Fantasy, sci-fi, and horror movie ideas

[VGmaster9]

As far as I'm concerned, fantasy, sci-fi, and horror are the most creative genres in filmmaking. There are so many ideas for them.

For fantasy movies, I could make something like a sword and sorcery movie that would be pretty brutal and violent. Another movie could be a dark fantasy movie that has a grim and gritty atmosphere.

For sci-fi movies, one could be a dinosaur movie that's set in the near future and has lots of gore, kinda like Dino Crisis. Another movie could be a pulp sci-fi movie similar to Flash Gordon.

For horror movies, one could be about a guy that plays a game called "Polybius" and gets all sorts of nightmares and hallucinations after playing. Another one could be about the Cthulu mythos set in the 20's.

Any ideas from you?

 

[trancejeremy]

One of the great mysteries to me about Hollywood, is that there is probably a 100 years of great science fiction and fantasy novels, and probably only a few dozen have been turned into movies. (And in many cases, the result bore little resemblance to the original - like I, Robot)

I mean, they're only now getting around to make a decent (well, big budget) adaptation of the John Carter series.

 

[Kaodi]

I am still holding out in hopes of seeing some live action mecha movies given the big budget treatment (as part of the main premise, not just added in like in District 9 and Sucker Punch) . I mean, Transformers has done amazingly well. I would hope that they could at least try something like Battletech or Gundam.

That said, I would like to see some other stuff reasonably near-future stuff based in our Solar System, a la Defying Gravity and Moon, but a lot flashier and further reaching (like the moons of the Outer Planets) .

 

[Hand of Evil]

I think for me, industral pulp - guess John Carter can fall into this, you have the industral revolution mixed with visions of the future and then cultures under change. It is not just the age of steam but the dreams of tomorrow that we had from 1890 to 1910.

I would also do aftermath movies, you use to see a lot of books on the subject in the 70s, mutant earths and man trying to reclaim or hold on. I think we can do a great job with FX on some of those books. Heiro's Journey would be a great movie but Fallout can be there too.

The problem is Hollywood, they have "people" that sit around and just change stuff, they take the idea, twist it, then send it to a screen writer that twists it even more, the hire a director that has his own vision and twist it even more. You just don't know what you get.

 

[Nebten]

I am still holding out in hopes of seeing some live action mecha movies given the big budget treatment (as part of the main premise, not just added in like in District 9 and Sucker Punch) . I mean, Transformers has done amazingly well. I would hope that they could at least try something like Battletech or Gundam.

What?!? You've never seen the box office smash: Robot Jox (1990) - IMDb

 

[Kaodi]

What?!? You've never seen the box office smash: Robot Jox (1990) - IMDb

I have seen it. I get the feeling you are being sarcastic, however. If not... Well, that movie was 22 years ago, and it clearly did not promote the sub-genre in North America.

Not to mention Robot Jox has absolutely none of the fight pacing or scale of Transformers, BattleTech, or Gundam.

And apparently the Robot Jox budget was only $10 million. Accordinly to the " spectacle theory of movie success " that was just not enough money to guarantee success.

 

[rambof07]

i was also experienced the same to be getting scared!

 

[Umbran]

I am still holding out in hopes of seeing some live action mecha movies given the big budget treatment (as part of the main premise, not just added in like in District 9 and Sucker Punch) . I mean, Transformers has done amazingly well. I would hope that they could at least try something like Battletech or Gundam.

You mean, like...

THE NEW KIND Trailer - YouTube

See Teaser trailer for "The New Kind" gives us beautiful, lo-fi mecha suit action

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Personally, while I'm all for new and active stuff from modern screenwriters, I would also love to see the classics of the various genres make it to the big screen or TV in quality form.

Yes, I know that the (relatively faithful) John Carter movie just flopped, but I view that as being at least one part marketing failure and one part fan failure (we don't do the best job of identifying the classics to the newer fans of the genre).

Imagine if the Elric or Fafhrd & Grey Mouser books were getting the GoT treatment by a major cable company? Or Thieves World?

Sci-Fi really gets skewered on this front. I keep seeing great stories of the genre get mauled- I, Robot, Nightfall, The Postman, Minority Report...Starship Troopers. Movies made of those suffered either from a lack of budget or a "Hollywood Rewrite" or both.

But with the right budget and a more faithful hand overseeing the screenplay writing process, something like Ben Bova's Grand Tour novels could become as classic as 2001.

 

[Kaodi]

You mean, like...

THE NEW KIND Trailer - YouTube

See Teaser trailer for "The New Kind" gives us beautiful, lo-fi mecha suit action

Could be... interesting.

Ninja robots is not exactly what I was talking about, but that walker mech near the end gives me hope, hehehe...