Movies that would be cool, but will never happen

[Elf Witch]

Hi again,



Ah, the Deryni. Original inspiration for the D&D Psionicist class, which appeared in Dragon #78 with (1st Edition, of course) stats for Camber, Joram, Rhys, Alaric, Duncan, Kelson, and others. I don't really see anything in the series that would outright bar this from being produced, though it is of course far more obscure than the likes of giants like Tolkien or LeGuin. A movie or mini-series would be nice, but I'd settle for Kurtz writing up the rest of her books faster than the 16 years (!) I waited between Quest for Saint Camber and King Kelson's Bride. Yeah, the Adept, the Templar stories, and the immediate post-Camber era are nice, but let's focus, here!

Again, hope this helps!

Know I am going to have to go and try and find this issue of Dragon. The Deryni books are my LOTR. Her new book which tells the tale of Morgan's parents In THe King's Service just came out. I had the pleasure of talking with Katherine Kurtz earlier this year she was visiting family down her in Florida before she went to Gencon. We talked about why it takes her so long to write her Deryni novels. IT's all the deep layers she puts into them. She can't just crank them out. BTW there were three Derni novels between Quest for Saint camber and King Kelson's Bride. She filled in the back story of Camber's time with THe Harrowing of Gwynedd, King Javan's Year and The Bastard Prince.

Later this year they are rereleasing The original Deryni series with a few modifactions things that she would like to see changed now that she is a more experienced writer.

I have ordered The Deryni gamebook based on the fudge system I am dying to get it I have always wanted to play in a DEryni setting.

 

[Dimwhit]

My idea of a cool book-to-movie (I hope no one mentioned it--I didn't read every post) would be Faerie Tale by Raymond Feist. It doesn't read as well today as it did in the 80s, but the story is great and it would make an amazing fantasy/horror movie.

 

[Yellow Sign]

Are you aware that there have actually been a number of HP Lovecraft stories that were adapted into movies? Or are you talking about specific modules from the game? Personally I don't really care who's in the movie as long as they are good. Plenty of "Star" based adaptations have sucked rocks.

LOL...well I am talking about the short story Call of Cthulhu.
You can read it here. http://www.gizmology.net/lovecraft/works/cthulhu.htm

Its about this demon god Cthulhu who rests dead but dreaming in a sunken city and his cult which wants to bring him back to life to rule and/or destroy the world.

PS: sorry could not resist!

 

[diaglo]

I'd like to see someone try:

Quag Keep by Andre Norton.

i've always been curious how they would do the wrist thingie with the dice.

 

[SteelDraco]

A few comics I think would make excellent movies.

Sandman, of course - particularly Season of Mists. That's a great storyline, and would be an excellent movie. Unfortunately, if they ever actually do a Sandman movie, it'll likely be based on Preludes and Nocturnes, which I don't think is nearly as good. Yes, the release/return of Sandman to the world is important, but I don't think it would be a great movie.

Rising Stars and Midnight Nation would both be really great in film form. Both would cost quite a bit of money, but would be amazingly cool. Rising Stars is a supers comic about a group of 113 children affected by a one-time flash, and the way the world reacts to them. Midnight Nation is about a guy who gets his soul stolen, and has to walk across the US on the side of the lost people, to fight Satan to get his soul back.

I've heard that Preacher is coming out as a movie; hopefully they do a good job with it. I've only read four of the trade paperbacks, but most of what I've read, I really enjoyed. I'm wondering how they'll condense the whole storyline into one movie, though. It's a fairly long series.

Song of Ice and Fire would be amazing as a movie, but nearly impossible. It'd be considerably harder than LotR, which is the only thing I can really compare it to in scope. They'd have to cut so much (both for audiences and length) that it wouldn't end up anything like Martin's version of the story. And that'd be such a shame that I'm almost glad it isn't going to happen.

I'm a big fan of Jim Butcher's 'Dresden Files' books, if anybody's familiar with them. Those would be really good movies, too. Lots of action, excellent characters, and some fun magic stuff goin' on.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Heh. A Rising Stars movie is already in the works. I don't know if it'll ever get
made or anything, but it's a possibility. The Preacher project is long dead.

 

[Shadowdancer]

Makes me wonder what they're going to do with Saruman and Wormtongue. I also still suspect and hope that there may be reference to it, and perhaps some shots of it, as part of the loss and sacrifice referred to in the trailer. They have done some new filming for the later movies, if I remember correctly, and the dismantled Hobbiton sets shouldn't be too much of a problem for the Scouring.

There won't be any reference to the Scouring because in Jackson's movies the Scouring does not happen.

 

[Pants]

Song of Ice and Fire would be amazing as a movie, but nearly impossible. It'd be considerably harder than LotR, which is the only thing I can really compare it to in scope. They'd have to cut so much (both for audiences and length) that it wouldn't end up anything like Martin's version of the story. And that'd be such a shame that I'm almost glad it isn't going to happen.

A Hedge Knight movie, however, would be entirely possible and a really cool movie to boot.

I think a Drizzt movie focusing more on the Entreri plotline would be really cool.

 

[Null Boundry]

Ah, I take it you are not aware that there have been TWO movies based on the short story? The first is a B&W film from the 50's or early 60's starring Vincent Price called "The Last Man on Earth", but it is almost completely faithful to the original story. A good film, has been running on several of the movie channels over the past several months. Not sure if it's available on DVD though.

Second version was done in the late 60's early 70's starring Charston Heston, called "The Omega Man". It diverged more substantially from the original story (in particular giving him a chance to display his gun fetishes), but is still an entertaining movie and some of the changes were of interest in it's own right. The "Vampires" weren't classical vampires, but more disease victims and still sentient.

Yes I've seen them and did quite like them but they are not the same as the book.

 

[Tratyn Runewind]

Hello again,

Posted by Elf Witch:
Know I am going to have to go and try and find this issue of Dragon.

It's in the "Dragon Magazine CD-ROM Archive", which is an amazing value in and of itself. Issues 1 to 250 of Dragon, plus all seven issues of its predecessor the Strategic Review. Truly a piece of gaming history. And supposedly often in the cheap racks at many software stores by now, when it can be found at all.

Dragon #68 also contains a short article on non-adventuring "cloistered" clerics that was pretty obviously inspired by the Deryni books; Handfire and Deryni-like Wards are among their spells, and the Deryni books are the only ones mentioned as reference in the article. Still, it's nothing like the wealth of material on them in #78.

Posted by Elf Witch:
Her new book which tells the tale of Morgan's parents In THe King's Service just came out.

Hmm, hers is one of the names I always look for when I run through the "New Hardcovers" section at the local bookstores, but I hadn't heard of this one yet. I'll be sure to keep an eye out for it; thanks!

Posted by Elf Witch:
BTW there were three Derni novels between Quest for Saint camber and King Kelson's Bride.

Yes, this is what I meant by "the immediate post-Camber era". I think Guiscard is my favorite character from those books.

Posted by Elf Witch:
Later this year they are rereleasing The original Deryni series with a few modifactions things that she would like to see changed now that she is a more experienced writer.

Hadn't heard this either. It should be interesting to see what the changes are. Even Tolkien revised The Hobbit as LotR was being written, and incorporated the changes into LotR, with the original edition being the falsehood that Bilbo first wrote and told the dwarves (Gollum giving Bilbo the ring as a prize for winning the riddle-game) and the revised edition being the "truth".

Posted by Shadowdancer:
There won't be any reference to the Scouring because in Jackson's movies the Scouring does not happen.

Ah well. Again, it does make me wonder how Saruman and Wormtongue will be handled. I suppose I'll find out in a few weeks...

Oh, and Viking Bastard: Anyone with Guy Gardner as their avatar has got to get an attaboy from me. Very nice!