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what book would you like to see as a movie
jimbunny:
I'm sorry to say this (oh so deeply sorry), but there is no way on earth that this movie will be anything other than stark travesty. Just watching this trailer was like a small knife in the back of my childhood. Nothing...mortal, but still extremely unpleasant to think about.
Jimmy the Squid:
I never read that book. And I'll probably never see that movie. I think I am coming out on top of this situation.
Boro_Bandito:
You really should read Susan Cooper, it is a short, sweet, and excellently written fantasy trilogy, that i like better than Mr. King Under the Mountain (teehee) Lord of the Rings.
pilsner:
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--- Quote from: Dimmukane on 06 Sep 2007, 14:44 ---Speaking of Hyperion....
http://www.dansimmons.com/news/movies.htm
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man, i hope that actually works out. you have made my day, sir.
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Yeah, but now I'm going to be anxious about what they're going to do to the books. What's cool is that they can do Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion in a single movie or as sequels, and then follow up with Endymion and Fall of Endymion if it's successful. My concern is that my favorite parts, like the philosophising about the Teilhard heresy and the frequent citing of Keats' poetry are so anti-cinematic that they will almost certainly be cut. On the other hand . . . how I long to see Ummon, up close and personal, reciting koans. On a big screen, that could be pretty amazing.
jimbunny:
--- Quote from: Boro_Bandito on 27 Sep 2007, 14:03 ---You really should read Susan Cooper, it is a short, sweet, and excellently written fantasy trilogy, that i like better than Mr. King Under the Mountain (teehee) Lord of the Rings.
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Bit of a correction - not a trilogy, but five books. Usually labeled as The Dark Is Rising sequence. All worth reading.
Over Sea, Under Stone - written first, but sequentially interchangeable with
The Dark is Rising
then
Greenwitch
then
The Grey King
then
Silver on the Tree
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