I’ve often wanted a movie/series based on the Dragonlance books or the Dark Elf trilogy. What would you all like to see done if you had the ability to do it?
Robin Hobb’s fantasy books would be interesting. Probably quite hard to adapt well though.
Damn. Went from wanting to write a short story to making a world spanning 16 novels, lol.
That’s insane
Murderbot, but I don’t think it could make the transition to film.
I thought that while reading it, so good but first person narrations can never really get adapted well.
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The Witcher but they actually follow the source material.
I have only played The Witcher 3 and its DLCs and watched The Netflix show up until S02, so far I like it (especially the game).
I’m slowly introducing in the books/reading field, and just started with classics like Dracula (so far liking it) are the books of The Witcher stand on their own as a good entry point for my “current phase”?
I also had only played the witcher III when I started the books. The games are all set after the events of the witcher saga (books), and are honestly just really really good fan fiction based on the characters (like, really the best fan fiction you could think of), so you can feel free to just read the books.
If you’re not a big reader (if I understand the note about dracula correctly) the witcher audio books are really well done, and the stories lend themselves very well to being listened to.
Finally, I could write a treatise on the failures of the netflix show, but it would all be old news—about 10% of the show is accurate to the stories told in the text (and the text is so much better), the rest is a bunch of made-up nonsense that serves nothing other than to muddy the narrative.
In short, yes, read the books (also why do people need to ask advice about reading books these days. just read books).
Thank you for the explanation! If they are a prequel of The Witcher III then that’ll make it better for me!
(also why do people need to ask advice about reading books these days. just read books).
About this, well, there is a reason why book communities exist right? I am not asking for validation in this matter but definitely like to hear all opinions and personal experience before setting off on this kind of time consuming activity.
I will only say this: reading a book takes no more time than it does to read a bunch of bullshit on the internet. Why would one need to consult with people prior to opening a book and reading 5, 10 or, 500 pages? I would argue that opening a book and reading it first is better than asking for peoples’ opinion and permission prior to reading anything.
To paraphrase Kamina: “Don’t believe in the text, believe in the text that believes in you!”
yes
It does exist actually, it’s just Polish media.
Not really, what you’re referencing is like a half-remembered retelling of a few of the stories from The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny.
Not a book, but I would love to see a cinematic adaptation of “East of West”. The universe is beautifully drawn.
The Webnovel “Mother of Learning” It has four arcs. Each arc is long enough to be made into two seasons, each containing 8 episodes.
The Gentlemen Bastards series could work well: Not too much CGI needed, and fancy rennaisance italy aesthetics deserve a fantasy show about thieving orphans!
The Monster at the end of this Book. It’s the one with Grover from Sesame Street. They made a second one where Elmo fucking ruins it by being all annoying… Another Monster at the end of this Book. Maybe in the third one Grover kills Elmo?
I remember reading that when I was little; it was so fire :D
They don’t make those little golden books for kids anymore, do they?
Yeah they do, including the update with stupid Elmo
I feel like a Dark Elf Trilogy could only bring disappointment
The Red Rising series is worth it.
Ender’s Game as season 1, and then Speaker For the Dead as seasons 2-3 (with a reworked ending rather than drawing from Xenocide).
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- Lord Valentine’s Castle, et al, by Robert Silverberg
- The Silicon Mage series by Barbara Hambly
- The Time of the Dark series by Barbara Hambly
- The Cliff Hardy series by Peter Corris
Jhereg series by Steven Brust
A game of thrones style epic based on the Battletech universe. It’s been around since the 80s and there is a ton of books and lore to build from.
Fuckin this. I’ve been dreaming of a Warrior trilogy adaptation for years.
