What if other adaptations got the "hobbit" treatment?

[Meatboy]

Oh I am kidding, mostly. This is supposed to be tongue and cheek. [MENTION=32740]Man in the Funny Hat[/MENTION]
I realize that books require adaptation, as do plays, I was mostly irked how the dwarves were suddenly turned from a group of what are just tradesmen/artists and how they are now shown as capable, well armed soldier types. At least as far as the trailers and promos are concerned. The book goes into great detail about the colours of their attire and the craftsmenship of their musical instruments and on more than one occasion points out that they are pretty much weaponless.
[MENTION=371]Hand of Evil[/MENTION]
True there were plenty of encounters but up until the end running away or getting deus ex machina(ed) by Gandalf were how those went down.

To everyone else sorry about getting The Bard involved. I was trying to contrast the reimagining of Rosenstern and Gildencrantz as more important characters than they actually were. I threw in all the rest because that probably would make a pretty cool movie.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Oh I am kidding, mostly.

Yep, Gandalf never really did much magic and used a sword...Harry Potter would have been more useful as a Wizard!

As for movies I would love to see, the Amber books. Or Bazil the Broken Tail Dragon books. With the failure of Conan remake and John Carter, I just don't know how many franchies there are that will work, I never heard of Twilight or the Hunger games until the movies! Shades of Grey, should just be porn!

 

[Thunderfoot]

As I sit here thinking about the posts after mine I have to admit, in the age of seamless computer renderings, I would like to see someone adapt McAffrery's "Pern" novels into a set of miniseries. Just the "Dragonriders" and "Harper Hall" books, the others were a little flat, but the "Dragonriders" are packed full of action and the "Harper Hall" has enough bodice ripping (of a sort anyway) to keep any middle-aged lonely housewife on the edge of her couch cushions. And of course, the "Harper Hall" series is a coming of age story of a young girl who is in that awkward in-between stage of boyish-girl and young woman, perfect for the tween and young teen "Twilight" crowd.

It would have to be a mini-series though, movies couldn't do it justice, there is just too much drama to bring about resolution, cutting it for time would leave critical parts of the story on the floor.

Another I would like to see adapted (although it will NEVER happen) is the "Wheel of Time" series, but much like "Harry Potter" you had best get a cast that's in it for the long haul up front and then sign a 13 year TV license so you can do one book a year as a running TV serial - BBC probably has the best chance to pull this one off. Of course, most of the production money would have to go casting, which would be another problem, who plays who?

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

I daresay that if they ever adapted "Pride and Prejudice", they'd find some way to shoehorn zombies in there somewhere...

Can't be worse than Lincoln fighting vampires...

 

[Starbuck_II]

Ok let me preface this by saying I actually want to see The Hobbit, I'm not sure how they managed to get 3 movies out of the decidedly slim book, but that's not why we are here. I want to talk about the dwarves. Specificly the part wherein they have become a troupe of wandering badasses, instead of a group of wandering musicians and artisans. Indeed dressed all their armor and weilding all their fancy weapons I wonder how it is that they are going to screw up absolutely everything and be the cause of the majority of the problems that they face throughout the book. I am assuming this was done in the hopes of making a more entertaining trilogy, because there are very few fights in the book. (spoiler: The dwarves run away from everything.)

That was because in the book, they never mention bringing any weapons, but the gave paragraphs on their musical instruments. Maybe it should have done as a musical?

 

[Mark CMG]

One of the greatest adaptations of a Book to Screen was James Cavell's SHOGUN. It was an epic min-series that took up nearly two-weeks of screen time and was highly rated in the Nielsen Ratings even though it was a Summer showing. It had romance for the women, sword fights and battles for the men and kids and even some off the wall technology history stuff that added to the kitsch value.

The only other mini-series that have done as well were the North and South (which followed pretty much the same format) (. . .)

Don't forget Roots.

 

[CAFRedblade]

Another I would like to see adapted (although it will NEVER happen) is the "Wheel of Time" series, but much like "Harry Potter" you had best get a cast that's in it for the long haul up front and then sign a 13 year TV license so you can do one book a year as a running TV serial - BBC probably has the best chance to pull this one off. Of course, most of the production money would have to go casting, which would be another problem, who plays who?

Hrmm. could this be HBO's next TV series after Game of Thrones is complete....

Personally, I'm looking forward to the release of The Hobbit, I'm wondering how much extra is being pulled in from the Appendix/Silmarillion and put on screen. On the other hand, a shot for shot recreation of a book can sometimes lead to a flat movie experience. So far the early reviews are positive, just not 'Epic', which with the hype of the original LotR movies is a huge thing to overcome.

 

[Janx]

i think the problem with giving everything the hobbit treatment is that it would take 3 movies over 3 years to get anything watched.

we might as well read the bloody book, it'll be faster than waiting for the trilogy of movies made from any book to be completed.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Maybe it should have done as a musical?

Oh, did you hear Del Toro is turning Pan's Labyrinth into a musical!!!! I kid not.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57557820/pans-labyrinth-being-adapted-as-a-stage-musical/

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

That was because in the book, they never mention bringing any weapons, but the gave paragraphs on their musical instruments. Maybe it should have done as a musical?

Frighteningly, it HAS been made into a stage musical.
http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=639 First, and I believe ONLY musical my small high school has ever done. I played Dwalin. HATED the beard. It itched like hell.