David Drake, Hammers Slammers series. > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:34 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: So what story SHOULD be made into a movie? > > how about some of Terry Pratchett's work, such as Guards > Guards. Given the characterization, the diskworld, etc., that > would make a great movie. > larry > > On 1/17/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > >
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