What book or fictional story would make a good movie?

[ConorMacNessa]

I think the Greeks - probably Aristotle - settled this question 2500 years ago. IIRC, 36 basic plots, all of which are employed in Classical Greek Drama. Preserved to us through the efforts of anonymous Irish monks in cold cellaria in inhospitable climes throughout the Continent while the Huns and Goths raged and plundered through several bloody centuries.

Every author who has ever written in English owes a debt of gratitude to the Greeks and those who have built on their achievements.

Also, thank the Lord, we have Gyros!

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[DemforBush]

There’s a couple I’d like.

The first is the Elric saga by English fantasy author Michael Moorcock. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and it would be tough to do well, but I’d like to see it done. It would even have it’s own ready-made soundtrack. Hawkwind’s dedicated an entire album to the novels, and Moorcock co-write the BOC classics “Black Blade” and “Veterans of the Psychic Wars.”

The second would be an adaptation of a video game. Now, I know most video game movies suck, but with the right director, this one could be great. In the late 90s, there was a fantasy game called Planescape: Torment that had the most innovative and unusual concept/storyline I’ve in a game. Essentially, it is the story of an amnesiac man who cannot die (permanently, anyway) and has been going through a cycle of death and forgetful rebirth for centuries, if not millennia. As the story progresses, we discover both how and why he became immortal, and why the cycle of death and rebirth must stop. It’s surprisingly deep stuff, especially for a video game. A lot of philosophical issues of sin and redemption, and ultimate justice. Great game that could make a fantastic film, IMHO.

[BenLurkin]

[Red_Devil 232]

Great and very funny read!

[nopardons]

It was done and Kirk Douglas was great as Odysseus

[RandallFlagg]

[stanne]

I must check it out

[GeronL]

I have tons of ideas. Hollyweird would never do them.

[hoagy62]

You’re in luck.

A version of this (supposedly named ‘Uprising’) is currently in development. Slated for a 2018 release.

[GeronL]

Not if it gives Scalzi any money

[nopardons]

I haven't seen it since I was a kid, but I do remember loving the movie.

Sadly, AFAIK,it's never been on T.V.!

[GeronL]

I could do a couple too

[USNBandit]

My favorite part was when one of the characters suffered a head wound and they applied a tourniquet.

[Swordmaker]

i would love to see them make Edward E. "Doc" Smith's two Space Opera series made into movies . . . that would be a lot of fun in the spirit of Buck Rogers:

The Skylark series

• The Skylark of Space
• Skylark Three
• The Skylark of Valeron
• Skylark DuQuesne

The Lensman series

• Triplanetary
• First Lensman
• Galactic Patrol
• Gray Lensman
• Second Stage Lensman
• Children of the Lens

We have finally come to the point where special effects could do real justice to such swashbuckling space opera and fun space battles of the imagination of "Doc" Smith. . .

[a fool in paradise]

King Kong was written for the screen (inspired by some fictionalized travelogue films of the 1920s and 30s).

There could be another “King Kong” just as “Star Wars” was written for the screen, and novelized for the “home audience”.

As to what books would adapt well, many feature films were adapted from short stories (Freaks, The Fly, and 2001 among them).

[Secret Agent Man]

A very true to the book, Walter Jon Williams “Hardwired”.

They actually did make a movie of this but it’s not that great and some diversion off the book.

Needs to be better towards the actual novel story and the effects needed could be done very well now.

[Mad Dawgg]

Never happen...

Hollyweird would be scared to death the ideas in that book might "catch on"....

[familyop]

The Marching Morons
By C. M. Kornbluth
http://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/kornbluthcm-marchingmorons/kornbluthcm-marchingmorons-00-e.html

[Secret Agent Man]

I also wouldn’t mind seeing The Foundation trilogy made in the epic style of LOTR and such. Delve into the psychohistory angle of it.

[ChildOfThe60s]

TIME AND AGAIN, by Jack Finney

In development:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2303754/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2