The Dragon riders of Pern series. Man would that be cool. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:07 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: So what story SHOULD be made into a movie? > > I'd love to see Terry Brook's Sword of Shannarra turned > into a movie. I think it'd go over real well with the LOTR fans. > I also just read Cornelia Funke's Dragon Rider and I think > it'd make a fantastic kids movie. > > I'm gonna ditto Calvin and Hobbes, with the hopes we won't > have another 'Garfield'. However, I thought Bill Watterson > sued to prevent the commercialization of his comic (but > couldn't find any links to verify that). > > I'm eagerly awaiting something more from Futurama. A movie > has not been officially announced last i checked, but there > have been a lot of rumors. The plot on IMDB is actually a > fake plot someone got up there to prove that IMDB doesn't > check sources. > <http://www.gotfuturama.com/Futurama/News/1124958295,67994,/> > > > At 08:05 AM 1/18/2006, you wrote: > >Subject: So what story SHOULD be made into a movie? > >From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:04:27 -0500 > >Thread: > >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messag > es&threadi > >d=20147&forumid=5#192844 > > > >So we've been talking about how bad (or, rarely, good) a job > >hollywood's done with many sci-fi movies based on books. > But as bad as > >they get there's always that one story that you still just > want to see > >on the big screen, isn't there? > > > >What's yours? It doesn't have to be sci-fi. > > > >For me I would love to see a three-hour Peter Jackson CGI > "Watership Down". > >The animated version was very done (and very respectful of > the source), > >I thought, but shorter than the story could support. > > > >With the technology today I really think you could do a respectable > >"live action" version. And the story, of course, is > unbelievably engrossing. > > > >The chances of it being awful are really high but dammit I'd > also love > >to see an animated "Calvin and Hobbes" movie done by a responsible > >studio. The strip is so kinetic and energetic I think it > could really > >work as an animated work. > > > >I see it as a traditional (cell-based) animation but somebody like > >Pixar could also pull it off. > > > >Jim Davis > > -- > Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, > Recording Engineer > AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 > -- > My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> > My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> > My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> Connecticut > Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> Now Blogging at > <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> > > > >
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