Movies or TV Series You`d like to see made

[Mal Hombre]

On the subject of movies ,which movies would you like to see made ? For myself, i would like to see a film about the first world war which allowed the men in the trenches to be soldiers instead of victims. May be even portrayed as the heroes a lot of them were.

[eelcat]

On the subject of movies ,which movies would you like to see made ? For myself, i would like to see a film about the first world war which allowed the men in the trenches to be soldiers instead of victims. May be even portrayed as the heroes a lot of them were.

Yes they certainly got a raw deal. That TV show "Not Forgotten" opened my eyes to raw deal the soldiers got...especially when they returned home. A very sad and sobering series that was.

[wrench24a]

There's two movies I'd like to see made. The first is about the Allied Merchant Marines in the North Atlantic during WWII. I don't think those men EVER got the credit they deserved! It would be a raw gritty style like Das Boot-not Hollywood bullshit.

The second one I'd like to see made is about the American women who worked in the defense plants during WWII. My mother worked in two aircraft plants from 1941 to 1945 while my dad was in England with the 8th Air Force and in the Pacific with the XXI Air Force.. Some of the stories she told were amazing! Again no Hollywood crap and big time "stars". I'd want to see average run-of-the-mill looking women like the kind who actually worked in the factories along with a realistic story line. This is another group who deserves much MORE credit than they got.

[doyle]

"The Hound Of The Baskervilles", by my namesake. Yes, I know, there have been several movies made from it. But none of them did it justice.
This is one story where you could really stick it to the audience - especially since very few of the kids know the book these days.

[tabler]

"The Hound Of The Baskervilles", by my namesake. Yes, I know, there have been several movies made from it. But none of them did it justice.
This is one story where you could really stick it to the audience - especially since very few of the kids know the book these days.

The Jeremy Brett (BBC) version is the closest thing you will get to the book (infact it is a very faithfull adaption) very, very good. I think it is available on DVD.

[tabler]

The Jeremy Brett (BBC) version is the closest thing you will get to the book (infact it is a very faithfull adaption) very, very good. I think it is available on DVD.

I owe you all an apology for this post, it was actually by Granada Television, when I think of good British drama I automatically think BBC:rolleyes:

[MaxJoker]

On the subject of movies ,which movies would you like to see made ? For myself, i would like to see a film about the first world war which allowed the men in the trenches to be soldiers instead of victims. May be even portrayed as the heroes a lot of them were.


Agree with fellow member Cloq the title was misleading so i've amended it to match the topics real question Mal Hombre , hope that`s ok :D

Also there has been a war film of which you speak

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paths_of_Glory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eecsFg8VeM

Still there`s probably more than just this one surely :confused:

Anyway since we're talking about films we'd like to see made then i`m looking forward to seeing Green Lantern finally get made , although i was feeling the exact same about Watchmen and Wolverine but they ended up being pretty average comic to celluloid transitions :(

[elton dong]

"The fisting of George w Bush"

[scoundrel]

There's two movies I'd like to see made. The first is about the Allied Merchant Marines in the North Atlantic during WWII. I don't think those men EVER got the credit they deserved! It would be a raw gritty style like Das Boot-not Hollywood bullshit.

An aspect of the war insufficiently dramatised in film, partly I suspect because the fight of the Merchant Marine was largely one of endurance in the face of unremitting deadly peril. They seldom got the chance to hit back, except in the crucially important but unglamourous triumph of delivering the cargo. There is one obscure but rather good British movie called San Demetrio, London which celebrated the exploit of the crew of a British tanker badly damaged by a German aircraft who abandoned ship when it looked like the aviation fuel cargo was about to explode but then (with great difficulty) re-boarded, put out the fires, re-started the damaged engines and sailed independently through U Boat infested waters all the way to Liverpool and safety. This really happened and was a typical example of what the Allied merchant marines did to help pull down the Axis powers.

The second one I'd like to see made is about the American women who worked in the defense plants during WWII. My mother worked in two aircraft plants from 1941 to 1945 while my dad was in England with the 8th Air Force and in the Pacific with the XXI Air Force.. Some of the stories she told were amazing! Again no Hollywood crap and big time "stars". I'd want to see average run-of-the-mill looking women like the kind who actually worked in the factories along with a realistic story line. This is another group who deserves much MORE credit than they got.
There is a reasonably good Hollywood film called Swingshift with Goldie Hawn (not usually my favourite actress but credit where it's due: she puts in a good turn here); Ed Harris as her initially unlikeable US sailor husband who learns an awful lot from his active service in the Pacific war about what matters most in his life; Kurt Russell as Hawn's co-worker in the aero-engine plant and the face of Ol' Temptation.

The re-union scene when Harris walks onto dry land not knowing if his errant wife will show, and Hawn presents herself to him not really thinking he will take her back is very touching. Harris isn't delighted about all that gone on while he has been away, but Hawn is there. She chose him. This matters enormously. They are going to be OK.

[kananga]

"The fisting of George w Bush"

With a special appearence by John Howard (former Australian Prime Minister) as 'The Fist"

[mal123]

Anyone of the Stainless Steel Rat books

[penfold007]

A sequel to Serenity

Jonny Mnemonic done properly. It's a short story masterpiece, that whistles along at a breakneck speed. It deserves to be a better film than the turgid effort we currently have.

Mathilde a sequel to Leon set 20 years on. No idea about the story, just like the idea of seeing what became of her.

Anyone of the Stainless Steel Rat books

But who would play Angelina?

[Mal Hombre]

An aspect of the war insufficiently dramatised in film, partly I suspect because the fight of the Merchant Marine was largely one of endurance in the face of unremitting deadly peril. They seldom got the chance to hit back, except in the crucially important but unglamourous triumph of delivering the cargo. There is one obscure but rather good British movie called San Demetrio, London which celebrated the exploit of the crew of a British tanker badly damaged by a German aircraft who abandoned ship when it looked like the aviation fuel cargo was about to explode but then (with great difficulty) re-boarded, put out the fires, re-started the damaged engines and sailed independently through U Boat infested waters all the way to Liverpool and safety. This really happened and was a typical example of what the Allied merchant marines did to help pull down the Axis powers.


There is a reasonably good Hollywood film called Swingshift with Goldie Hawn (not usually my favourite actress but credit where it's due: she puts in a good turn here); Ed Harris as her initially unlikeable US sailor husband who learns an awful lot from his active service in the Pacific war about what matters most in his life; Kurt Russell as Hawn's co-worker in the aero-engine plant and the face of Ol' Temptation.

The re-union scene when Harris walks onto dry land not knowing if his errant wife will show, and Hawn presents herself to him not really thinking he will take her back is very touching. Harris isn't delighted about all that gone on while he has been away, but Hawn is there. She chose him. This matters enormously. They are going to be OK.
If they made San Demetrio nowadays they'd make an american the hero,though as i recall there was an american character

[squigg58]

I'd like to see how Hollywood handled the Battle of Hürtgen Forest ... then again, maybe I'd rather NOT have Hollywood do it. Leave it to someone who doesn't have the same tendency to distort history.

If you've never heard of Hürtgen Forest, I'm not surprised. It was the longest single battle the U.S. Army has ever fought in its history, so is of major significance, but it's rarely mentioned for the simple reason that history is always written by the victors. Look it up ... it's makes sobering reading.

[Mal Hombre]

With a special appearence by John Howard (former Australian Prime Minister) as 'The Fist"
And Tony Blair as a butt-plug

[scoundrel]

And Tony Blair as a butt-plugI see Tony Blair as The Lubricant. He's slimy enough.

[electile disfunction]

I've always believed that modern civilization needs a series of films of the book Our Bodies, Ourselves.

I will likely come up with others, soon. (One came to mind but I am not sure if I would actually suggest it: Gilbert and Sullivan's Patton.)

e.d.

[haldane4]

Yes they certainly got a raw deal. That TV show "Not Forgotten" opened my eyes to raw deal the soldiers got...especially when they returned home. A very sad and sobering series that was.

Perhaps a film about the 1926 General Strike is in order.

[kananga]

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I'd like to see a film about Eva Cassidy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Cassidy) (R.I.P) a great talent taken way too early and only made popular after her passing.

There was a Nightline special (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZYelJeEcSM) that seems to have been pulled from Youtube?, and another documentary (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sfRvXIictA&feature=player_embedded) which I have yet to see

I personally think it may be best if they used original (dubbed) vocal takes for performances, as her voice was too unique.
But then Hollywood is a most likely a Chain of Fools (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRNleKBDCNw&feature=related)

[scoundrel]

If they made San Demetrio nowadays they'd make an american the hero,though as i recall there was an american character

HMS Jervis Bay

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I have seen San Demetrio, London again and I mis-remembered the circumstances under which the tanker was originally damaged. In fact she was hit by 11 inch shells from the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and severely damaged, set on fire and her steering knocked out. The film did not do justice to the original battle, in which convoy HX84 was attacked by Admiral Scheer south of Greenland and Iceland. There was no warship whatsoever protecting the 38 merchantmen: it is terrifying to realise how naked Britain was on November 5th 1940. Not one destroyer, not one corvette, not even an anti-submarine trawler.

The only escort was a passenger liner commandeered from the Aberdeen and Pacific Line, mounted up with 8 six inch field artillery pieces left over from the Boer War, aimed and fired locally by their gun crews using open sights which Nelson's sailors would have been able to understand and operate. She could manage 15 knots flat out with her safety valves screwed shut. Her name on the navy list was HMS Jervis Bay. Her captain, a 49 year old Navy Commander with the acting rank of Captain, was Edward Fegan: he was a very experienced officer who cannot possibly have had any illusions about the outcome when he gave the order to engage Admiral Scheer, but his order to convoy HX84 was to scatter. He sacrificed his own life and in total 190 men of HMS Jervis Bay died, but their attack on Admiral Scheer delayed the pursuit of the scattering convoy for about half an hour and she also laid down a smoke screen to conceal her convoy and spoil the aim of the German guns. 31 ships escaped when night fell. Admiral Scheer sank 6 and knocked the SS San Demetrio about so savagely that everyone, including her own crew, was convinced she stood no chance. Given extra time, there is no telling how many more of the convoys ships would have been destroyed. The sacrifice made by the men of HMS Jervis Bay was not in vain, but it was a tragic battle in lonely waters.

A neutral Swedish merchantman rescued 65 survivors of the Jervis Bay, at considerable risk to her own safety because she was testing the limits of neutrality by intervening. Had she passed by on the other side, not one man of the crew of the Jervis Bay would have survived. Captain Fegan was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for valour. The film San Demetrio, London was made in 1943 and I dare say there was not much propaganda mileage in telling the British that their navy in 1940 was so bankrupt that the safety of 38 merchant ships was left up to a passenger liner with a few antique six inch guns. But the incredible feat of this sick joke of an imitation warship, slugging it out and protecting her convoy against a 28 knot pocket battleship armed with 11 inch guns should go down, not in history, but in legend. I'd like to see a film about Captain Fegan and his ship and his men.

[Soft Pillow]

I would definitely enjoy intelligent films on these people... H.G. Wells, Brian Epstein & Benny Hill.

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[snorkie]

On the subject of movies ,which movies would you like to see made ? For myself, i would like to see a film about the first world war which allowed the men in the trenches to be soldiers instead of victims. May be even portrayed as the heroes a lot of them were.

Try Gary Cooper's Sergeant York.

Also, I'd love to see a proper presentation of "I A Robot." The recent movie was throwaway fluff. The feature would probably have to be a mini-series, and at least one of the vignettes would get the fundamentalist all riled up.

[Dumbassgo]

A prequel to 'Alien'. Basically the story of the chest-bursted Space Jockey that Dallas, Kane and Lambert find in the derelict alien spacecraft. There have been numerous rumours of scripts of this floating about and I'd love to see it made, especially if they could get Ridley Scott involved as he has said it would be an interesting story to explore.

And under no circumstances must they try and shoe-horn in Ripley. We all know what a travesty Alien Resurrection was.

Cheers,
Dumbassgo.

[MaxJoker]

They`re going to re-make the re-make of The Flash , re-make the re-make of Captain America and they already re-made the dreary Fantastic Four . Why don`t the commissioning studio executives grow a pair and produce two unique graphic novels for once.

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The time ,and digital capabilities has never been more ready to finally put these classic`s onto the big screen !

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But no that`d take a modicum of risk , and like i say balls :mad:

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Still on the plus side i hear tell there`s another Garfield sequel in the offing , yeah Garfield and the clumsily applied lethal injection :D

[Clawhammer]

As mentioned with "I Robot" (spot on Snorkie) Hollywood has never got close to "I am Legend" either.

The original book from the late 50's is terrifying even today. But Hollywood thinks it's too too scary for audiences.

"Last man on earth" Vincent Price was about slow-moving, dumb zombies
Gilurmo Del Torro originally wanted "Blade 2" to be like (IAL) but had to water it down to 'crack vamps'
Charlton Heston's "Omega Man" was about jive ass hippies
and Wil Smith's "I am Legend" was about Uber-psycho's.

None of 'em come close to the book!

[snorkie]

They`re going to re-make the re-make of The Flash , re-make the re-make of Captain America and they already re-made the dreary Fantastic Four . Why don`t the commissioning studio executives grow a pair and produce two unique graphic novels for once.


Originality entails risk and expense; executives in media conglomerates are quite understandably adverse to both. Graphic novels tend to be particularly risky. For every "Hellboy" you have a two or three Ghostriders, Mystery Men or even worse The Spirit. BTW, The Spirit cuts exceptionally deep as an Eisner fan since childhood; although I could never forgive Ebony White's graphic depiction.

[888]

I'd like to see a proper John Woo Killer/Hardboiled type film shot in the west with Chow Yun Fat and Jean Reno in leading roles. Both actors have been discracefully treated and reduced to bit part supporting acts for some other American "Hero" in the leading role since going to Hollywood.

[zab79]

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ALIEN vs PREDATOR vs ALF

''THIS PLANET AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE 3 OF US''

[Mal Hombre]

I'd like to see a movie of Frank Miller's classic graphic novel "The Dark Knight Returns".It wouldn't be easy ,the plot would have to be altered to allow for political changes since the1980s.and i don't know who they'd cast as a 55year old Batman.

[snowy25]

a movie of the tv show friends, but with them all being killed off one by one by a deranged serial killer who thought the show was real.

[888]

I'd like to see a movie of Frank Miller's classic graphic novel "The Dark Knight Returns".It wouldn't be easy ,the plot would have to be altered to allow for political changes since the1980s.and i don't know who they'd cast as a 55year old Batman.

I remember reading the graphic novel sometime ago thinking Clint Eastwood would make a great aged, and slightly mad Batman.

[888]

a movie of the tv show friends, but with them all being killed off one by one by a deranged serial killer who thought the show was real.

If you've ever seen Cloverfield it's immensely all the more enjoyable imagining they're the cast of "friends". (Spoiler alert) It's actually quite good for an American film to see smug "friends" types chased out of thier loft apartments and to their peril. You were meant to sympathise with their desperate attempts to stay alive, of course. Hell, I was routing for the monster all the way!

[tobe2165]

I'd like to see a movie of Frank Miller's classic graphic novel "The Dark Knight Returns".It wouldn't be easy ,the plot would have to be altered to allow for political changes since the1980s.and i don't know who they'd cast as a 55year old Batman.

I always wanted to see that one.
just use the comic as storyboard,nothing more,nothing less.

[haldane4]

Perhaps a film about the 1926 General Strike is in order.

Well, it turns out that Ken Loach and Jim Allen made a major television series, Days of Hope, for the BBC back in 1975 - it covered the fortunes of demobbed soldiers and their families, from Armistice Day up to and including the general strike.

Not available on video or DVD unfortunately. I'd love to see this one.

[haldane4]

I'd like to see a film of Guy Sajer's The Forgotten Soldier. Epic stuff.

[porty]

A film about my Uncle Sid. Unknown to myself or any of our family he was one of the most decorated British soldiers of WW2 and it only became known when he passed away in 2008 and the MOD got in touch to ask if it was possible they could do a funeral with full military honours as a way of national gratitude.
We were then told that the local Derby paper was going to do a 5 PAGE story on the guy detailing his whole wartime life, all of which was new to the family. I was shocked and amazed that one man could go through all what he had without so much as a scratch.

He fought at Dunkirk, part of the original allied expeditionary force in france, the battle for malta, north africa, burma, singapore, italy, sicily, he was in the first wave of attack at normandy on D-Day, holland, belgium and germany, in no particular order.

quite a promising storyline don't you think?

[massivemass]

A film about my Uncle Sid.

quite a promising storyline don't you think?
That would be excellent. Me thinks the movie title should simply be called "Sid".

The question now would be which actor to play your uncle as the leading role? You can never go wrong with someone like Ian McKellan or Michael Caine, but then you might need a younger actor to play as your uncle when he was young during the war.

Please don't say Orlando Bloom. :D

[damp-patch]

That would be excellent. Me thinks the movie title should simply be called "Sid".

The question now would be which actor to play your uncle as the leading role? You can never go wrong with someone like Ian McKellan or Michael Caine, but then you might need a younger actor to play as your uncle when he was young during the war.

Please don't say Orlando Bloom. :D

Dont worry. He'd become an American (no offence, honestly) and be played by Tom Hanks maybe.

[brianwp]

I'll take that part! (I'd take any part, truthfully). I love acting, and have been told in the local community theatre that I'm very good at it. I'd love to play Oscar in "the Odd Couple", I think I'd be perfect for it. Probably because I'm so much like him already. But I'm willing to start anywhere in the cinema. So if you're a talent scout or director and also a perverted member of VEF...put me in, coach!!!

[MaxJoker]

The Westminster Massacre ! - Based on a true story ;):thumbsup:

[danton]

Dont worry. He'd become an American (no offence, honestly) and be played by Tom Hanks maybe.

All the Nazis would be played by British actors – except the one "decent" one. He'd have to be German.

[John C. Holmes]

Ask A Ninja needs to make the movie he has always wanted to make:

NINJAS OF THE CARRIBEAN!!!

[steve40]

i would love to see someone make a film about the life of the greatest actor that ever lived and by saying that i am talking about vincent price.

[windymiller]

i would love to see someone make a film about the life of the greatest actor that ever lived and by saying that i am talking about vincent price.

What immediately springs to mind for me at the mention of the wonderful Mr Price is of course his close association with the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Being a fan of biopics I'd love to see a proper telling of the fascinating life story of this man. Orphaned at a young age and then rejected by his adoptive parents, his failure to carve out a military career and finally being kicked out of the West Point academy, his constant struggle to make a living from his writing and ultimately the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, being found incapable in the streets of Baltimore in someone elses clothes continually shouting the name Reynolds. (to this day no one knows to whom he was referring) One of the greatest writers of his time died a pauper and like so many others his work was only truly appreciated after his death.

[Bulldogs78]

I remember reading the graphic novel sometime ago thinking Clint Eastwood would make a great aged, and slightly mad Batman.

That would be AWESOME!

[47Crash]

The real and true story of Jack the Ripper and have his or her identity revealed at the end, but I suppose we'll never find out the truth. I don't know if there is one but I'd like to see a biopic on whoever is responsible for the birth of the movie industry; they should not be forgotten.

[haldane4]

I'd like to see a film of my favourite crime novel - Fast One by Paul Cain.

In which Gerry Kells and his dipsy girlfriend S Granquist take on the entire LA underworld in a plot that's as about as linear as a bombed out city.

I'm surprised one of the great French directors didn't take it on in the 60's or 70s since they were very impressed by Woolrich and Goodis. Maybe it's just too complex a novel. At any rate, it's a cracking story.

[Night Haunter]

I'am Legend by Richard Matheson.
The Will Smith version was total rubbish:mad: and the Charlton Heston version was OK:( but I'd like to see a true to the book version, showing the loneliness, isolation and despair of one man's survival:)

Also Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock would make a good movie, it's basically a time travel story with a twist. A man journeys back 2000 years to Judea to see Jesus Christ only to find him a imbecile, whereupon he realises he must assume the role of Christ:confused: only trouble is it would cause uproar amongst the religious fraternity:(

[renno61]

Leigh Brackett the sword of Rhiannon
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i think is a much better book than john carter of mars which is currently being made
for the cinema by disney.

[doc sunggles]

for my money how about a good version of 'the dark tower' by stephen king ? as for the cast mmm not sure .you need some who can play a time traveling cowboy gunslinger king ( and yes thats what the charachter is for those who havnt read the seven books in the series ) you also need an ex-druggie perhaps vigo mortisen or karl urban some kind of cgi badger/dog and paralysed black woman with more alter egos that i can remember of the top of my head im thinking whoppee goldburg (not sure on that one) and a 10-12 year old boy . as for the director i'd plump for david slade he did a belting job on 30 days of nights ( and not to name drop but i went to school with him back in the day )

[livininthepast]

A prequel to 'Alien'. Basically the story of the chest-bursted Space Jockey that Dallas, Kane and Lambert find in the derelict alien spacecraft. There have been numerous rumours of scripts of this floating about and I'd love to see it made, especially if they could get Ridley Scott involved as he has said it would be an interesting story to explore.

And under no circumstances must they try and shoe-horn in Ripley. We all know what a travesty Alien Resurrection was.

Cheers,
Dumbassgo.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/04/23/ridley-scotts-alien-prequel-details-revealed/
Looking forward to it.

I would like to see starship troopers made properly. the films they made were a travesty.:mad:
Wouldn't mind seeing the azimov foundation series (original 3 only)

[otiscleotus]

I'd like to see a film made of John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle. Way back when he gave John O'Hara an opportunity to have a go at coming up with a screenplay for it but O'Hara didn't get far as it really wasn't his kind of story. Here's hoping that it would be kept as ugly as it was meant to be too.

The same goes for Breakfast Of Champions. The version out there with Bruce Willis and Nick Nolte is just too kind and sweet to the characters, it's as if Kurt Vonnegut (who has a brief appearence in the film) wanted to give them a happy going away present and that just destroyed the tone and attitude of the book.

[888]

A proper version of War of the Worlds set in Victorian England as was in the book and NOT in America. Not a fan of Period Dramas but I like the idea of the setting being invaded by huge alien technology and no Tom Cruise in sight!

[snowy25]

There are a couple of books I would like to see made into movies. One is The Ninja by Eric Van Lustbader. If it was done correctly it could be a great martial arts movie and it could then have a few sequels because there are 6 books in the series.
The second is a book by Frederick Forsyth called Avenger, about an ex vietnam war tunnel rat. He now works as a lawyer but also he uses his skills and contacts to track down a Bosnian war criminal who killed an American aid worker. It seems they made a tv movie of the book, but changed lots of it around. So it would be good to see one as it is in the book.

[888]

I've mentioned it in the "Did you know" thread that Captain Nemo is Indian, only appearing as such in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". So it would be great to see a proper version of 20,000 Leagues under the sea where this is not overlooked in favour of James Mason, Patrick Stewart or Ben Cross. Also with the update of Sherlock Holmes and his more action orientated guise I'd like to see a proper Charlie Chan film where He's actually played by a Chinese actor for once. Funnily enough when Bruce Lee was alive there was talk of an update where he continued Charlie Chans legacy as his No.1 son, who would have been a kind of secret agent with martial arts skills. But like the T.V show "Kung Fu" He was considered a bit too Chinese for the role and it didn't happen!

[gala4711]

I really would like to see the Dragonlance Saga beeing made the same way and quality as Lord of the Rings was done.

That would be fantastic.

gala

[renno61]

The Night Stalker Kolchak
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one of the best vampire movies made.
love to see this remade today with a list stars such as De Niro,Pacino,Spacey
in the part.change the setting,doesn't have to be US could be Japan, England.
Alter the story so you would not no what was coming but keep the main
plot of the original.

[dylpickle]

Frank Norris's novels: The Octopus, and McTeague

[MaxJoker]

Slightly off topic but they've already begun working on the third installment of the dark knight screen play, and from the sounds of it the main villain might be the Riddler or Clayface or Bane , hell or even all three :confused:

Me i'd prefer it if they stuck with the Joker ( I would say that i know) and this time hand the mantel over to Crispin Glover :thumbsup:


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The man who should have played the part in the first place . The guy was born for the role and if he doesn't do it now i can't see him ever getting the chance again :(

[dorcelfan]

I'd like to see an updated version of "The Odessa File".....a fabulous book and a fairly good film adaptation. John Voight is a fine actor and did his best but wasn't convincing enough as a German for me.

Thomas Kretschmann (the ship Captain in King Kong) is, in my opinion, tailor made for the remake.

Just read the article about the "Alien" prequel......so glad Ridley Scott is pulling the reins....NO ONE else could pull this off.

Regards

D

[herby]

i adore history and would love to see a film or decent series for tv about
hereward the wake; he was booted out of england by edward the confessor worked as a mercenary on the continent. when the normans won the battle of hastings returned to see his fathers land stolen and his brothers head nailed to the door he rebelled and sacked peterborough cathedral forced william to return his lands thats history and would be a great film or series .

[echobravo]

I love sci-fi stories. It has always infuriated me when Hollywood cannot be true to the book they base the movie on. I have read several posts referring to I am Will Smith and I Will Smith. I agree wholeheartedly. I would like to see The Puppet Masters and Starship Troopers done faithfully with the book instead of the drivel we were treated to.

[IronMan]

HP Lovecraft adaptations with a good budget and a serious director who isn't trying to make a cheesy horror film. I'd also want a restraining order against Stuart Gordon, prohibiting him from being within a mile of the set.

[keefriff]

I've put alot of thought into this one. I think this could be a real blockbuster. I'm thinking of a prequel to the "The Warriors". I would call it either, "The Rise of Cleon" or the "Rise of Cyrus". It would be a movie about the time before Cyrus called the gang summit. It would be about how Cleon became the leader of the Warriors and how they became the baddest gang on Coney Island. You could also have an alternating story about how Cyrus rose to the top of the Riffs and how they became the baddest gang in NYC. You could have a back story with the Rogues and how they became the Warriors arch enemies. There could be parts about the rest of the Warriors and just not the ones chosen to go to the gang summit. There could be parts about Ajax and Swan and their simmering issues. I'm telling you this could be a hit. I guarantee it would be better than the remake they are supposedly working on:p.

[chupachups]

this...

http://www.xcomufo.com/stories.html

especially chapter/saga 3...which is my favorite

[Estreeter]

I really wanna see this film made
http://thumbnails19.imagebam.com/8995/14f65b89949889.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/14f65b89949889), as the U.S president and
http://thumbnails12.imagebam.com/8995/5d996c89949897.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/5d996c89949897)as the president of the USSR
Then i want the rabbit season/duck season argument fire up :cool:

[mcewan]

What I would like to see is a movie similar to Boogie Nights however this time it takes place in New York and during the Golden Age Of Porn 1970 -1985.This could be one incredible movie think about it organised crime,actors trying to find legit work answering ads only to find out it's for an X- Rated movie and because their in need of money and need to earn a quick buck and after all these type were only shown in theaters in the sleaziest parts of town.There's also the AIDS outbreak.The VCR and how it did in the East Coast Porn Industry leaving the actors/actresses to make their decision and that is to deal with the culture shock of relocating to California or choosing another profession.

[themidlander]

I would like to see Quentin Tarantino make 'Slaughter Of The Care Bears' ......A sort of full length Happy Tree Friends!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmXL6-F3vZQ

[snorkie]

I don't really need to see a new movie made. I'd be happy if they'd simply change the name of the movie "Lucky You" to "Scummy You". :(

[jangler3]

"Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight" and the two sequels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons_of_Autumn_Twilight


I'm surpised that with the success of TLoR this hasn't been done yet. A sorry cartoon was made, but it's just not the same. Matter of fact there are so many Drangonlance books I would be happy if a TV series could be made.

[billybunter]

VEF-The movie:eek:

[Estreeter]

VEF-The movie:eek:

:thumbsup:
Now that would be a summer box office blockbuster :D
Any particular members ya have in mind for characters ?

A story line similar too "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" perhaps ?

[billybunter]

:thumbsup:
Now that would be a summer box office blockbuster :D
Any particular members ya have in mind for characters ?

A story line similar too "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" perhaps ?

I'm working on a script:D

[Estreeter]

I'm working on a script:D

Well don't take too long, I'm sure when the general public hear news of it being in production they'll start riots if there are any delays in it's release :rolleyes:

As for characters, here's my suggestion
http://thumbnails22.imagebam.com/9007/ae40d790069745.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/ae40d790069745) :D

How could we not have him in it

[rotobott]

Already in production.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5rkj6_we-are-the-mods-quadrophenia-1979_shortfilms

[rachel-love]

Remakes of all the Russ Meyer movies starring girls from this era that could easily be seen as clones of Uschi Digard & Kitten & the other foxiest ladys. An unattainable fantasy I suppose as that would take some probable futile searching of the globe to get exact lookalikes though ;)

[billybunter]

Well don't take too long, I'm sure when the general public hear news of it being in production they'll start riots if there are any delays in it's release :rolleyes:

As for characters, here's my suggestion
http://thumbnails22.imagebam.com/9007/ae40d790069745.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/ae40d790069745) :D

How could we not have him in it

A Skull character. Hmmm it would have to be Green.:eek:

[helgasboy]

Rumble Roses XX based on the video game with some hot lesbian scenes!:D

[Rayban]

I'd love to see a film of Nelson's last victory. With modern CGI it could be amazing - also the Somme to show what happened - I'd love a film to show what Britain has done in it's long, long history rather than EVERYTHING coming with an American viewpoint. Sorry I like the USA but am sick of it taking credit for almost every key thing done. That said it's the UKs fault for not having a film industry which tells people what we've done as a country... Sorry I've gone very patriotic for some reason.

[victor meldrew]

Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising.

[Davemetalhead]

Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising.

Hell yeah, but it'd need to be a trilogy at least, there's so much going on.

And please, please set it in the '80s like the book - not updated to modern day. Oh, and let the Brits, French and German's actually have a role (as in the book), not just the US vs. USSR.

[Nobody1]

There is this old science fiction series that i would like to see realized as a movie. It would be a challenge to write a fairly logical scenario but the visual and narrative possibilities for a real blockbuster are enormous.

http://flashdrivefreak.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/space1999.jpg

Of course you have to change the title.:rolleyes:

[Jack Keroact]

Millennium, if you couldn't get the original actress grown up, get someone not so goofy or retarded. Not Drew BarryM, Jessica Simp, nor Eliza what's her name, copies, clones and versions. Tie it in with X-FIles and bring in crazy Californication Dave. Stage it in the mid-90s and torment the Lone Gunmen. Keep it demonic and dark.

This was not so popular with many so it'd prob won't get made, but I thought the show was brillant.

(http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/millennium-logo.jpg)

[theequestrian]

The Jackson 5 Story:
Starring the Osmond Brothers

[symian]

John Varley wrote a very good sci-fi trilogy that I'd LOVE to see made. The books are Titan, Wizard, and Demon. My pick for the lead actress is Angelina Jolie - now that she's gotten older. The books are female driven, so there would be quite a few other actresses that would have great roles to play. It would be a blockbuster series.

There is a great deal of content that would require a NOT for Sci-Fi channel production.

[Kombo*]

Thunder

Thunder!

ThunderCats!
http://thumbnails31.imagebam.com/11823/ef4016118225915.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/ef4016118225915)
Hoooooo!

[kananga]

i would love to see someone make a film about the life of the greatest actor that ever lived and by saying that i am talking about vincent price.

By contrast I'd love to see a true story biopic made of the worst (but cutest) actress ever to appear in a scripted porn movie.
Lots of intrigue and real life drama, yet with a happy ending. :)

Sad thing is, I'm not kidding! :rolleyes:

[dlnhank]

Thunder

Thunder!

ThunderCats!
http://thumbnails31.imagebam.com/11823/ef4016118225915.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/ef4016118225915)
Hoooooo!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047015/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1666278/

[dlnhank]

Anyone seen "Sink the Bismarck" from 1960? I would like too see a new movie about the fate of The "Hood" and The "Bismarck". And it should be based on facts; not some silly lovestory or other "MTV" crap.
And it should NOT be directed by Uwe Boll, Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay or one of those directors, which only seems to be able to direct CGI´s and special effects.

But that is my view.

[scoundrel]

Anyone seen "Sink the Bismarck" from 1960? I would like too see a new movie about the fate of The "Hood" and The "Bismarck". And it should be based on facts; not some silly lovestory or other "MTV" crap.
And it should NOT be directed by Uwe Boll, Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay or one of those directors, which only seems to be able to direct CGI´s and special effects.

But that is my view.

It would be an extremely bleak story. HMS Hood exploded after exchanging just a few salvoes; it still isn't quite clear why she was destroyed so easily but it is known that her deck armour was too thin to sustain hits from the Bismarck. There were 3 survivors. I would say that the ones killed instantaneously when the after magazine exploded were the fortunate ones.:(

The fate of the crew of the KMS Bismarck was not all that much better. HMS Dorsetshire administered the coup de grace with torpedoes when the German ship did not surrender.I'm not sure whether the British ever offered quarter anyway, but I am sure that the Germans asked for no quarter. Had I been making the decisions I would have made the offer, but I am too softhearted for responsibility in wartime. Dorsetshire and an escorting destroyer rescued 110 survivors but a U Boat alert was sounded and the British ships left the rest to drown. I seem to recollect hearing or reading that several of the surviving Germans owed their lives to the destroyer captain, who played dumb and pretended not to understand the signal in order to carry on rescuing survivors for a few minutes longer, but that could be just wishful thinking on my part. This type of warfare was especially bleak and cruel.:(:(

Battles between capital ships were rare events in modern 20th century warfare but when they happened it was usually winner-takes-all. There was seldom any scope for the victor to show mercy or pity for the survivors of the vanquished ship. A truthful film about this engagement would be disturbing to watch.

[dlnhank]

It would be an extremely bleak story. HMS Hood exploded after exchanging just a few salvoes; it still isn't quite clear why she was destroyed so easily but it is known that her deck armour was too thin to sustain hits from the Bismarck. There were 3 survivors. I would say that the ones killed instantaneously when the after magazine exploded were the fortunate ones.:(

The fate of the crew of the KMS Bismarck was not all that much better. HMS Dorsetshire administered the coup de grace with torpedoes when the German ship did not surrender.I'm not sure whether the British ever offered quarter anyway, but I am sure that the Germans asked for no quarter. Had I been making the decisions I would have made the offer, but I am too softhearted for responsibility in wartime. Dorsetshire and an escorting destroyer rescued 110 survivors but a U Boat alert was sounded and the British ships left the rest to drown. I seem to recollect hearing or reading that several of the surviving Germans owed their lives to the destroyer captain, who played dumb and pretended not to understand the signal in order to carry on rescuing survivors for a few minutes longer, but that could be just wishful thinking on my part. This type of warfare was especially bleak and cruel.:(:(

Battles between capital ships were rare events in modern 20th century warfare but when they happened it was usually winner-takes-all. There was seldom any scope for the victor to show mercy or pity for the survivors of the vanquished ship. A truthful film about this engagement would be disturbing to watch.

If you take a movie like "Pearl harbour"; the one with Ben Affleck, and compare it with "Tora,tora,tora", the difference is that PH is more made for effects and not about the human suffering, and courage those men and wimen on PH had and shown during that battle. TTT shows the infamous attack from BOTH sides which gives it more dept than PH which is more like some videogame.
War is awful and should not be glorified as a sort of adventure, or game.

I´ve seen the excellent documantary "James Cameron´s expedition Bismarck",(highly recommended), which contains interviews with survivors from the battle.
Very powerful to see survivors from both sides sit toghter and talk about the battle.

Back to topic, what I want to see, is a dramadocumentary, not an videogame sort of movie. The truth can be awful, war is awful, but we should not try to cover it, with hardrock music and effects.

[rlg118]

I'd love to see a movie version of the '60s TV series, Combat!, but who could possibly measure up to Vic Morrow's portrayal of Sergeant Saunders?

http://img215.imagevenue.com/loc1176/th_65528_SaundersandHanley_122_1176lo.jpg (http://img215.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=65528_SaundersandHanley_122_1176lo.j pg)

[otiscleotus]

Anyone seen "Sink the Bismarck" from 1960? I would like too see a new movie about the fate of The "Hood" and The "Bismarck". And it should be based on facts; not some silly lovestory or other "MTV" crap.
And it should NOT be directed by Uwe Boll, Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay or one of those directors, which only seems to be able to direct CGI´s and special effects.

But that is my view.

A bit on the sinking of the Hood & Bismark from an old magazine series I'm slowly getting digitzed. Imagebam is acting fucked up tonight but lets see what comes through anyway:

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Here's the missing page of text that didn't load:

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BTW the picture tmee2000 posted below is the Bismark seen from the Prinz Eugen taking a direct hit.

[tmee2000]

Anyone seen "Sink the Bismarck" from 1960? I would like too see a new movie about the fate of The "Hood" and The "Bismarck". And it should be based on facts; not some silly lovestory or other "MTV" crap.
And it should NOT be directed by Uwe Boll, Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay or one of those directors, which only seems to be able to direct CGI´s and special effects.

But that is my view.
I agree.
The model work in the 1960 film is terrific, but the movie is disappointing.
It's a great story and it deserves to be told better than that.

http://img135.imagevenue.com/loc192/th_92802_bismarck_123_192lo.jpg (http://img135.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=92802_bismarck_123_192lo.jpg)

[tmee2000]

BTW the picture tmee2000 posted below is the Bismark seen from the Prinz Eugen taking a direct hit.
It does look like that, but it's actually the flash from her own guns as she fires on one of the RN ships.
Incredibly, the Germans filmed this action, and it was on youtube for a while. I don't think it's there anymore, it may be in the Cameron documentary so he might have had it pulled.

[scoundrel]

The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a brief but savage action. The battle started with all the advantages in favour of the German side; the wind was blowing from the Germans to the British, throwing freezing spray into the British gunsights. The Germans were passing across the bows of the British, the classic manoevre called "crossing the enemy's T"; all their guns could bear and the after turrets of the British ships were unsighted and couldn't shoot. A long range duel favoured Germany because Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy was out of date and had insufficient deck armour to fight a modern line battleship like Bismarck. Admiral Holland was correctly sacrificing firepower in order to close the range and make his decks less vulnerable to plunging shells; Hood was fast and had good side armour protection, so Holland's best plan was to use that speed to get closer, bring his side armour into the equation, then slug it out on level terms in a duel which would have been sufficiently damaging to stop the German raid right there and probably cripple Bismarck too much for her to make it safely home. It would have been worth losing both Hood and Prince of Wales to get Bismarck; a horrible thing to say, but it was true. Bismarck was so dangerous that two capital ships would have been a good trade to get her.

When Admiral Holland changed course to elongate the profile of his ships so that their after guns could see the Germans and commence firing, the Hood was hit behind her X turret and exploded, broke in half and was gone in a few seconds.

In spite of all this, Bismarck did take hits. HMS Prince of Wales scored three important hits on KMS Bismarck. None of them was decisive, but they slowed her down slightly, caused her to be slightly bows-down and, most seriously, created an oil leak which she failed to stop and which betrayed her on two key occasions after she succeeeded in evading her trackers and might have got clean away. The Swordfish aircraft of HMS Ark Royal were intrumental in dogging Bismarck to her downfall; that oilslick was death for the Bismarck's unfortunate crew. After sinking Hood, Bismarck's best choice would probably have been to detach Prinz Eugen south to attack British convoys as Admiral Scheer had done with such deadly effect just 6 months earlier, and then retreat to Alta Fjord and then back to Kiel for essential repairs.

[MaxJoker]

" Ben Chimes No More " Based on the yet to be written or released true story bestselling book " Who Killed every member of the 2011 government coalition , plus opposition , and everyone else who`s ever been associated with them going back thirty years ?" ;) :thumbsup:

[anon237]

I've always wanted to see an epic film centered on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, or a modern version of War and Peace. I know Kubrick tried with the former but abandoned it. I've also read a screenplay I downloaded once from one of the shadier corners of the internet purporting to be Kubrick's script for the film, and found myself underwhelmed. On a sidenote, I think the story of field martial Bernodette (Prince Charles John) has gone almost totally forgotten, yet is one of the most remarkable of the times, almost in a Chauncey Gardener kind of way. Although materials are scarce, maybe I'll take a stab at concocting a screenplay someday.

[Night Haunter]

A proper movie of this great British comic character - the Stallone version was a complete hash and totally miscast:mad:

Let's have a new version showing Dredd how the comic portrays him... a ruthless unbending lawman who never shows his face;)

[rustler]

For myself, i would like to see a film about the first world war which allowed the men in the trenches to be soldiers instead of victims. May be even portrayed as the heroes a lot of them were.

Mal Hombre, as you know my interests are very similar to yours, and they were certainly heroes, all of them, but they were victims!

I have recently finished reading Churchill's history of the Great war, and he speaks of sending divisions as though they were pawns on a chess board!! A division was on average 15.000 men!! 'If we only sent another three divisions......' This sort of comment crops up regularly in the narrative. Don't get me wrong, Churchill himself after Gallipolli, served in the trenches, but it seems too easy to simply think of those poor soldiers as simply pieces on a board - in that respect, they were victims. My grand father was amongst them from 1914 - 1919.


BTW. back on topic, The film I would like to see made is the story of the 1969 Longhope lifeboat disaster. The storm that they went out into the teeth of that night was reckoned to be the worst for 100 years. Selflessly they went were no one else would dare...... and eight brave men died that night! Two fathers with two sons each, and two other crew members died that night trying to save others.... that is a story that should be told!

BTW. Members of the same families still man that lifeboat today! So if nothing else, please do join the RNLI !:thumbsup:

[Mal Hombre]

I would like to see films made of some of the works of WW1 aviation literature such as Victor Yeates' semi-autobiographical Winged Victory,Derek Robinson's Goshawk Squadron and Elliot White Spring's classic Diary of an Unknown Aviator.Now CGI can provide whole Squadrons of Albatrosses and Sopwith Camels,these films could be made convincingly.

[squigg58]

Now CGI can provide whole Squadrons of Albatrosses and Sopwith Camels,these films could be made convincingly.

Assuming, of course, the CGI people are told that ...
1. Not all WWI German aircraft were triplanes
2. Nieuports, Camels, Pups, DR1's etc had rotary, not radial, engines
3. Rotary engines tended not to have progressive throttles but used the ignition to set the engine speed, hence the distinctive sound, especially during landings

:D

[MaxJoker]

Well don't take too long, I'm sure when the general public hear news of it being in production they'll start riots if there are any delays in it's release :rolleyes:

As for characters, here's my suggestion
http://thumbnails22.imagebam.com/9007/ae40d790069745.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/ae40d790069745) :D

How could we not have him in it

Man that dude looks weird , anyone i know :D




Now i`ve said it before and gosh darn it to holy heck i`ll say it again = Jim Stalin`s epic Vanth Dreadstar !!! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanth_Dreadstar)


I want it to be made dammit :mad:

It has everything , science , mysticism , mayhem , murder and magic :cool:

I need to see the Lord High Papal stride about playing the rebels and Gods off against each other to increase his own power , i want to see him breaking apart entire worlds with that power he gains :cool:

http://img203.imagevenue.com/loc14/th_45052_810671_lordpapal1_large_123_14lo.jpg (http://img203.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=45052_810671_lordpapal1_large_123_14 lo.jpg)

Would fund a production myself if i could :(

Really want to see it up on the big screen .

At least before i die

"Cough , cough cough "

Hey as you all know i`m not a well man ;)


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[snorkie]

Anyone seen "Sink the Bismarck" from 1960? I would like too see a new movie about the fate of The "Hood" and The "Bismarck".

IMO, films tend to be aimed at one of the predominate available viewing audiences, which means action junkies (video game movies like Pearl Harbor), fans of romances, fart joke comedies, or gore fests. The Battle of the Denmark Strait just doesn't fit into one of these "high concepts" (what a misnomer). Sadly, most available movie goers if they've ever heard of Bismarck think it's a town in North Dakota, or possibly an over sized sandwich.

The semi-documentary, fact based approach desired simply could not find its way into production without it meeting the same fate as "The Memphis Belle." William Wyler's 1944 documentary is far superior, IMO, to the the boule de fromage 1990 feature film. So it goes.

[star43]

I like to see a movie made about someone who finds Saddam's WMD(might not necessarily be in Iraq though).

[tmee2000]

I've always wanted to see an epic film centered on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, or a modern version of War and Peace. I know Kubrick tried with the former but abandoned it. I've also read a screenplay I downloaded once from one of the shadier corners of the internet purporting to be Kubrick's script for the film, and found myself underwhelmed. On a sidenote, I think the story of field martial Bernodette (Prince Charles John) has gone almost totally forgotten, yet is one of the most remarkable of the times, almost in a Chauncey Gardener kind of way. Although materials are scarce, maybe I'll take a stab at concocting a screenplay someday.

Napoleon and his Marshals would make an engrossing film. What he thought about fighting against one of them- Bernadotte -and his army of 30,000 in Germany probably wouldn't pass muster in polite conversation.
Add to that Michel Ney, what a story.:thumbsup:

[Wendigo]

H P Lovecraft's "At The Mountains of Madness"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness

Maybe.....just maybe...... finally even with Tom Cruise.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1118070/

Let's hope Guillermo del Toro can pull off a decent adaptation, the tale is crying out to be filmed with its sweeping landscapes of ancient buried cities, and nightmare visions of a colossal mountain range and the shoggoths......

[symian]

I would love for some of Clifford Simak's works to be made into movies. His books have a lot of great stories and ideas in them and are truely engaging.

[MaxJoker]

Would have said i`d like there finally to be a decent Captain America film made , as sanctimonious or not i`ve always liked that particular hero :D

But then i saw the Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J3HfllvXWE) for the above mentioned :eek:


Bloody hell :cool:

[thedizzle]

Independence Day 2.

[Mal Hombre]

Independence Day 2.
Really ?:D

[thedizzle]

Really ?:D

Damn right.

[shodan2011]

H P Lovecraft's "At The Mountains of Madness"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness

Maybe.....just maybe...... finally even with Tom Cruise.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1118070/

Let's hope Guillermo del Toro can pull off a decent adaptation, the tale is crying out to be filmed with its sweeping landscapes of ancient buried cities, and nightmare visions of a colossal mountain range and the shoggoths......

Apparently not - the studio seem to have pulled the plug on Guillermo Del Toro, because the studio wanted a PG-13 rating (god knows why - it would have been as scary as Noddy) and Del Toro wanted it to be an R rating. In other words, Del Toro wanted to do a good quality adaptation that followed the original novella, whereas the studio wants a dumb film thats going to appeal to teens who've probably never even heard of HP Lovercraft. :(

It's dead in the water, unfortunately. The budget seems to have untilmately killed it - $150 million. Hopefully it gets resurrected at some point in the future (without Tom Cruise) but as of now it's finished.

[MaxJoker]

Damn right.

Count me in too :thumbsup:


Providing the sequel is mostly taken up with the abduction and prolonged graphic torture of Will Smiths cocky character :cool:


Also providing this time around the film makers make a concerted effort to mention that Britain exists :mad:


Then again if there`s to be a lot of screen time for the cruel evil aliens i`m sure the producers will be able to find sufficient English actors to play the parts, so that`ll be good :D

[MaxJoker]

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Sure it`s a comic book but believe me it`s the bleakest most realistic tale DC every produced , with an ending as believable as it was un-wished for :(

If he was still around i`d have liked to have seen Heath Ledger as Adrian Chase :thumbsup::thumbsup:

But since he sadly isn`t i`d maybe plump for jake gyllenhaal instead. Oh and no that isn`t because he co-starred with the other guy on break back mountain, as i swear on my potency i have never seen that film apart from brief couple of seconds trailer !

Ok :mad:

:D

[Norbert84]

I'd like to Resident Evil 1, Resident Evil 2 and Max Payne 1 just like the games were. It's not like that I really care but since they already made the movies, they could make them right. I wouldn't like to see them as blockbusters.

And I'd also like to see some comics filmed like those by Enki Bilal, Alejandro Jodorowsky or Jean Giraud aka Moebius. Much of their work was released in the European Heavy Metal magazine aka Metal Hurlant.

[otiscleotus]

The taking of the island of Ventotene off the coast of Italy during WWII. There's a bit buried in Wiki about it but it's not very accurate.

In short a small group of americans getting lost along the way land on the island to scope things out and see what they can do about the german operated radar station there. The italians, not interested in the war any longer, surrender easily enough and wanted to do some celebrating which caused problems. The germans, who outnumbered and out gunned the invaders still had plenty of fight in them though and it took an all time classic application of bullshitting to get them to surrender with very little shooting happening.

Among the americans were the actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr; author John Steinbeck; Bill Ringling (of the circus family), and a famous Norte Dame football player of the time whose name I can't remember right now.

Steinbeck wrote a toned down version of the operation for the last two chapters of his Once There Was A War compilation, there's a more detailed coverage of it in one of his biographies.

[dlnhank]

Independence Day 2.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1628841/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1628842/

There you go.

[robeston]

Independence Day 2. Not an appealling thought given the dismal nature of the original - what a DULL film. But here's the situation, this highly developed spacefaring race (gigantic spacecraft, advanced weapons, general ability to do things we barely imagine) has had a minor setback in a small campaign. Two things can happen, they write it off as a bad job and tackle something less strenous, or they get really angry and come back to sort things out once and for all, this time with a much better understanding of the opposition, which they had woefully underestimated in the first round.

Of course what they do is stand off at a fair distance and just crush everything that looks bigger than a mud hut with long range weapons before coming down in massive force. Short film, perhaps, with no room for showboating by human characters. Not quite the feel-good movie many might want.

There are problems with this scenario, such as the implication (idiotic) that the destroyed alien fleet as actually all here is, or that the aliens won't take into account human re-engineering of their technology (OK, all aliens are stupid, right, that's given, even if they can build starships). Also, always slightly overlooked, the fact that large areas of the (human) developed world are just rubble and the human civilization is in really big trouble whether or not the damned aliens ever show up again.

[Hippie4ever]

I would like to see a film based on the book:

Mr. Nice by Howard Marks


............far away from Blow ;-)

[marlon]

I would like to see a film based on the book:

Mr. Nice by Howard Marks


............far away from Blow ;-)

?

Mr Nice (2010),

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183911/

Entertaining book by the way, the second one - Book Of Dope Stories - not so.

Haven't seen the film so can't comment.

[Hippie4ever]

?

Mr Nice (2010),

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183911/

Entertaining book by the way, the second one - Book Of Dope Stories - not so.

Haven't seen the film so can't comment.


Thxs marlon, don't know about this!

[36dd]

"The Fan Club" (Irving Wallace novel).
Pick any female to play Sharon Fields

[GailFan]

I would love to see "War of the Worlds" made properly. The original 50s film inverted all of the book's themes, and Spielberg's effort was little more than a remake (did he even read the book???)

[alman]

I would really love someone to actually take the time and read 'I Am Legend', then make a film based on the book they have just read...and make it just like the book! So far there have been three 'versions' made, the last one starring Will Smith, they all missed the point of the book by a mile and the title 'I Am Legend' is horrifying when you have read the book and understand what that actually means.

[Dalastie]

I would love to see a film about the life of Fredrick Douglass and a proper one like Ghandi or Lawrence of Arabia it could be a classic and the role of a life time for any black actor.

I can't for the life of me think of a reason why that haven't made such a story yet, his life has all the hallmarks of a great movie.

[taffy2]

A cult classic though it would have been a bigger hit if they broadcast the episodes in the right order! I'd love to see American Gothic made into a film :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic_(TV_series)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111880/

Clip :- http://youtu.be/VcOWTX41pmY

[theequestrian]

I, Robot from the script written by Harlan Ellison

A remake of 'White Men Can't Jump' starring the midgets from the Wizard of Oz

Titus Andronicus as a slapstick comedy

The Disney version of 'Deep Throat'

A Fellini/Kurosawa collaboration; '8 1/2 Samurai'

[Estreeter]

Something along the lines of Forrest Gump, but just a bit twisted and off beat.......Base the character on

MaxJoker

:eek::eek::eek:

[kennyjackson]

I would love to see a film about the life of Fredrick Douglass and a proper one like Ghandi or Lawrence of Arabia it could be a classic and the role of a life time for any black actor.

I can't for the life of me think of a reason why that haven't made such a story yet, his life has all the hallmarks of a great movie.

On that same vein, I'd like to see a movie about John Brown that doesn't make him seem like a total lunatic or at least one that puts into context the cruelties that inspired the slave revolt he tried to lead.

[Mal Hombre]

I've amended the title of this thread to include some books I think would be too long to be adequately filmed as movies.First up:Monster Nation by David Wellington,A multi viewpoint Zombie novel which would be sufficiently different from "The Walking Dead" to be viable,Every Dead Thing by John Connolly,A pitch black dark murder thriller with hints of the supernatural,
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[loosegoose]

I would really love someone to actually take the time and read 'I Am Legend', then make a film based on the book they have just read...and make it just like the book! So far there have been three 'versions' made, the last one starring Will Smith, they all missed the point of the book by a mile and the title 'I Am Legend' is horrifying when you have read the book and understand what that actually means.

I've thought that too. How hard could it be to be true to the (logical) ending of the book. Although having said that, I did think the Heston version was okay...certainly better than Smith's effort.
As for a TV series. I'd love to seen an intelligent version of Roger Zelazny's Princes In Amber series (I mean if they can turn that turgid dross Game Of Thrones into a series why not some well written Sword and Sorcery) and a movie of his Lord Of Light

[richardoe]

There were at least 2 films made during wwii about the Merchant Navy, theres San Demetrio London and Action in the North Atlantic. The latter film stars Humphrey Bogart and is set on an American merchantman on the Russian convoys. The Cruel Sea also shows the Merchant Navy.

[MaxJoker]

Slowly raped to death by chainsaws - The Cameron and Osbourne event... Based on a true story :cool::thumbsup: