Movies you'd like to see

[Mendalla]

Loved Episodes 4, 5, & 6 of the franchise (especially 4 & 6).
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Wow, that's unusual. Most fans I know put 5 first and are down on 6 (due to Ewoks, which I think is silly because I've never found them that problematic). Personally, I'd say 4 is my personal favorite and embodies the "spirit" of the series best (and worked beautifully as a standalone before the series came along), 5 is probably is best from a dramatic standpoint, 6 is a solid ending to the trilogy but didn't grab me quite the way the first two did.

 

[Jaebius]

Wow, that's unusual. Most fans I know put 5 first and are down on 6 (due to Ewoks, which I think is silly because I've never found them that problematic). Personally, I'd say 4 is my personal favorite and embodies the "spirit" of the series best (and worked beautifully as a standalone before the series came along), 5 is probably is best from a dramatic standpoint, 6 is a solid ending to the trilogy but didn't grab me quite the way the first two did.

5 was too dark for me. Too much shoot 'em up for my taste. The other two did a better job of character development imho, which is what I most enjoy.

 

[Luce NDs]

I'D rather read a book ... more interactive once you are right into it ... but many literalists believe this to be superfluous observation of something flat out and dead as a book ... no appreciation for the abstract side? That'd be a darker shade ... or a hue which Kings and other oligarchs wouldn't wish you to know ...

Thus corrupt secretization ... just for the security of a few ... "scroo the rest"! And common people look into such lack of pragmatization as something missing ... a'void dance? Borderline activities so you don't fall for it? That'd be a spoiled Noos ... like one contaminated with gore of truth ... in convenient spots close at hand!

 

[Pinga]

I watched "woman in gold" last night, with Helen Mirren.
Good movie to watch with a friend, talk about...
Helen Mirren is one of my favourite actors, and this movie continues with that quality.

It is based on the true story, of Austria and the treatment of Jews, and the recovery of artwork

 

[Mendalla]

You know you're a Star Wars geek if you get this xkcd:

http://xkcd.com/1550/

(Or are excited by the rumours that Admiral Ackbar makes an appearance in Episode VII)

 

[Jaebius]

My middle son and I are going to see Minions this afternoon - in 3D.

 

[Delightful Life]

Movies I`d Like to See

A Fine and Private Place by Peter S Beagle
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Promethea by Mick Gray, Alan Moore & J.H. Williams III
Captain Canuck
The Quran: the Greatest Story Ever Told
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
Sapphire & Steel (slow-burn character-driven 6 episode series starring Joanna Lumley & David McCallum)
Where Time Winds Blow by Robert Holdstock
a Quatermass Reboot
The Invisibles by Grant Morrison
Ringworld by Larry Niven
The Voyage of the Space Beagle by AE van Vogt
Black Man with a Horn by TED Klein
Wild Cards, edited by George R R Martin and with various authors
The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
Species Imperative by Julie Czerneda
Houston, Houston Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr
Starfish by Peter Watts
World of Tiers by Phillip Jose Farmer
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Xanth by Piers Anthony
The Lives & Times of Jerry Cornelius by Michael Moorcock
Hothouse by Brian Aldiss

 

[Jaebius]

I would like to see the "Adventures of Jimmy Why" movie produced.

AJW was a children's book written by one of my cousins. In it, the protagonist, an inquisitive boy named Jimmy hangs out in the woods and hmgoes on wilderness adventures with his Native pal named Noel.

 

[Luce NDs]

How he got jimmied into the woodwork ... you should Noel ... as being related ... that was alchemii ... a lost word over the horizon of our collapsed or underlying mind ... sometime referred to as subconscious.

These things are not known to church people singularly devoted on avoiding the tree of rational ... or logic as it is anciently known ... we come back to it in cranked time as DOS version ... sublimely ridiculous substitute for humanistic mind since AI incarnates as a form that doesn't give a s**t about how it thinks and thus goes viral ...

 

[Luce NDs]

If one lives in the wall ... is one like Rehab in the bible ... an in-between or Medea state which the rich and powerful attempt to control?

Many attempts run amuck ... close to the mutterings of gods ... still supple and underground as a grass roots social form at least once removed ...

Causes some of us a funny way of laughter ... quite sadistic really ...

 

[Jaebius]

Want to see a Minions Lego movie.

 

[Mendalla]

Love @Inannawhimsey's list. Some comments on a few of them:

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

In development with David S Goyer and Joseph Gordon Levitt involved (meaning it might actually happen this time)

The Quran: the Greatest Story Ever Told

Cool idea but it (a) would almost have to be made by a Muslim to make sure due reverence was shown and (b) Muhammad would probably have to remain offscreen as he did in the previous attempt at telling his story. Even at that, you might be safer to release straight to streaming just to avoid possible security issues in theatres if ISIS or Al Qaeda took exception to it.

Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock

Yes!

a Quatermass Reboot

Possibly even more Yes!

Ringworld by Larry Niven

I kind of soured on Larry in the Nineties but this and several other Known Space properties would make great movies (or, perhaps, a Known Space TV series adapting a number of them into story arcs??)

The Voyage of the Space Beagle by AE van Vogt

I've always been a bit surprised that this seminal SF novel has remained untouched by the film business. I could go for it.

Black Man with a Horn by TED Klein

Support in principle but I think Klein's horror may be too subtle for mass audiences so it would probably have to be an indie. That said, if you could get this one to be even a minor success, then Children of the Kingdom and The Ceremonies could follow. Actually, The Ceremonies might work better for a mass audience (save you might have to done down the ending a notch to avoid an NC-17).

Starfish by Peter Watts

Hmm. Blindsight might be a better option for a first Watts film, esp. right now with Pluto and the Kuiper Belt in the news.

Xanth by Piers Anthony

A TV series to be sure. Never got much into these, though a friend was a big fan.

 

[Jaebius]

I'd like to see a new movie of Tom Corbett: Space Cadet.

 

[Mendalla]

I'd like to see a new movie of Tom Corbett: Space Cadet.

As long as they don't make it all dark and dramatic as tends to be the trend these days. Some great space adventure without the angst would be nice. Also, skip the self-knowing irony, too, that is used all too often in remakes of old TV shows. Just a nice, straight updating of the show with a contemporary cast.

 

[Jaebius]

As long as they don't make it all dark and dramatic as tends to be the trend these days. Some great space adventure without the angst would be nice. Also, skip the self-knowing irony, too, that is used all too often in remakes of old TV shows. Just a nice, straight updating of the show with a contemporary cast.

Actually Mendalla, I had forgotten there was a Corbett TV show. I'd base the movie on the books.

 

[Mendalla]

Actually Mendalla, I had forgotten there was a Corbett TV show. I'd base the movie on the books.

Actually, the TV show came first and the books, comic strip, etc. were derived from there, though one of the inspirations was an early Heinlein novel called Space Cadet (which I read when I was a wee one) so a book did play into it.

And, come to think of it, there's a lot of early Heinlein that would make good movies (his later, rather weird, stuff could too but you might need to involved the Wachowskis or David Lynch or some other more surrealist filmmaker). Other than Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers, there haven't been many Heinlein films in my lifetime.

 

[Delightful Life]

And, come to think of it, there's a lot of early Heinlein that would make good movies (his later, rather weird, stuff could too but you might need to involved the Wachowskis or David Lynch or some other more surrealist filmmaker). Other than Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers, there haven't been many Heinlein films in my lifetime.

Yeah, Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land? J.O.B?) movies would be a good inoculation of 'humanity is competent and worth it'; Interstellar reminded me of him...

I'd love to see some of Spider Robinson's books get movied (and we are living in an age where anyone can make feature-length movies now) -- Time Pressure was my first book of his I read

I'm glad that some of Tom Robbins works have made it into movies -- he's a wonderful, humanistic writer

 

[Luce NDs]

Would a he-inlein be a stretched version of the Hebrew holy letter laid out end to end as "I"?

 

[Mendalla]

I'd love to see some of Spider Robinson's books get movied (and we are living in an age where anyone can make feature-length movies now) -- Time Pressure was my first book of his I read

Indeed. Just find yourself a writer or two and a director and then start a Kickstarter or similar project to raise the funds. Never tried writing a screenplay before but I've contemplated it. However, I have trouble finding the time to get even short stories done these days.

 

[Luce NDs]

Filmy productions can screw up a good book ... laying out only superficial and superfluous parts ...