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Comment on New Tron: Legacy Trailer Leaked Online As A Bootleg by e cigarette

e cigarette — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:41:05 +0000

Wow this looks kinda cool.

Comment on New Tron: Legacy Trailer Leaked Online As A Bootleg by free movie downloads

free movie downloads — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:55:58 +0000

The fact that I might get to hear some new Daft Punk got me all amped up for this. Disappointing.

Comment on New Tron: Legacy Trailer Shown, Online Next Friday by Renegade Program

Renegade Program — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:33:38 +0000

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the trailer won't be online until Tuesday March 9th, IF THAT IS EVEN TRUE!!!!!!!! Disney is really starting to piss off some people with the marketing blunders it has committed with Tron Legacy so far. . .

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by Adamant

Adamant — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:02:03 +0000

Heinlein properties, in general, would make good movies if they are made as psychological, political, or social thrillers set in a Sci-fi setting. Blade Runner or Minority Report are good examples of the style of movie you would need to make from a RAH property.

Starship Troopers is an example of what happens when you try to make a typical Special Effects Sci Fi movie from Heinlein's work.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by yah

yah — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:44 +0000

WTF guys, there are 4.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by eljefe3126

eljefe3126 — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:47:18 +0000

I think Niven and Pournelle's most cinematic work is Beowulf's Children. I'd heard that Hollywood once put feelers out for that one years ago, but nothing ever came of it.

It would be worthwhile for the Mt. Tushmore visual alone (think the back side of Mt. Rushmore, with gigantic full moons on display…) That, and it gives us a better version of A Planet That's Damn Dangerous To Live On than even the one James Cameron gave us in Avatar.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by eljefe3126

eljefe3126 — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:36:25 +0000

Stranger in a Strange Land could be adapted to the big screen, but I think fears that Hollywood would mangle it are well placed. In order to succeed, it would have to be a labor of love, like Peter Jackson doing the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Besides, if I could have any Heinlein book made into a movie (given that it was done RIGHT), that book would be The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. If the war between the earth and moon doesn't make for some good CGI eye candy, then someone just isn't thinking right. And way beyond the eye candy, there is plenty of room to deal with issues like what should be the proper relationship between people on earth and people who colonize space, how having a true frontier once more would affect our current institutions, what kind of society would form up there, etc. Moon is a Harsh Mistress gives you Bobby Heinlein's take on a lot of that stuff, and in its own way is just as thought provoking as Stranger in a Strange Land.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by larryjjones

larryjjones — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:37:37 +0000

As much as I love Heinlein I don't see Hollywood making 'Stranger in a Strange Land' without screwing it up major. There's just too much that's still controversial even today.
That and the whole Manson thing would mean they'd alter way to much. I think anyway.

Comment on Strange Love: Sci-Fi’s Weirdest Movie Romances by Moviedownloads

Moviedownloads — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:27:38 +0000

I can't believe they missed Planet of the Apes (especially the new one). A human and a primate share a nice, wet kiss on screen. That's disturbing.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by Thadd

Thadd — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:23:39 +0000

Why does it need to go theatrical? You only have time for the equivalent of 2 part episode and at least 45% of the time will be spent setting up the backstory for people who somehow missed the series over the last decades.
This is the problem with putting these existing franchises up, nerds who actually want to see them have to waste half the movie wondering why they are hearing about the character's instead of getting into the story.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by Thadd

Thadd — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:21:11 +0000

There are actually 3, and they are better quality than like 75% of the big screen movies out today.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by solaniisrex

solaniisrex — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:10:57 +0000

There were two theatrical releases back in the 60s. They even featured Peter Cushing as the Doctor. They weren't that great, but not that bad either (definitely better than the '96 fiasco).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059126/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060278/

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by JT

JT — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:13:38 +0000

Good call guys. I'm kicking myself for not thinking of the Battletech universe. Great potential there. At one point a few years ago there was actually a rumor going around that someone might be working on a movie, but it never turned into anything.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by larryjjones

larryjjones — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:37:52 +0000

Here, here! Especially the Stackpole books! Love to see the Warrior trilogy done or the Blood of Kerensky as a sequel.
“They're not Wolf's Dragoons, they're the WOLF dragoons!”

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by larryjjones

larryjjones — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:30:54 +0000

Yes the Mote series is fantastic and would make great cinema (assuming you could get the film makers to leave the story alone, i.e. not add or alter silly crap into the film.) However, may I also recommend another Niven/Pournelle jem, Footfall which has movie/mini-series written large all over it. More problematic would be Protector though I'd love to see them on the screen.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by JT

JT — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:45:47 +0000

If it's not in a theater, it's not a movie. It's a long TV show.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by JT

JT — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:45:27 +0000

Love Lucifer's Hammer, but if you're going Niven I think the Mote series is much better.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by PFT

PFT — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:26:21 +0000

ive oftern thought about this, but there is alot of discussion of inter planetary relations which wouldnt translate. The later books would work better but that would require too much sceen setting

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:05:59 +0000

Am I missing something here or doesn't anyone know David Tennant is dead? So much for Dr. Who movie until they establish a new Doctor.

I heard the Foundation Trilogy was already in the making.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by ipodwheels

ipodwheels — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:51:09 +0000

Holywood please do a Hyperion Cantos movie as well as the Mote in God's Eye and the Gripping Hand. These are two of the best Sci Fi novels of all time. Heck, just check out Dan Simmon's and Niven and Pournell's team up. Those stories are way better than what is being done into movies these days.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by Rhawk187

Rhawk187 — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:45:44 +0000

The problem with a lot of these is that today, when things are bigger than the big screen, they go back to television. You don't have to have a film made to be big budget anymore. Take Watchmen for instance, I would have rather seen it done as an 8-12 part HBO miniseries than a 4 hours film.

A 2-hour big screen Doctor Who movie with David Tennant as The Other Doctor, stuck in Pete's World with Rose could be cool though.

As much as I love Quantum leap though, unless you do some sort of Anthology type move with 4 or so stories strung together, I don't see it. A movie based off 1 adventure doesn't mesh well with a premise like that.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by normal person

normal person — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:41:25 +0000

your an idiot, most of these already have movies and you even skipped some epic shows that really deserve to have a movie. go fuckyourself.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by Screw Ender

Screw Ender — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:30:14 +0000

Fuck Ender's Game and Orson Scott Card, freakin' homophobe.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by dbw

dbw — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:19:03 +0000

Umm. Snow crash. This book by Neil Stephenson is a brilliant adventure yarn, with a goodly hunk of philosophy and prognostication. Snow crash would look sweet on the big screen.

Comment on 11 Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now! by dbw

dbw — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:19:03 +0000

Umm. Snow crash. This book by Neil Stephenson is a brilliant adventure yarn, with a goodly hunk of philosophy and prognostication. Snow crash would look sweet on the big screen.