Comments on: Ten Great Sci-Fi Stories That Deserve to Be Films

By: brit

brit — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:33:17 +0000

There r better 1s

By: Jeff R Hall

Jeff R Hall — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:10:10 +0000

Wow, this is a topic that hots close to home. I think first on the list for me would be Harlan Ellison's "Repent Harlequin," Said The Ticktock Man. The "1984" style big brother themes have since been covered in film elsewhere (V For Vendetta or 1984 for that matter.) but it does have a timeless quality that I'm sure will resonate in any age.

More currently I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to see Richard K Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs novels brought to the screen. (Alteres Carbon, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies) The fact that his native planet is Harlan's World, which I cannot prove, but I'm sure is a tribute to Ellison.

I think almost anything by Jonathan Carroll would make a fantastic SF/Psychological Horror film. Land Of Laughs and The Marriage of Sticks being personal favorties.

Iain Banks Culture Novels are wonderful, but might be to vast in scope. (Still, I'd like to see it attempted.)

Oh, and how about George RR Martin's Wild Card series? Especially with the popularity of Heroes on TV, how about updating the 15 (Or perhaps more?) book series that seems a clear predecessor?

By: west-texan

west-texan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:00:56 +0000

A Fall Of Moondust would make an excellent movie.

A 60's story by Arthur C. Clarke...that would require almost no updating.

A disaster rescue story that takes place on a colonized moon in the near future.

By: DMuff

DMuff — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:08 +0000

Those all sound like they have some potention. Personally I would love to see a little know book "Heroes Die" by Matthew Stover. It's a very good read and if it's not butchered by a screenwriter/director/studio could have quite a bit of potential.

By: ThrillKill

ThrillKill — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:07 +0000

Larry Niven's shortstory "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" should be a short documentary style film.

By: benny

benny — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:05 +0000

endrs game

By: RobertFure

RobertFure — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:05 +0000

Yeah, I left Starship Troopers off because it had been "made." It was actually just a renaming of a movie called something like "Bug Hunt On Planet 187" or something close to that. Hopefully one day they'll do a real version.

In defense of Armor, it focuses less on the military and the actual soldiering, and more on the person and the effects of war on the individual. So yeah, obvious similarities, but definitely a cool potential movie.

By: Stanley

Stanley — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:05 +0000

We need a subcategory for short stories and science based mini dramas. This guy is ahead of the curve: http://www.maelstrom2themovie.com/

By: benny

benny — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:00 +0000

endrs game

By: RobertFure

RobertFure — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:00 +0000

By: Stanley

Stanley — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:00 +0000

We need a subcategory for short stories and science based mini dramas. This guy is ahead of the curve: http://www.maelstrom2themovie.com/

By: ThrillKill

ThrillKill — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:00 +0000

Larry Niven's shortstory "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" should be a short documentary style film.

By: DMuff

DMuff — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:00 +0000

By: Mladen

Mladen — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:30:26 +0000

Neal Stephensen's Snow Crash would make a great movie…

And while we're on the topic of Heinlein, a film version of "All you zombies" would blow some minds and effectively kill the time-travel-movie-genre.

By: Mladen

Mladen — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:30:00 +0000

Neal Stephensen's Snow Crash would make a great movie…

And while we're on the topic of Heinlein, a film version of "All you zombies" would blow some minds and effectively kill the time-travel-movie-genre.

By: loquaciousmuse

loquaciousmuse — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:13:04 +0000

"Stardancer" anyone? Could be quite beautiful.

By: loquaciousmuse

loquaciousmuse — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:13:00 +0000

"Stardancer" anyone? Could be quite beautiful.

By: BlaqueSaber

BlaqueSaber — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:04:13 +0000

I'd like to see Steve Perry's "Matador" series make it to the big screen. There is plenty of material for either an epic movie or the next big trillagy. The "Albino Knife" is particularly good…

By: BlaqueSaber

BlaqueSaber — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:04:00 +0000

I'd like to see Steve Perry's "Matador" series make it to the big screen. There is plenty of material for either an epic movie or the next big trillagy. The "Albino Knife" is particularly good…

By: Lord Toast Butter

Lord Toast Butter — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:55:10 +0000

Armor sounds like a cheap knock off of R. L. Heinlein's Starship Troopers….which should be redone anyway because that propaganda spoof they called the movie was a far cry from the book. Give me the mobile infantry in all it's power armored glory!