What if other adaptations got the "hobbit" treatment?

[Dannyalcatraz]

I love Cherryh's SF, but it's usually so psychologically convoluted, I can see it becoming garbage quite easily.

That's also why something like the Foreigner books would do better broken up into multiple movies or a series of some kind- that would allow those responsible to have a chance at doing justice to the underlying stories.

A single movie just doesn't have the time.

Lots of short stories are successfully translated into movies.

And more aren't!

One of Sci-fi's greatest short-stories is Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall", later expanded to novel length with Robert Silverberg's help.

It has the misfortune of having been made into not one but TWO terrible movies.

On a certain level, Pitch Black with Vin Diesel does a much better job of handling some of the issues raised in Asimov's story than do the movies made directly from it.

 

[Meatboy]

Well you lost me there, the animation adaption of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" was passable, but patently bad. And with the modern fascination with Japanime, I would fear we would end up with "Dragon Ball Z" meets "Star Wars: The Clone Wars"...

That is a perfectly valid fear. I'm just worried about the logistics of such a film or series. Unlike Game of Thrones The Wheel of Time has a lot of magic going which could get hokey fast, plus having to find a derth of actors over 6 and a half feet might be tough too.

 

[Nellisir]

That's also why something like the Foreigner books would do better broken up into multiple movies or a series of some kind- that would allow those responsible to have a chance at doing justice to the underlying stories.

Oh gods. Like that series isn't long enough. I quit reading it because it felt like the same damned thing over and over. Will Bren EVER get enough sleep?

 

[Lord Mhoram]

Harry Turtledove's Darkness series

I'd prefer his Worldwar get adapted - But they are both WWII series so....