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Movies from award winning SF/F novels!
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Posted 2008-10-16 1:58 PM (#1467)
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it seems that there is a lot of good SF/F to look forward to in the near future at the movies!  i've been seeing lots of news reports of what's coming that has me really excited and a bit apprehensive...

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

- http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Dan-Simmons-Hyperion-Cantos-Becomes-A-Movie-8383.html

- http://www.dansimmons.com/news/movies.htm

Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson

- http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38604

- http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i149edf3e04ae016878819cfa89830a85

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

- http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/13/ridley-scott-to-adap.html

- http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/13/the-forever-war-ridley-scott-returns-to-sci-fi/

Fangland by John Marks

- http://www.fangland.net/

...excited by the possibilities and apprehensive that they'll screw up some really great books.  i'm sure there are more out there too.  i wonder how many of these are really going to come to pass?  we've been hearing about Ender's Game forever!

have you heard of any other great SF/F books being made into movies or series?

- dave

 

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hihik
Posted 2010-04-27 3:34 PM (#1944 - in reply to #1467)
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Roadside Picnic

movies.nytimes.com/movie/425753/Roadside-Picnic/overview

www.imdb.com/title/tt0837157

this is interesting ..



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Posted 2010-04-27 4:42 PM (#1945 - in reply to #1944)
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hihik, using chrome by any chance?
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Posted 2010-04-27 4:43 PM (#1946 - in reply to #1467)
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Posted 2010-04-27 4:47 PM (#1947 - in reply to #1467)
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Oh because your links are broken, i thought you were suffering from this chrome bug: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=41467
You need to include http:// or your links are treated as relative ...
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Posted 2010-04-27 5:09 PM (#1949 - in reply to #1467)
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Posted 2010-04-27 5:28 PM (#1950 - in reply to #1467)
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um, yea I managed to work that out ... I was just pointing it out.
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Posted 2010-12-15 9:33 PM (#2266 - in reply to #1467)
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I also am a bit apprehensive when they go to make a movie out a favorite book. I'm not a purest, I liked both the Dune movie and the SciFi mini-series. Both of those were very controversial with fans. As long as they capture essence and it is interesting I am good.

I find I am often more upset when they take book and squeeze everything out and produce an action adventure.

I particularly was upset with Starship Trooper. I thought the book had a lot to offer regarding society and citizenship. The movie was 99% action with a variety of random additions for an extra 11% action credit. Here is hoping that Hyperion is not devoid of the stories. It might just be too tempting to only focus on the shrike.

What are some of the worst examples you can think of?
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Posted 2012-03-25 12:13 PM (#3134 - in reply to #1467)
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