Topic: What novel or story would make a good 2-hour movie?
Braveheart
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Believe it or not, the book "Enterprise-The First Adventure" by Vonda McIntyre is one of my favrite reads and would make an excellent movie ( if you could go back and get Shatner and crew before time took its toll ) The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weiss and tracy Hickman ROCK ... And Stephen Kings "Eyes of the Dragon"
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That's right, Shik. I know a lot of SF novels that might make a good 8-hour miniseries, but nobody, perhaps except the Sci-Fi Channel and HBO, is willing to produce them. You're certainly not going to see them on any of the major US networks, who don't seem to be making miniseries of any kind these days. (How about some in the UK?) Like it or not, if we want to see SF on screen, it has to be in the form of a 2-hour theatrical movie (or maybe a TV movie). You also have to consider whether the projected box office gross of the finished film will be enough to make a profit.
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Shik
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Indeed. I would love to make a film of the uncut "Stranger In A Strange Land" using the book AS THE SCRIPT. Val Kilmer as Mike...but I have to recast Jubal now--I wanted George C. Scott.
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I think that the Star Trek: Dark Passions would make a nice 4 hour movie on the Sci-Fi Network. That or the Section 31 novels.
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OnToMars
Now on to the making of films!
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This doesn't fit the criteria either but:
The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanely Robinson
I mention it because James Cameron has bought the rights to do it, and its only a matter of time before it goes to the screen. At which point - KICKASS!
They are really incredible science fiction.
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