What book would you like to see become a movie/mini-series?

[Ryujin]

A proper Neuromancer adaptation would be amazing. That being said, I wonder if the time for it has passed. If it would suffer the same fate as John Carter, where the source of so many sci-fi tropes looked derivative because of all the movies that had come out drawing inspiration from it.

At the same time, a lot of the deeper messages and themes are more relevant than ever, so maybe not?

I'd be happy just to get a faithful "Johnny Mnemonic" movie. "Killed by culture shock" is just too good to not make it to film.

EDIT - I just mentioned the "Warlord of Mars" thing on a Facebook geek forum, this morning.

 

[payn]

I'd be happy just to get a faithful "Johnny Mnemonic" movie. "Killed by culture shock" is just too good to not make it to film.

EDIT - I just mentioned the "Warlord of Mars" thing on a Facebook geek forum, this morning.

Never heard of it. Who is the author?

 

[Ryujin]

Never heard of it. Who is the author?

"Warlord of Mars", aka "John Carter - Warlord of Mars", aka "The Barsoom Series"? Edgar Rice Burroughs. You know, the "Tarzan" guy.

 

[Rabulias]

Never heard of it. Who is the author?

"Warlord of Mars", aka "John Carter - Warlord of Mars", aka "The Barsoom Series"? Edgar Rice Burroughs. You know, the "Tarzan" guy.

Just in case Payn was referring to Johnny Mnemonic, it's a story by William Gibson (Johnny Mnemonic - Wikipedia).

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Yeah, though I still love the "I WANT ROOM SERVICE!" monologue of the movie. It's so perfectly absurd and vapid.

I'd be happy just to get a faithful "Johnny Mnemonic" movie. "Killed by culture shock" is just too good to not make it to film.

EDIT - I just mentioned the "Warlord of Mars" thing on a Facebook geek forum, this morning.

 

[Ryujin]

Yeah, though I still love the "I WANT ROOM SERVICE!" monologue of the movie. It's so perfectly absurd and vapid.

It fits the movie's aesthetic, but not so much the short story. I really wanted to see Molly Millions and the Killing Floor.

 

[Ryujin]

Just in case Payn was referring to Johnny Mnemonic, it's a story by William Gibson (Johnny Mnemonic - Wikipedia).

Gibson even did the screenplay. I'm guessing there was a lot of typical Hollywood producer interference to make it a Keanu vehicle. The original short story is available online, in various forms.

https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Gibson_JohnnyMnemonic.pdf

 

[HaroldTheHobbit]

A proper Neuromancer adaptation would be amazing. That being said, I wonder if the time for it has passed. If it would suffer the same fate as John Carter, where the source of so many sci-fi tropes looked derivative because of all the movies that had come out drawing inspiration from it.

At the same time, a lot of the deeper messages and themes are more relevant than ever, so maybe not?

I agree that a lot of the messages are more relevant than ever. But sadly you are probably right, the og cyberpunk is a passé genre to investors and a younger audience.

But I still want it, darnit, even if I reluctantly accept that Johnny Mnemonic is the best we will get from older Gibson material.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Larry Niven’s & Steven Barnes’ Dream Park novels would be good.

Niven also has a bunch of stories and novels in his Known Universe setting that could easily support a sprawling series.

 

[TheHand]

I saw it got mentioned earlier, but I'm casting another vote for Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber as a short series. I think Streaming is the perfect venue for it, and the technology is there to do some of the more fantastic sequences.

Other positives for Streaming: Good mix of lower budget scenes (such as those on 'modern' Earth) that break up the medieval wars and reality shifting 'hell rides'; potential for a great ensemble cast in which the audience will be constantly guessing is trustworthy; speaking of whom, lots of gray-area motivations for the protagonists; and a pretty satisfying conclusion at the end!

Of course, following current trends, if it were to happen, we'd get a great season 1 very faithful to the series. Season 2 would try to adapt the more complicated/less crowd pleasing "Merlin" books, and then with the premature passing of Zelazny, the writers would fumble around trying to make up a Season 3. But if prediction 1 were met, I'd still take it!