slowburn Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 don't think "catcher" would work on the big screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 don't think "catcher" would work on the big screen I think you might be right. I can't imagine doing it without 90% voice over. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrownsfan Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Malazan Book of the Fallen series, it would not work as a movie, but could really work in a GoT type of series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, this would probably work as a trilogy since each story is connected but not to large extent as GoT or Malazan Book of the Fallen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant Wheel of time series may be the next series for me to check out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 My fiction novel would make a great movie. It will be finished this winter, while I recuperate from getting a new bionic knee...unless I put it off one more year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I could only imagine the critical response cal. I don't know how the academy could ignore you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I expect rave reviews from my friends, let's put it that way..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Wool... By Hugh Howey I read a LOT.. Best read in a while... This one should absolutely be butchered by Hollywood.. Got this book yesterday from Amazon. Going to start reading it tomorrow. Insomnia is good for something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 The given day by Dennis lehane would be interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 One of my favorites is apparently going to be made into a movie: Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell. To be directed by Michael Mann: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Michael-Mann-Agincourt-Getting-Rewrite-37312.html Mann also directed "Last of the Mohicans" with Daniel Day Lewis, which is a favorite movie of mine. So hopefully this will go well, though Agincourt is still considered "Under Development". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 One of my favorites is apparently going to be made into a movie: Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell. To be directed by Michael Mann: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Michael-Mann-Agincourt-Getting-Rewrite-37312.html Mann also directed "Last of the Mohicans" with Daniel Day Lewis, which is a favorite movie of mine. So hopefully this will go well, though Agincourt is still considered "Under Development". unfortunately the entire Saxon Tales series is available only in abridged version on audible. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 unfortunately the entire Saxon Tales series is available only in abridged version on audible. WSS I don't understand that because each individual book is really not that long. Only 200-300 pages. I have read a couple of them over like 2 days. Unless the audio books are combining more than 1 written novel together is shouldn't be abridged. There is a new one coming out soon. (The Empty Throne I think it is called) (Agincourt is not a part of the Saxon Tales series) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 there are a few Saxon Tales in the series. does Sharpe ring a bell? There are a few of those in full length. Is this one you speak of a stand alone book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 there are a few Saxon Tales in the series. does Sharpe ring a bell? There are a few of those in full length. Is this one you speak of a stand alone book? Sharp is Cornwell, but it is not part of the Saxon tales. Sharp's stories center on the Napoleanic wars and the Peninsula Campaign. Sharp was made into a series starring Sean Bean. Loved Sean Bean in the role. Better than anything else he has been in. Plus I liked the other actors in their roles as well. Some of the writing/directing could have been better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Sharp is Cornwell, but it is not part of the Saxon tales. Sharp's stories center on the Napoleanic wars and the Peninsula Campaign. Some of the writing/directing could have been better. But not as far north as Macedonia? WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm also surprised Francis Ford Coppola hasn't made a Godfather movie depicting the time between Don Coreleones life before he gave the reins to Michael.. that time be tween the time he got big till then.. It would be interesting to see what tales they could weave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 But not as far north as Macedonia? WSS No, a couple of the Sharp books start out in India, where the British had a heavy military presence and had several conflicts with the locals. Then they shipped him first to Denmark, then to Portugal/Spain which was the main field of contention...and battle wise between the French and the British during the Napoleanic Wars. After England more or less drove the French out of Spain after several years of fighting there were some battles in the south of France....then Waterloo of course (which is in Belgium). Macedonia was either part of Greece or the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or the Ottoman Empire. I do not believe the British and French fought in that vicinity during the Napoleanic Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm also surprised Francis Ford Coppola hasn't made a Godfather movie depicting the time between Don Coreleones life before he gave the reins to Michael.. that time be tween the time he got big till then.. It would be interesting to see what tales they could weave. Buy the rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Here is an episode of Sharpe. A critical one as it where Sharpe saves the life of the Duke of Wellington and puts him on the path of officership. http://youtu.be/YaJXMHWN4bI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Uh actually Gipper I was thinking of two winking lizard locations... WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaporTrail Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I just read 2001: A Space Odyssey, and it was hands down the best science fiction I've ever read. Never felt like I had to suspend my belief. I've never seen the movie, but I'm afraid it might be too dated to enjoy - then again, Kubrick's other works seem to have stood the test of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 I just read 2001: A Space Odyssey, and it was hands down the best science fiction I've ever read. Never felt like I had to suspend my belief. I've never seen the movie, but I'm afraid it might be too dated to enjoy - then again, Kubrick's other works seem to have stood the test of time. A Space Odyssey takes an unusual palette to sit through it.. theres very little verbal dialogue in the movie.. But it definitely makes it point. We need to be better stewards of this Planet Earth. the movie 2010 with Roy Scheider,John Lithgow and Helen Mirren was pretty good,too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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