Elric of Melnibone

[HaroldTheHobbit]

I love the narrative content of Moorcocks stuff, but I can't stand his writing style. There, I've said it.

 

[Distracted DM]

Is "Moorcock always refused to allow it to be filmed" correct? I thought they were looking at an Elric adaptation on screen in the 2010's but it ended up not going forward (not due to Moorcock).

Found it.

Michael Moorcock rules out an ELRIC TV show or movie in the near future, citing similarities to THE WITCHER

Michael Moorcock, creator of the infamous sword-wielding albino Elric of Melnibone, has reported ( via Ansible ) that TV and film interest ...

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[Paul Farquhar]

Another issue is Moorcock’s politics could make it difficult to deal with American backers. And it’s really not the sort of thing I can see the BBC doing!

 

[Aldarc]

I love the narrative content of Moorcocks stuff, but I can't stand his writing style. There, I've said it.

I get that. Sometimes it's great, and sometimes it's not. He can be hit or a miss. I could get through most of the Elric books pretty quickly, but I found Corum to be a bit of slog at times, where it's just traveling across spans of nothingness in another plane but where nothing happens.

 

[Ryujin]

I would want someone like Matt Smith to play Elric and, given that he's already done the white hair thing, he'd never be used.

 

[Joshua Randall]

I love the narrative content of Moorcocks stuff, but I can't stand his writing style. There, I've said it.

Agreed. The writing is tolerable in the early Elric and Hawkmoon books, but has become progressively worse and worse to the extent that I find his recent books literally unreadable.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

When 85 years old you are, write as good, you will not.

 

[Distracted DM]

Another issue is Moorcock’s politics could make it difficult to deal with American backers. And it’s really not the sort of thing I can see the BBC doing!

I apparently don't know enough about this, can you elaborate on the politics thing a little? Lots of folk of different politics have made stuff in the US.

Though if you checked the earlier link I posted, the BBC has/had History of the Runestaff on the docket.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I apparently don't know enough about this, can you elaborate on the politics thing a little?

From Wiki:

Moorcock's works feature political content. In one interview, he states, "I am an anarchist and a pragmatist. My moral/philosophical position is that of an anarchist."[19] In describing how his writing relates to his political philosophy, Moorcock says, "My books frequently deal with aristocratic heroes, gods and so forth. All of them end on a note which often states quite directly that one should serve neither gods nor masters but become one's own master."[19] Besides using fiction to explore his politics,[16] Moorcock also engages in non-violent political activism.

He has also been a member of the Communist party. I don't know if he still is.

Though if you checked the earlier link I posted, the BBC has/had History of the Runestaff on the docket.

Runestaff has rather more conventional heroic narrative than the Elric stories. Still, I would be very surprised if the BBC ever get round to making it.

 

[Mallus]

Runestaff has rather more conventional heroic narrative than the Elric stories. Still, I would be very surprised if the BBC ever get round to making it.

I’d love to see the Beeb tackle the Dark Empire of Granbretan. I can’t remember, is the BBC itself satirized at some point in the Hawkmoon books?