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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warrior Poet" data-source="post: 2297717" data-attributes="member: 1057">Thanks for all the interesting input, everyone!  The more I think about the possibility for these movies, the more I think a mini-series might not be a bad idea (I've been watching lots of Band of Brothers lately, so that may have something to do with it, and obviously, I wish the Fafhrd/Grey Mouser series would be as well-made as Band of Brothers).  Of course, it's so rare for a mini-series to be well made and gain any kind of interest.Something someone mentioned, too, in one of the other threads (can't remember the thread or the poster; maybe the "Where Are All the Fantasy Films" thread?) is that there may be a perception among many U.S./North American audiences that fantasy films really means for kids (although I would never say a Sword and Sorcery movie like Milius' Conan was for kids) and so has to be somewhat disguised.  Maybe there just wouldn't be enough draw.But I'd watch it!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />barsoomcore, the Swords of Lankhmar idea sounds like a great start.  I think the Fafhrd/Grey Mouser films would, in a way, just have to be really wild (not hallucinatory, but just very visually interesting; not even stylized, necessarily, but all the elements you mentioned like the rat city and the ghouls and so on would have to really catch the eye) as a way to really show viewers what an imaginative and fun and fantastic world Nehwon is, inhabited by some really cool and strange and eldritch beings (I keep coming back to Sheelba and Ningauble on this one).Might be the kind of thing to make people scratch their heads and say, "Ya mean there's more to fantasy books than just Tolkien?" (nothing against the professor, I love his work, but I'd love to see a bigger diversity of stuff).  It doesn't have to be poorly acted, it doesn't have to have cheesy effects.  Just tell the stories.  There's enough humor built into them already for that to shine through, and enough treachery, action, strangeness, beauty, conflict, magic, and bawdiness to make for a really awesome set of films.Thanks again for all the input.  Maybe someday.  Maybe someday.Warrior Poet</blockquote>

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