Books you'd like to see made into movies?

[criticalbass]

Any of several Wilbur Smith novels. Some of his would require a miniseries because he tends to do a series of books covering generations.

"The Sunbird" would make a great movie. Here is a link to his books including movies made from them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Smith

 

[Hump66]

The Dark Tower series, Stephen King. The 12th Imam, The Tehran Initiative, Damascus Countdown by Joel C. Rosenberg.

 

[bettingpython]

Forge of the gods by Greg Bear.

 

[Poke78]

Several days and posts into this thread yet there's been no mention of Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp series or David Baldacci's Camel Club series. So there, now I've mentioned them - I love political/espionage thrillers.

 

[AKguy1985]

And one of these days, I really hope that someone makes Heinlein's Starship Troopers into a movie.

They did.

 

[SoonerP226]

They did.

No, they didn't. They appropriated the title of a Heinlein novel and the names of some characters. That waste of time bore no resemblance to Starship Troopers, and was pretty much antithetical to RAH's story.

 

[Blinocac200sx]

My own "The Adventures of Nicholas" series, but I probably need to finish them and publish them first. Rainbow Six would make a great movie.

 

[Defnestor]

Anything mechwarrior, or battletech. I know there is novels out there. And how about "The Pedestrian" by Ray bradbury.

Sure, the WARRIOR trilogy would be good, but there is a problem. In order to really appreciate those movies, you have to have some background knowledge of that universe. The LoTR wouldn't have done so well if Jr. High English teachers hadn't been assigning The Hobbit for the last 50 years.
I'd like to see Eddings' Belgarion/Mallorean, or Ringo's Legacy of the Aldenata, but same problem. You could probably pull off Eddings' High Hunt though.

 

[rawhide]

Clancy's Without Remorse

 

[aarondhgraham]

I'm gonna shake his hand and say,,,
"Nice job on King Kong!"

Then I'm gonna slap him to his knees and say,,,
"And that's for what you did to the Lord of the Rings!"

<RANT>

I've read those books at least once every two years since 1970,,,
He took some of the most beautiful literature ever penned,,,
And turned it into a video game action travesty.

I have never seen any movie adaptation that was true to the original book,,,
So I don't go into them with any great expectations,,,
But what Peter Jackson did to "The Trilogy",,,
Was nothing short of literary butchery.

The only thing that Paul Verhoeven got correct in Starship Troopers,,,
Was the connection of military (or some type) of service,,,
Being tied to you being a "citizen" who could vote.

I mean,,,
Mobile Infantry wore powered armor suits.

</RANT>

Aarond

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