Billy decides it would be smarter to just kill him and blame Jones.
A sequel to Event Horizon that bridges the gap between it and the Warhammer 40k universe. After the events of the first movie Big E is awakend to the threats of the Warp and the Chaos gods within and sets his plans in motion. First and foremost? he must “deal” with the survivors of the Event Horizon so they don’t spread their knowledge of the warp to the rest of mankind.
Also Henry Cavill plays The Emperor of Man.
I would be happy with any prequel/sequel to Event Horizon.
Perhaps something completely novel but set in the same universe.
Predator vs my little pony
Ripley was small, even for an Earth Pony.
A Clash of Worlds
In the heart of a vibrant, enchanted forest, Ripley, a spirited pony with a shimmering coat of lavender and a mane that sparkled like stardust, roamed freely. She was known among her friends for her bravery and kindness, often leading her fellow ponies on adventures through the lush meadows and sparkling streams. One fateful day, as Ripley explored a hidden glade, she stumbled upon a strange, metallic object half-buried in the ground. Curiosity piqued, she approached it cautiously, her heart racing with excitement. Little did she know, this object was a cloaked spacecraft, belonging to a fearsome Predator, a hunter from a distant planet. The moment Ripley touched the surface, the ship activated, and the Predator, a towering figure clad in advanced armor and wielding deadly technology, materialized before her, its eyes glinting with a predatory gleam.
Ripley, undeterred by the imposing figure, stood her ground, her heart pounding but her spirit unyielding. The Predator, intrigued by this small creature that dared to confront it, lowered its weapon, momentarily captivated by Ripley’s bravery. Sensing the tension, Ripley decided to communicate, her voice soft yet firm. “I may be small, but I will protect my home and friends from anyone who threatens them.” The Predator, taken aback by her courage, hesitated, realizing that this encounter could lead to an unexpected alliance rather than a battle. As the two faced each other, the forest around them seemed to hold its breath, waiting to see if the fierce hunter and the gentle pony could find common ground. In that moment, a bond began to form, one that would challenge the very nature of their worlds and redefine what it meant to be a protector.
A sequal to iron sky where they find stalin on mars, the red planet
I would support this.
They did make a sequel, but it bombed and was panned by critics
A Pokemon movie for adults. I don’t mean sex or gore, I just really want to see that world without a chibi filter over top. I want a war movie following Lt Surge and his then Pikachu. I want an evil Team Rocket straight out of Fight Club. I want a professor to stand face to face with God and dare write a Pokedex entry for it.
What, Detective Pikachu wasnt good enough for you?
Misty/Jessie shower scene, I feel ya.
