Mountain Man: 10 Books by Keith C. Blackmore. Basically, the Zombie Apocalypse happens and a Dude tries to survive alone, physically, mentally and emotionally while also trying to go on supply runs, running into Zombies and generally trying to stay alive while coping with everything. I think it would be good to have some other zombie-related Series that isn’t The Walking Dead.
Expeditionary Force: 18 Books by Craig Alanson. Earth and Humanity are attacked by Hamster Aliens, another alien Race, Lizards, who attack the hamsters saving Earth in the process and then recruiting Humanity into a war on a galactic scale but the Hamsters aren’t the real enemy of Humanity. I’m only at the end of the 5th Audiobook but they are great and I would really wish Skippy is voiced by the Audiobook Narrator R.C. Bray in a TV adaption.
Kyralia series: Been a while since I read it but a fantastic series related to magic By Trudi Canavan, I think there are just not enough good Magic-related Shows.
Tales of the Otori: A 5-Book Series by Lian Hearn is set in a fictional feudal Japan. The Main story follows a Boy, Takeo, through his life to avenge his adoptive father and escape the legacy of his biological father. Probably the only series in which I had to put down the book at one point and just had to process what was happening.
Something from Iain M. Banks The culture. The best books, like Excession would probably be hard to adapt due to the protagonists being mostly ships, but others like Consider Phlebas or The player of Games could probably make great films or miniseries (and Use of Weapons would probably be great as the later).
Probably excessively expensive in the CGI department if done well, but one can dream.
There already has been a movie (L.A. Confidential), which is one of my favourite movies of all time. But to get it on the screen required a lot of rewriting to fit a complex weave of plots that intersect and takes 10 years to resolve. It was brilliantly done for what it was, but it left a LOT on the floor.
I would love love love to see an HBO or similar series that is as true to the novel by James Ellroy as it could possibly be.
I’ve been listening to Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds thanks to a recommendation I saw here on Lemmy. This is one that I’d like to see a movie or series adaptation.
The Bobiverse would be a fun series I think as well.
I’ve lost faith in adaptations of books
I don’t mind it if it’s a labour of misguided love, like Stephen King’s many many many hit-or-miss film adaptations pre-2020.
I do mind being told repeatedly that I should like it by viral media, it being overhyped to the point of ridiculousness, it being given the full red carpet treatment by one of the two main studios, and then when I actually watch it it’s been changed to suit some audience mass appeal (e.g. make the clown scarier / less scary / not like that) .
I guess what I’m saying is, I like it when books are adapted into films where the director can do whatever the hell they want, for good or for worse, without the studio whipping them to appeal to the mass audience, many who weren’t even fans until they were told to be 5 minutes ago.
Sanderson’s Mistborn series could make some good film or TV. Honestly they could probably even pull off a whole cosmere MC universesque type thing… Although I think deals keep falling through because the author wants full creative control.
Pretty sure that’s a result of him seeing how Wheel of Time has been going.
Or any adaptation where they DON’T have creative control.
Stormlight has to be an anime. Especially for the “magical girl Kaladin” memes
Although I think deals keep falling through because the author wants full creative control.
I mean looking at the ruins of the Game of Thrones franchise that David Benioff and D. B. Weiss left behind, maybe that’s not such a bad idea.
You ask as if that was a good thing. Like an honor for a book. But I way too often find myself defending books with “It’s nothing like the movie. Don’t juge it by the awful movie.”
Especially fantasy adaptions are regularly awful and damaging for the books.
Examples: The Dark Tower, Eragon, Percy Jackson, The Giver, Inkheart.
Netflix’s Persuasion, The Beach to name a couple of non fantasy as well.So I’d rather they leave the books alone and make original stories into movies.
You said it better than i ever could. Starting at Jurassic Park, and going all the way to The Wheel of Time, just keep Hollywood away from my literature!
After the Dark Tower movie came out, I heard a whole bunch of people on the internet saying that the movie was awful and the books are so much better. It didn’t see the movie, but if the books are so well-liked I thought I’d give them a try.
I tried my best, I really did. But I just couldn’t finish the first book. It was just way too surreal and abstract for me.
You are not alone in this. The first book is awful. It made me doubt my english reading comprehension. Everybody hates it.
It’s unfortunate, that such a great series starts off with the worst book, not only of the series, but imo of all of Kings books.
Somehow the real story starts (for me) with the second book. The first is more of a world introduction, a world building tool. And otherwise quite irrelevant.I urge you, to give the second book (The drawing of the three) a chance. You won’t regret it, because if you disregard the first book, the series is fantastic.
I generally prefer to start series from the very beginning so I don’t miss anything, but I think I’ll go pick up that second book and give the series another try.
Lord Valentine’s Castle series by Robert Silverberg
Man, I read those books ages ago. Tbh can’t remember much. Did that series get finished?
Low Town and its sequels, especially She Who Waits. They’re by Daniel Polansky and not my typical reads but dang were they good.
Random Acts Of Senseless by Jack Womack.
From comic books, Bitch Planet and Archer And Armstrong.
The Devil in the White City - would love to see the Chicago Worlds Fair brought to life in all it’s splendor, and to be directly contrasted with the horror that was HH Holmes murder castle. The book brought that history to life so vividly, and I feel like mini series with great casting would do incredibly well.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - mysteries and whodunnits are popular again (thank god) and this one has such an interesting premise. When I first read it I was convinced it would be a great video game. But a movie would also be a hit.
Something Wicked this way Comes - not sure if this has ever been adapted, but I’ve never seen it. The book is so atmospheric and has such a rich cast of characters. We haven’t had a movie that really celebrates the moodiness of autumn in a while.
There was a 1983 adaptation of Something Wicked that Bradbury was involved with and liked. Honestly it didn’t do much for me though.
Choose Your Own Adventure
If you want to head right skip to 27:00, if you want to head left skip to 13:35
Any Batman story that focuses more on how he’s mainly a detective and only breaks out the concussion gloves if he’s attacked or there’s literally no other way to resolve the situation at hand?
Society thinks he’s The Punisher in a funny hat because of those damned nolanverse films.
He was supposed to do some detective work in The Batman movie, right? It’s been awhile since I’ve seen it, though, so I don’t remember how much they fulfilled that promise.
They did, and though it was a short segment, it was good
I mean theoretically, but it was crap like everything else in that film. He figured nothing out on his own
Dresden files not popular among these parts or how come nobody’s mentioned it yet?
It has technically already been adapted, but it was a stupid procedural cop show with a twist rather than what it should be. If you want a more formulaic thing, just copy Amazon’s Reacher.
Plus, since it’s an urban fantasy, it should be cheaper to make than most other fantasy/sci-fi shows, I think.
The blue(and green) beetle LIVES!
Any Brandon Sanderson books of course.
Lord of Light, high sci Fi mashed with epic Indian mythology and eastern philosophy.
